Windows 10 to Launch on USB Sticks Too

alphanumeric said:

Keys are easy to add, all you do is add a PID.txt file. The issue with that is though, once you do that you can then only use that install media on the one PC.

They could code Windows 10 to look for OEM embedded keys like Windows 8 install media does. Then if it finds one it just uses it automatically. If non is present you get prompted to enter a key. You could use that thumb drive on multiple PC's with no issues.

Sounds logical to me, Alpha. I have one Lexar flash drive that I use for clean installs of all my new Windows 10 builds. I just create the media over and over and over . . .

alphanumeric said:

I was going to nuke the factory install anyway, but had no choice when I swapped out my hard drive for an SSD. The drastic size difference meant cloning wouldn't work. I couldn't get it to work anyway, and wasn't long in giving up for a clean install. I wasn't an MVP then so finding an ISO was a pain. No such issues now though. I do all my installs from USB thumb drives. Its much faster than from optical media. It lets me easily customize my install media too. I have a custom dedicated thumb drive for each PC I own with its product code added along with custom OEM info for that PC. Plus, when the Windows 8.1 ISO is updated I just redo my thumb drives. No having to burn another DVD.

I was contemplating an SSD drive too, but this desktop seems to boot so fast that I don't see any reason to go for SSD. The only thing I have on this computer so far that takes time to open is Outlook in Office 365. So I just run for my next cuppa and when I get back, I have all my emails ready to read. :)

Wynona said:

I've been using Rufus to create Windows 10 ISOs for quite awhile. I like it because it's simple to use.

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I still use the "Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool". It still does a good job of burning Windows 7, 8 and 10 ISO's to flash drives.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...load-tool.html

alphanumeric said:

Doesn't the Windows 7 DVD Download tool format in NTFS? Many PC's wont let you do a UEFI install from an NTFS formatted thumb drive.

You can create a bootable flash drive for either UEFI or legacy BIOS with Rufus, Alpha. Two of my PCs are UEFI and two are legacy BIOS.