Multiple USB boot drive


  1. Posts : 217
    Windows 10 Home
       #1

    Multiple USB boot drive


    Hi.

    Is there a way to have a single USB drive (thumb / external HDD / etc.) that allows a choice which, say, partition I want to boot from. Example reason: having several recovery OSs (Hirens / Kaspersky / Win10 (x86 / x64) some or all) all on one drive, but independently bootable. this would save having several drives.

    Matt
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  2. Posts : 869
    Windows 10 Professional x64 21H2
       #2

    Matt316 said:
    Hi.

    Is there a way to have a single USB drive (thumb / external HDD / etc.) that allows a choice which, say, partition I want to boot from. Example reason: having several recovery OSs (Hirens / Kaspersky / Win10 (x86 / x64) some or all) all on one drive, but independently bootable. this would save having several drives.

    Matt
    Is this what you are looking for?

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  3. Posts : 217
    Windows 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Sort of, yes.

    I was hoping to be able to create the partitions and load the ISOs myself, but if this is too difficult then...

    Does anyone have any recommendations regarding software to do this - for instance one of the apps listed in the link from Lance1

    Matt
      My Computers


  4. Posts : 526
    Windows 10
       #4

    I have used WinSetupFromUSB for several years, to create multi-boot UFDs from WinPE and WinRE ISOs. It works well, no problems.
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  5. Posts : 4,144
    Windows 3.1 to Windows 11
       #5

    Or your could create a single Bootable USB with all those Apps combined into one WinPE OS....
    Win10XPE - Build Your Own Rescue Media
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  6. Posts : 4,594
    several
       #6

    Depends what you want on there.

    You could look at Easy2Boot
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  7. Posts : 53
    Windows 10 x64 [Build 20180]
       #7

    I use this one AIOCreator >>> its easy and convenient... you can just delete the folder of the customOS if you want to install a new version.
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