Windows to Go can be made Manually - I've a few posts on this Forum -- just search the forums . An easy way if you can is from a running W11 system to capture and apply image via dism.exe then from a Windows ISO run the bcd.boot command to create the boot loader.
If your W11 was activated via digital license or whatever it should still stay activated.
Use USB3->SATA connector to an SSD for best performance of course.
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jimbo
I'm rather disappointed by the fact that this document lists internet connectivity as "required". It is my strong belief that a computer should be fully operational without any network connection present. I never install an OS while connected to the internet - simply because the two things have nothing to do with each other. To me internet is an external service - like a printer. Do I need a printer from time to time - yes. Do I need to have the printer connected to the PC while installing the OS - no. I don't see how internet is any different.
One of reasons for Internet requirement could be drivers for various PC parts. With such a variety of HW combinations, including all drivers would make download very large. Last time when I downloaded "Drivers for everything" it was over 150GB and that was some years ago with much less parts.
Another reason would be instant registration and activation of windows which is kept on their servers and that requires internet connection. That makes life much easier, specially for subsequent re-installations and repairs. Having an MS account is even better. Internet is so ubiquitous nowadays, even my BIOS can access internet without an OS.
Only thing I could object to is inability to install with local account if that's the case. It's none of their beeswax who I am.
Whilst my hardware is reasonably up to date, my Primary and Storage SSD's are still running in MBR mode. I had heard that this won't be supported in Windows 11. Is it safe to assume that an upgrade from Windows 10 would fail because of this and a clean install required instead?
If a clean install of Windows 11 were required, would i be able to activate it using the Windows 10 License that i paid for, and have been using, since Windows 10 was launched?
What do we think?
There are software packages that can convert MBR to GPT without losing data, so if this is the case with upgrades from 10 to 11, then it's not a major issue
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Some places still need Satellite phones etc as no mobile / Internet coverage-- we don't all live in big cities with 24/7 modern city type services.
24/7 Internet is by no means universal nor even wanted. Who needs Internet when relaxing by a beach or whatever -- people do actually turn devices off) - I know youngsters under about 27 don't even realize that phones do really have a power off switch but for some of us - time away from devices is also good.
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jimbo
Yeah I know, I'm more interested in the official version. I have access to it on Windows 10 and have legit keys to use it.
It may just be me, but any time I have tried to do an unofficial install it failed. Anyway that's a whole other topic that I'm not going to go into here.
I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure Windows to Go (official one) was more relaxed about what hardware it could run on. It may be a way to run Windows 11 on hardware that doesn't have TPM 2. Assuming you have at least one working PC to set it up from. Just food for thought.
When I built this machine, I downloaded all of the drivers from the manufacturers myself prior to installing Windows. Windows 10 installed without them using some generic Microsoft drivers for essential hardware while leaving other hardware features simply inoperable. The device manager showed several "unknown hardware" items. Then I installed the drivers and everything worked. One of them was the LAN driver. I ran the registration a week later or so. The whole process took a while, but I don't have the time to do it all at once anyway.
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