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Re: How can I get windows on my rig? USB's giving me a pain in the ass.. (Ill tip $)
by
nsummy
on 05/01/2018, 22:47:18 UTC
no i am not resourceful.

bought an internal ssd + sata to USB for 80$ with one day shipping. hope this works out, but would still like a easier way to move my 20 rigs over to windows.

You have 2 options (probably more, but these 2 will be your best bet)

1.  If you can acquire a windows 10 Enterprise or Education edition, it comes with a built in utility called "Windows to Go" which will create a portable windows environment on a USB drive.  I'm sure you can find a torrent with one of these versions.  Here are the instructions for installing it:  http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/windows-to-go-in-windows-10,2-1089.html

2.  Use the Win To USB utility that others have mentioned here.  This will also do exactly what you are trying to accomplish:  https://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/index.html


When researching this, don't get confused with the utlilities that will put the windows cd onto a usb drive and make it bootable.  There are a few popular ones out there, but they are designed to allow you to install windows when you don't have a cd-rom.