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VHD_Compact - Repair and Install of Windows 10/11 x64 - Windows To Go

How to make USB Portable SSD booting with PE 10/11 x64 WIM file from RAMDISK

and with Windows 10/11 x64 in VHD as FILEDISK

How to Reset Windows Password on BitLocker Encrypted Drive 

Download:   VHD_Compact PDF and  USB_FORMAT  and  PE_Tools  and  Make_WinPE  and  WinNTSetup

Credits and Thanks to:
- JFX for making WinNTSetup Program for Install of Windows from ISO File
 


 

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WinNTSetup Capture in running Win11_23H2 in VHD is Fast - 10.2 GB WIM file Captured in 3 min

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Update  VHD_Compact PDF

Switch AntiVirus Software like MS Defender Off for Faster Capture and Apply (= Setup) with WinNTSetup
 
Procedure simplified to have less steps.
Make USB Portable SSD that can be used for Repair and Install of Windows 10/11 x64

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Update:  VHD_Compact PDF  and  WinNTSetup_Settings-2

Update WinNTSetup.ini as to make only UEFI Boot Entry in BCD, which is OK for booting from ESP drive.

BCD Setting ALL is auto selected in case of USB Boot drive to allow both UEFI and MBR BIOS booting.

 

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Fast Capture: Switch AntiVirus Software like MS Defender Off for Faster Capture and Apply (= Setup) with WinNTSetup

Fast Apply: Boot from USB with 10XPE boot.wim and then use WinNTSetup to Apply (=Setup) in VHD

Capture and Apply in about 3 min for .wim files of about 8 GB

Universal Captured WIM files for Local Account containing about 125 extra Non-Microsoft Drivers

suitable for Install of Windows 10/11 x64 on any Hardware e.g. Install in VHD located on USB Portable SSD - Windows To Go

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In case booting from USB with PE is not available we can use Windows Shift Restart to arrive in Windows Recovery Environment.

In WinRE blue menu Advanced Options we can use Command > notepad > File Open > Run as Admin WinNTSetup_x64.exe

and Select Captured WIM file of Windows 10/11 x64 and use Setup for Apply in VHD  e.g. Inject New System in VHD next to existing Windows.

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1 hour ago, pioj said:

mmm... Should you add the Offline Update MiniTool to the PE_Tools launcher? Some end users may find it really useful.

Thank you for the Link and I think it is certainly an interesting application that can be quite useful.

The wumt_x64.exe size is 14.3 MB and makes it less suitable to integrate it in PE_Tools, but we can use it as a standalone app.

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I got compressed under 4 MB by means of UPX and seems to run fine. But I agree, it may not be as suitable as the rest of the tools... Thx!

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Update: USB_FORMAT-70 and VHD_Compact PDF

- ReFormat of GPT partitioned USB Disk as UEFI/MBR partitioned USB Disk is supported by using convert MBR in DISKPART

- Error Handling and Messages in USB_FORMAT 7.0 are improved

 

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Forgive me if I should be starting a new thread for this question, but I'm wondering if this toolset would work for creating a non-persistent VHD of Win 10/11 that already has added files, programs, and drivers that could be directly booted from a USB thumb drive on known hardware? I know that might seem silly, but I am required to come up with a way of automatically booting a non-persistent windows OS VHD that can be verified by checksum and cannot be tampered with. If so, what would be the steps I should follow in this case?

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Booting with PE WIM file from RAMDISK is non-persistent.

It means the changes are never saved and booting with such Windows 10/11 x64 in PE_*.wim file is always the same.

Follow procedure described on page 3 of Manual  VHD_Compact.pdf

How to use Make_WinPE program - Make PE file boot.wim from Windows 10/11 x64 ISO file for Booting from RAMDISK 

Prepare first your USB Portable SSD as described on page 1 of the Manual by using USB_FORMAT program

In Make_WinPE program you can select the USB Boot Drive as Boot Drive for the PE_*.wim file that you are going to create

In Make WinPE program you can select USB NTFS Drive as WinPE Drive. The created PE*.wim file is copied to folder WinPE on WinPE Drive.

I hope this is what you are looking for, Or do I misunderstand your question.

 

On the other hand If you Install Windows 10/11 x64 in VHD then the changes after booting are persistent.

Such Windows To Go in VHD is booting as FILEDISK and behaves just as normal Windows.

VHD loaded into RAM for booting as RAMDISK would be non-persistent, but is not supported.

Instead use PE_*.wim file for booting from RAMDISK which is reliable and non-persistent.

 

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