How to directly run Windows 10 from a USB drive?

In the tutorial article below, TipsMake.com will introduce to you one more way to test Windows 10, which is the method of running Windows 10 directly from USB. Besides using the virtual machine file Windows 10 VHD from Microsoft, running Windows 10 on USB is also not a bad solution, but there will be some limitations such as USB read and write speed, file storage capability. . in short, it is not as optimal as installing a hard drive. But it's not bad to serve the purpose of testing, let's start!

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First, download the ISO file of Windows 10 to your computer in the way shown below

1. Download, install Windows 10 with the Refresh Windows Tool

After you have got the ISO file of Windows 10, you can download the support tool WinToUSB at the link below (note that downloading the Free version is also okay):

1. Download WinToUSB.

Install WinToUSB and start the program, press the ISO file selection button in the Image File section and point the path to the Windows 10 ISO file that you downloaded to the computer earlier, and then click Next:

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Note that the USB storage capacity here is 8GB, if you use the Flash drive with smaller storage capacity, the program will display an error:

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Select the USB drive, then select the boot mode, here is the MBR for BIOS, then click Yes:

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Selecting the mode as shown, then Next, the USB creation process containing Windows 10 will start:

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Waiting for this process to reach 100% is okay:

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When successful, restart your computer, go to BIOS> Boot and select boot mode from USB to see the result!

1. Instructions for entering BIOS on different computers