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How to boot windows 11 from hard drive (where ISO win 11 stored) .
 

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asadermo said:
How to boot windows 11 from hard drive (where ISO win 11 stored) .
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You have to install it using a flash drive.

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If you have the ISO you can make a bootable USB flash drive without any 3rd party software. All you have to do is mount the ISO. Then in File Explorer open up the new drive created when the ISO was mounted. Copy all of the folders to the flash drive and boot the computer from the flash drive.
 

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Winuser said:
If you have the ISO you can make a bootable USB flash drive without any 3rd party software. All you have to do is mount the ISO. Then in File Explorer open up the new drive created when the ISO was mounted. Copy all of the folders to the flash drive and boot the computer from the flash drive.
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Edit: I'm making an ISO with UUPDump to see if it still works. It worked for me to install Win 8.1 on my old tablet the other day.
 

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asadermo said:
How to boot windows 11 from hard drive (where ISO win 11 stored) .
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By itself, you can't. There are two ways to make it bootable (maybe more):
1. Use ventoy to boot from the ISO file on the hard drive. Ventoy is made for USB drives, but I don't see why it wouldn't work with an internal HDD as well, I'll have to try it in a VM.

2. Create a partition on the HDD to hold the contents of the ISO file, then extract the ISO file to the partition created to hold the contents. Different requirements for the partition exist depending on if you want to boot in legacy BIOS (CSM) mode or UEFI.

3. There are some linux bootloaders designed to boot ISO files, but I have no idea how/if they would work to boot a Windows 11 ISO file.
 

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    ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi)
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    32GB
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    Windows 11 Education
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    Dell Inspiron 7773
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NavyLCDR said:
By itself, you can't. There are two ways to make it bootable (maybe more):
1. Use ventoy to boot from the ISO file on the hard drive. Ventoy is made for USB drives, but I don't see why it wouldn't work with an internal HDD as well, I'll have to try it in a VM.

2. Create a partition on the HDD to hold the contents of the ISO file, then extract the ISO file to the partition created to hold the contents. Different requirements for the partition exist depending on if you want to boot in legacy BIOS (CSM) mode or UEFI.

3. There are some linux bootloaders designed to boot ISO files, but I have no idea how/if they would work to boot a Windows 11 ISO file.
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Grub (with OsProber) can usually attach itself to a Windows EFI file so GRUB should be a choice in Windows boot --if you want a Linux boot system with Windows as dual / multi-boot then install the Windows system first and if Linux hoses up the Windows boot simply fire up a Winpe (or any other windows bootable system) and run from cmd mode (admin /elevated) bcdboot: W:\windows /s :S /f UEFI where W is the windows system disk and S is the EFI partition.

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I just tested booting my desktop from a spare 32 GB USB flash drive that had the folders that I copied from the mounted ISO, and it worked. I couldn't copy the folders from the ISO I downloaded from MS. I kept getting an error about not enough room on the flash drive for the install.WIM. I was able to copy the folder from the ISO from UUPDump because it used the install.ESD.
 

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    Intel Core i7-10700K
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    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
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    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
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Winuser said:
I just tested booting my desktop from a spare 32 GB USB flash drive that had the folders that I copied from the mounted ISO, and it worked. I couldn't copy the folders from the ISO I downloaded from MS. I kept getting an error about not enough room on the flash drive for the install.WIM. I was able to copy the folder from the ISO from UUPDump because it used the install.ESD.
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That is a limitation of the FAT32 filesystem. You can't have a file over 4 GB in FAT32. install.wim is usually over 4 GB in size. install.esd is compressed and usually less than 4 GB in size.
 

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    32GB
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    Nvidia Geforce MX150
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    Toshiba 512GB NVMe SSD
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NavyLCDR said:
That is a limitation of the FAT32 filesystem. You can't have a file over 4 GB in FAT32. install.wim is usually over 4 GB in size. install.esd is compressed and usually less than 4 GB in size.
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I know and understand about the file size limit. The part I don't understand is why the size limit when I was only trying to do a copy. the total size of all the files and folders is only 5.17GB.
 

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    Intel Core i7-10700K
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    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
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Winuser said:
I know and understand about the file size limit. The part I don't understand is why the size limit when I was only trying to do a copy. the total size of all the files and folders is only 5.17GB.
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I decided to see why I couldn't copy the folder individually to the USB drive. The sources folder is the problem. On the ISO from MS the folder is 5.13GB and the Sources folder from the UUPDump ISO is only 4.10GB. I didn't realize that just the sources folder exceeded the file size.
 

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    Intel Core i7-10700K
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
    Memory
    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
    Sound Card
    Realtek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SAM0A87 Samsung SAM0D32
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    1920 x 1080
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    NVMe WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 1TB
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Winuser said:
I decided to see why I couldn't copy the folder individually to the USB drive. The sources folder is the problem. On the ISO from MS the folder is 5.13GB and the Sources folder from the UUPDump ISO is only 4.10GB. I didn't realize that just the sources folder exceeded the file size.
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Install.wim is the only file that exceeds the file size limit.
 

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    ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi)
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    32GB
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    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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    Windows 11 Education
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    Dell Inspiron 7773
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    Intel i7-8550U
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    32GB
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    Nvidia Geforce MX150
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    Realtek
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NavyLCDR said:
Install.wim is the only file that exceeds the file size limit.
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I formatted an 8GB flash drive with the NTFS file system and copied the files from the ISO from Microsoft. I'll test it later to see if my desktop will boot from it. For just making a basic bootable install disk do you know if there is an advantage of using Rufus instead of just copying the folders?
 

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    Intel Core i7-10700K
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    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
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    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
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    Realtek Audio
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    750 Watts (62.5A)
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    PowerSpec/Lian Li ATX 205
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    Logitech K270
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    HP Envy x360 15-ds1083cl
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    16 MB DDR 4-2666
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Winuser said:
I formatted an 8GB flash drive with the NTFS file system and copied the files from the ISO from Microsoft. I'll test it later to see if my desktop will boot from it. For just making a basic bootable install disk do you know if there is an advantage of using Rufus instead of just copying the folders?
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Note: UEFI systems usually can't boot in a NTFS partition, and Legacy BIOS can.
I use Ventoy because I can boot multiple Windows sources and it accepts NTFS into the ISO partition, and it boots (on a UEFI system and BIOS system).
 

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    custom PC
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    Core i5 8400
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    Gigabyte B360M-HD3
    Memory
    8gb DDR4-2400
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    iGPU
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    Realtek
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    some generic 1080p 75hz monitor
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    1080p
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    Patriot Burst 240GB SATA III SSD
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    150MBit/s
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Winuser said:
I formatted an 8GB flash drive with the NTFS file system and copied the files from the ISO from Microsoft. I'll test it later to see if my desktop will boot from it. For just making a basic bootable install disk do you know if there is an advantage of using Rufus instead of just copying the folders?
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There are many different ways of creating the USB flash drive and it largely depends upon which method UEFI or legacy BIOS (CSM) you want to boot the flash drive with. If you are booting in legacy BIOS (CSM) mode, then the flash drive needs to be MBR, and it needs to have a partition set as Active. The partition can be either NTFS or FAT32. Then just copy the files and folders from the ISO file to the flash drive.

Most computers require a FAT32 partition to boot from in UEFI mode. There are some computers that will boot in UEFI mode from an NTFS partition, and if you are booting from one of those computers, the same flash drive described above for legacy BIOS will also boot in UEFI mode. However, if you have the more common computer that will only boot in UEFI mode from a FAT32 partition, you have a slight problem now if your install.wim is over 4 GB. You have a few choices.

Rufus
Ventoy mentioned above
Split the install.wim file into two .swm files (it's been reported that splitting into more than 2 files causes problems)

or

Create a 1 GB FAT32 partition on the drive followed by an NTFS partition. Copy all the files and folders from the ISO file to the NTFS partition. Then copy all the files and folders EXCEPT \sources to the FAT32 partition. Create a \Sources folder in the FAT32 partition. Copy only boot.wim from \Sources from the NTFS partition to the \Sources folder in the FAT32 partition.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Education
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 7773
    CPU
    Intel i7-8550U
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce MX150
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 512GB NVMe SSD
    SK Hynix 512GB SATA SSD
    Internet Speed
    Fast!
Winuser said:
On the ISO from MS the folder is 5.13GB and the Sources folder from the UUPDump ISO is only 4.10GB.
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The simple answer is not to download the ISO direct from MS, because that has an install.wim that's almost always larger than 4GB. If you want to download from MS then use the MCT to make an ISO. This will always have an install.esd in the sources folder, and MS make sure that their install.esd is always less than 4GB.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
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    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
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    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
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    Defender
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    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022.

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    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 128GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro 22H2 Insider Beta and Dev, both as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
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    Laptop
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    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    i5 M 520
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB HDD
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    Defender
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    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 128GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro 22H2 Insider Beta and Dev, both as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.
Bree said:
The simple answer is not to download the ISO direct from MS, because that has an install.wim that's almost always larger than 4GB. If you want to download from MS then use the MCT to make an ISO. This will always have an install.esd in the sources folder, and MS make sure that their install.esd is always less than 4GB.
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I was testing to see if it was still possible to make a bootable flash drive by just copying the files and folders from a mounted ISO file.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Canary Channel
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    PowerSpec B746
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-10700K
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax
    Memory
    16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI
    Sound Card
    Realtek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SAM0A87 Samsung SAM0D32
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    NVMe WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 1TB
    Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
    PSU
    750 Watts (62.5A)
    Case
    PowerSpec/Lian Li ATX 205
    Keyboard
    Logitech K270
    Mouse
    Logitech M185
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge and Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET Internet Security
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Canary Channel
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy x360 15-ds1083cl
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 2.0GHZ
    Memory
    16 MB DDR 4-2666
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    PCIe NVMe M.2 512GB
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge and Edge Canary
    Antivirus
    ESET Internet Security
Winuser said:
I was testing to see if it was still possible to make a bootable flash drive by just copying the files and folders from a mounted ISO file.
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Well,

Copying files from ISO --> Fat32 4GB limit
Change to NTFS --> make media unbootable on some UEFI systems
Using a ESD from MCT/UUP --> that will be the solution 1
Using a split WIM (SWM) --> that will be the solution 2
Using a ISO to USB tool (e.g. Rufus, Ventoy) --> that will be the solution 3
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    custom PC
    CPU
    Core i5 8400
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B360M-HD3
    Memory
    8gb DDR4-2400
    Graphics Card(s)
    iGPU
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    some generic 1080p 75hz monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1080p
    Hard Drives
    Patriot Burst 240GB SATA III SSD
    Kingston 240GB SATA III SSD
    Internet Speed
    150MBit/s
    Antivirus
    WD
Winuser said:
I was testing to see if it was still possible to make a bootable flash drive by just copying the files and folders from a mounted ISO file.
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It is only guaranteed to be possible if you make the ISO with the MCT. MS always ensure the install.esd it uses is below the 4GB Fat32 limit.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 128GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro 22H2 Insider Beta and Dev, both as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    i5 M 520
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB HDD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 128GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro 22H2 Insider Beta and Dev, both as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.
Winuser said:
I was testing to see if it was still possible to make a bootable flash drive by just copying the files and folders from a mounted ISO file.
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The answer to that question is yes.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Education
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 7773
    CPU
    Intel i7-8550U
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce MX150
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 512GB NVMe SSD
    SK Hynix 512GB SATA SSD
    Internet Speed
    Fast!
NavyLCDR said:
3. There are some linux bootloaders designed to boot ISO files, but I have no idea how/if they would work to boot a Windows 11 ISO file.
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As far as I know that is for mbr disks.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    benq gw2480
    PSU
    bequiet pure power 11 400CM
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • Operating System
    win7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    pentium g5400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    1x8gb 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450
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