The image resides on a usb 2 0 or usb 3 0 memory stick or drive.
Windows to go usb size.
The list of microsoft certified usb drives for windows 8 w2g is very short.
Press the appropriate key to launch your boot menu and choose the option to boot up off the usb drive.
You ll find the speed at which windows to go initializes is dependent on the host computer s usb bus both usb 2 0 and usb 3 0 are supported and the host s memory and cpu hardware.
Windows to go wtg is an enterprise feature of windows 8 enterprise windows 8 1 enterprise windows 10 enterprise and windows 10 education.
Once you have the usb drive in hand or in pocket many other questions arise about licensing portability and security.
Microsoft s windows to go feature installs windows as a live system on a bootable usb drive.
It s officially only for enterprise editions of windows but we ve found a way to do it with any edition of windows 8 or 8 1.
In this article i ll answer all of your questions about windows to go on windows 8.
Windows to go will enable it organizations to provide users with an imaged version of windows 8 that reflects the corporate desktop.
Pcs that meet the windows 7 or later certification requirements can run windows 10 in a windows to go workspace regardless of the operating system.
Use of a non enterprise edition of windows 10 8 1 8 7 to create windows to go workspace.
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This should work for windows 10 as well but we haven t yet tested it out once microsoft releases the final version we ll test and update this article.
This means that you have the ability to create a windows to go usb drive for windows 10 8 1 8 by using microsoft s official tool windows to go creator wizard unfortunately windows to go creator wizard doesn t support creating windows 7 to go usb drive.
However if you are booting from a usb 2 0 port you may notice some slowdown since usb 2 0 transfer speeds are slower than sata speeds.
Windows to go is a feature in windows 10 enterprise and windows 10 education that enables the creation of a windows to go workspace that can be booted from a usb connected external drive on pcs.
Clone an existing windows os windows 7 or later to a usb or thunderbolt drive as a windows to go workspace.