Windows 8 is Coming Soon…

Windows 8 To Go.. A OS in a USB

As Windows 8 will be available to the market on October 26, 2012, Most of the companies will definitely want to try this on their IT Environment. They will be testing it on their PC’s, Laptops, Notebooks and Tablet PC’s but of course when we say gadgets and computers we have to think in mind first that this are expensive and may not be justifiable to be bought. Come to think of it there is a way that we could test this remarkable reimagined operating system…. We will be using a USB instead…
This feature is already available since Windows 7 and for what unknown reasons it was not been used mostly here in the Philippines. In order to do this, you will be needing the following..

• ImageX.exe (may be downloaded online or get it on WAIK disc)
• Install.wim ( located on the windows 8 disk)

To do this, first you should open your CMD prompt and run it as a administrator.

then type the following sequentially:

• diskpart
• list disk
• select disk (choose the disk where your USB drive capacity was shown to select your USB. It could be 1 or 0)
• clean (will wipe out the whole USB Drive. Make sure you back up the USB.)
• create partition primary
• format fs=ntfs quick (will format the USB Drive with NTFS File System)
• active (makes the partition active to use)
• exit (ends diskpart)
• Go to the location of the files imagex and install.wim
• Run – imagex.exe /apply install.wim <USB Drive Letter>:\

It will take time to apply the install.wim to the USB Drive because its like installing the OS in the USB. Usually takes around 30 Minutes to finish.

• bcdboot <USB Drive Letter>:\windows /s <USB Drive Letter>:\

After bcdboot finished, restart your machine and reboot to the USB Drive. It will prepare the USB for use and configure it by looking for drivers of the machine you are using. After that you may now use your USB as your Windows 8 Machine.

Please be reminded that if you insert it on other PC’s it will do again the drivers search features only once.