WARNING: An E2B USB Fixed disk (USB HDD) should be used to make the initial bootable drive - a Removable USB Flash drive will be reformatted by WinToUSB!ġ. If using Method 1, you may find that you need to 'fix' the BCD inside the image if you move the. Method 2 is the best because the VHD file can be copied to any E2B USB drive without problems. USB HDD, SanDisk Extreme Pro or Corsair GTX).īelow are TWO ALTERNATIVE METHODS - one uses a. You will require a fast USB 3 drive with at least 1MB/s 4K random rd/wr I/O speeds (e.g. Enterprise) and a valid MAK or KMS Product Key. If you want a truly 'portable' version of WinToGo that will work on any system, you need to use a Volume Licensed version (e.g.
VHD method described below (otherwise you just get an 'everlasting spinning circle of dots'!).Īlso note that unless you are using a Volume Licence version of Windows (such as Enterprise), if you activate any 'retail/OEM' WindowsToGo OS using a new Product Key, that version of WindowsToGo will only be licensed on that same computer. However, if you are booting Win8.1 or pre-1709 Win10 from a Removable USB flash drive, you must use the. You can use VBox+VMUB instead of a real system for booting Windows, if you prefer. Install Partition Editor app.Here are the steps, in outline, for an MBR-bootable version of Win7ToGo (but also works for Win8 and 10). If all you want is to add extra space to store your files, it is easier to format the newly created space and access it as an external partition in Ubuntu. In your Windows Explorer, you should be able to verify that the hard drive has increased in size.ĭepending on your hard drive setup, it can be a difficult (or easy) task to extend the active partition.
Right click on the active partition and select “Extend Volume”. In the screen that show up, you should see a new blank unallocated partition at the right of the active partition. Select the “Create and format hard disk partitions” option. In Windows 8, you can perform a search using the “Search” icon in the sidebar, but you will need to select the “Settings” option. In your Windows OS, Click on Start and type “partition” in the search bar. In your Virtualbox screen, you should be able to see that the virtual size has increased, but when you run the OS, it will still show the old partition size. The next step is to get the respective OS to recognize the increase in storage space. When it reaches 100%, the resizing process is completed. VBoxManage modifyhd windows7.vdi -resize 30000
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