ok heres the problem I have used wintousb to install windows 7 64 bit on a PNY 128gb USB 3.0 flash drive. the program does the install fine, very slowly but fine. I have tried using both an ISO and my install disc the problems is the drive wont boot every time I try I get the "Disk read error Press cntl-alt-del" I have formatted the drive to be bootable but every time I use the program it insists on reformatting the drive again and I think its wiping out the boot sector so my basic question is what the heck is going on here? and how do I fix this problem? I just bought this drive specifically for this purpose so I don't want to waste $50.00 so could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong here.....

I prepare the Windows 7 on USB drive and it work perfectly until I have update the OS from Windows Update to SP1.

I try to bypass the SP1 update by installing Windows 7 to a internal drive and update it to SP1. Afterwards, I create a WIM image for the internal drive. Using the WIM file, I create a USB drive again with WinToUSB and it works again.

I think that the driver for usb boot may be corrupted by the SP1.

Can we update the registry or repair the WinToUSB driver whenever the USB drive is destroyed by the update in the further avoiding to start the process of create USB drive from the starting again.

Hello, I have bought a sandisk extreme pro usb 3.0 with 128 GB
Can i install windows 7 live on it?
Thanks

I work as an IT manager in ARTEA - Italy (government agricultural paying agency of CEE structural funds).

Your product is the best that i found on the internet. It's extremely interesting for troubleshhooting on a PC using an clear and not infected windows operative system. May you explain some concepts about the architecture of WintoUsb ? I am sure that all the people using it like me will appreciate for Learning purpouse about the argument!

Kinds regards

Leonardo Danza

Hello,

just wondering if it's somehow possible to put on a single USB stick Win 7, Win 8 and Linux live on the same USB stick and through a bootloader i can select which one i want to boot.

Hi!

Is there any chance to upgrade the Windows Technical Preview to the latest preview version if using a Windows-To-Go USB drive created by WinToUSB? I'm asking because the default upgrade mechanism in Windows Technical Preview doesn't work for me. Instead, Windows keeps telling me that it can't install to a USB drive when I try to install the newest preview. If, however, you have to do a complete reinstall for every new version of the preview, the whole idea of installing the technical preview to a USB drive seems rather pointless to me.

Any ideas?

Windows 8 certified USB sticks are different to normal USB sticks as they have the "fixed" rather than "removable" drive status set.

This is so Windows 8 Enterprise can create Windows 8 to Go on a (certified) USB stick.

I guess in theory, Wintousb should be able to create a 64 bit UEFI based (windows 8/8.1 or 10 preview) usb setup with a (fixed status) usb stick. We know it cannot do this for normal (removable status) usb sticks.

However, Windows 8 certified usb sticks are pricey, and I was wondering if anybody has tried using Wintousb with such a stick (before I decide to invest in one),

Hi,

I have successfully installed Windows 10 Technical preview (64 bit) on a 100 GB external hard disk (GPT formatted etc), for booting on a 64bit Sony Vaio with EUFI booting.

I have set my eufi/bios to boot fom USB,and the hard disk boots perfectly when plugged into a USB2 port, but fails when using a USB3 port.
As the pc boots up, it ignores (or faisl to detect) the hard drive properly and then just boots up into normal windows in the pCs internal hard disk.

However, if I try and boot from a USB3 boot pendrive for another program (Macrium Reflect), the PC boots up fine, so I know the USB3 port is fine, and the PC can boot from it.

I suspect that the USB3 drivers are not being properly installed by wintousb, or being picked up from windows 10.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Hello,

I wanted to install Windows on an USB drive so that I can use it on different computers. I heard about WinToUSB and gave it a try. At seventy five percent (with four retries) I get an error "Copy file failed.(0x0000008000B40000)". I am using Windows 7 Home Premium, trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate onto a Kingston DataTraveller 3.0 (USB 3.0).

What can I do? I tried three times.

I appreciate any help.

Hello, whenever I try to install windows 7 professional (32 bit) to my 32gb usb drive, It gets stuck at 0%. is there any way to fix this? I am using version 1.5.