How to make Portable Windows 10 VHD on Bootable USB no Format/Partition Quick & Easy 

I haven't tried this, but I have worked with vhd booting. The video claims you can boot dual boot windows 10 VHD on windows 7. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ui_0Q50Qgi0.html

Clearly, your USB device is not bootable. Go to Disk Management - Mount the VHD from your USB (like H:\Win10.vhd). Run CMD as administrator and type- bcdboot.exe H:\Windows /s H: /f ALL change H: to whatever your USB drive is assigned. This will create a Boot Configuration Data Entry in the MBR of the USb, which will boot from the residual win10.vhd file in the USB. Try it and let me know.

+HARI OM backtrack 5 was in 2012 AFAIK. It's now called Kali Linux. You can boot from VHD, but first check its content, and write the grub config accordingly. Try it and let me know.

+HARI OM first try to boot the VHD on virtual box.

B ing Su/Man It works fine on virtualbox but i can't add real partition in Virtual machine to locate the vhd (so that BT.vhd is available to grub) I tried virtualbox internalcommands but it didn't work

+HARI OM you can not add just one partition, you have to add the whole real disk. Find the VHD from virtual box and directly boot from it. Grub has nothing to do with virtual box settings. Use internalcommand only if you want to boot from actual disk on virtual box.

B ing Su/Man vhd boots fine in virtualbox. I was trying to boot vhd located on real partition

+Eric Petersen exactly, all you need to do is, create a bcd entry on that flash drive and it's ready to boot from any computer.

Thanks:)

Brief change o' subject, i was wondering how to put a live, persistent mode of windows xp on a flash drive, and if it would work. thanks in advance:) PS. by the way, "windows to go" can clone your computer to a flash drive for you:)

You can have Live Windows XP in HBCD (Hirens Boot CD).

Yes!

I'm trying to install Win 10 Pro x64 from Win 8.1 Pro x86. Maybe _this_ is a problem?

Maybe the USB is not bootable, try plugging into other computer. Or, You can try booting your VHD from your HDD itself, just copy the VHD to any of your local disk partition (like C:\Win10.vhd or D:\Win10.vhd). Now mount the VHD from Disk management. You will see a new drive will appear (like I:\ or H:\). ADD the Windows VHD menu to your Current BCD; run CMD as administrator and type- bcdboot V:\windows (Change V:\ to your VHD drive's name!) Open MSCONFIG. In the boot section, you have to change back your current OS to default. You can add both 64 and 32 bit version of any windows(7,8,8.1,10). Try it and let me know.

+pietro mazzetti di pietralata I'm glad that I can help. What's global tutorial? And what's BCN?

B ing Su/Man bytecoin

It takes a long time to boot - If you copy the VHD in a slow USB 2.0 drive. Or, If you have insufficient space on the USB Or, If you make a dynamic VHD.

+Aarav Sharma suppose your usb storage device on drive E:\\ and you mounted the VHD file (which you copied to the USB drive) to Drive F:\\ then rub command prompt as administrator and run the following command - _____________________________ bcdboot F:\Windows /s E: ------------------------------------------- Now you can see a hidden Boot directory has been created in your USB @ E:\\ with the BCD file in it. You can later delete unnecessary language packs from the Boot folder. Try it, and let me know if it works or not.

Did you tried yourself? I understand about your concern; see, Windows 7+ have this option to this. When you create a BCD entry of a VHD it just points the File location. If you select the VHD entry from Boot menu, it locates the VHD file, then Mount it at C:\ drive. Same thing happens when you try to boot VHD from USB. bcdboot creates a BCD entry it the MBR of the USB drive, irrespective of where the VHD will be mounted in another computer. Things to be remembered - 1. Copy the VHD to USB 2. Mount the VHD (from USB and not your local disk) 3. run bcdboot X:\windows /s Y: (where X: is mounted VHD partition and Y:\ is USB drive partition) Try it and let me know.

believe him, he's not the only one doing it

ofcourse

@@david67481 please make video on that. I found Phoenix os install on same drive as windows drive C:\ and still dual boot. Thanks....

@@dragondragon3713 i dont recommend phoneix os as android based os cause of tons of ads...

Yes and yes!

becuase is not protable hard disk