WinToUSB under Windows 7 attempting to apply Windows 10 .ISO file to MBR, UEFI or both in combination to VHD file on USB thumb drive generates error message "Failed to extract file from the WIM file. Please temporarily deactivate your anti-virus software , and try again.."

^^^^^^With no anti-virus software running... Multiple Thumb Drives...  Multiple .ISO files...  Is there a resolution to this??

I have a blank SATA laptop hard drive and I want to make it Windows to Go. I have made it external USB drive by using a hard drive USB enclosure/caddy. I have tried all methods to make it Windows to Go but after everything (installation/making phase) completed, it failed to boot/run windows. I have already tried "USB Flash Drive" method and "External Drive" method and "Internal Drive" method (after creating System and Boot partitions) 100 times but nothing worked. Installation got completed 100% but unable to boot/run windows from same drive.

Please note, its a SATA 2.5 inch laptop internal hard drive which is converted to an external hard drive through a USB enclosure/caddy.

Please guide step-by-step..i.e..how to format..how to install..how to run. Thanks in advance.

Hello,
    Who has experience backing up a drive created with WintoUSB ?
I've tried AOMEI Backupper Standard and Macrium Reflect. Both don't like
the Windows to Go drive . These work properly on my internal drive in Windows 10 1803.
 I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks

Hello,

after creating boot entry with EasyUEFI, it becomes "Hidden" after reboot, or it gets DELETED completely!

Is there any idea why this is happening?

Hello:
I am trying to clone a 500GB HDD (internal) because of intermittent problems to my other 500GB HDD (internal) using WintoHDD. The clone process goes through without a hitch but when I restart with the cloned drive after removing the main drive, I get the following error message (as the subject of this post) - 0xc000000f the boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
I have an HP Laptop dv7. Put the cloned drive into the 1st bay as is required for the boot to work.
I have tried cloning twice. The first time I did it with the System and boot partition in one and the second time the boot partition and system partition (1GB allocated) in two separate partition. The current set up is shown in the attached HDDPartition image.
Would appreciate if you could help in resolving the above issue.
Regards,
Dave

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I have a laptop HDD but how can convert to a portable drive?

Hello,
I successfully installed windows 10 Pro on a 128 Gb Sandisk USB thumb drive.
It works flawlessly, however every now and the I get a message in Windows saying that I do not have enough free space in the drive where the VHDX file is.
How is it possible?
Does Windows 10 Pro really take 128 Gb of space?

Please help.
Thank you!
iR

Hello,
I just bought:
WintoUSB
Bitlock Anywhere.

I was able to successfully use WintoUSB ad install Windows 10 Pro on a Sandisk Extreme Pro USB Thumb Drive.
I would like to install Bitlock and Encrypt the Windows on the USB.
When I start Bitlock Anywhere it shows the hard disk (C: My computer) and 2 removable drives D: (this contains Boot, EFI, Bootmgr) and E: (WintoUSB which contains a file Win2USB.VHDX).

Which one should I select?

Thanks
iR

Hello i wanna ask about installing windows from created USB with WinToHDD
I went trought all steps and at screen where Disk partitions its so confusing here what i did first time but i think i messed something i posted a photo what i did first time when i installed windows 10 from it i think i tick something wrong on that photo i did all that but now second time i miss some partition FAT or so dont remember?

Can someone help me with it, what did i tick wrong if so how to fix that and what is correct system and boot partition to tick in my case ?

Thanx.  

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I’m using a Macbook Pro 2017 and worked with WTG drivers for months. Recently i bought NVIDIA RTX graphic cards but my older version 1703 doesn’t work with RTX. I have to upgrade my Windows into 1809 so I chose WinToUSB to do that. I erased and formatted my drive and installed WTG correctly, but after I successfully booted the first time into WTG and installed the Boot Camp drivers and restarted, the WTG cannot be booted anymore. I erased again and clean installed again and things are the same. I want to know what’s the problem here, thank you!

The drive I am using is a Sandisk SSD with a SATA USB C case. I also tried to connect to the SATA port of my eGPU case and use the Thunderbolt 3 as I used to do, but didn’t work as well.