Solved Help making viable and bootable USB of Tiny 11 using Rufus

I have been trying for some time to make a viable and bootable USB of Tiny 11 using Rufus. I still have not been successful. I have made countless bootable USB's using Rufus and Insider builds that work. I don't know what I am doing wrong. Any help is appreciated.

Do you have the Tiny 11 installation files or iso file?
If you do, you don't need Rufus to make it boot able.
Is \sources\install.wim (or install.esd) bigger than 4G?

1) No, \sources\install.wim (or install.esd) isn't bigger than 4G
Prepare the USB drive
Open a CMD window as administrator and type:

diskpart
list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the USB drive number)
select disk n (replace n by the USB drive number obtained with list disk)
clean
convert mbr
create part primary
select part 1
format fs=fat32 quick
active
assign
exit (to exit diskpart)

On Win 10, mount the iso file and copy all files and folders to the USB drive.

2) Yes, \sources\install.wim (or install.esd) is bigger than 4G
On Win 10, mount the iso file and copy all files and folders to the USB drive.

You have two options:

2A) Split \Sources\install.wim into smaller Install.swm

Prepare the USB drive
Open a CMD window as administrator and type:

diskpart
list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the USB drive number)
select disk n (replace n by the USB drive number obtained with list disk)
clean
convert mbr
create part primary
select part 1
format fs=fat32 quick
active
assign
exit (to exit diskpart)

Copy all files and folders from the mounted folder to a temp folder
- On this folder, go to \Sources
- Open a CMD window on the \Sources folder (Shift+rightclick inside the folder + Open command window here)
run the command
Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /SWMFile:install.swm /FileSize:3600
It will create two install.swm.
Delete Install.wim
Copy all files and folders to the Fat32 partition on the USB drive

2B) Make two partitions on the USB drive
Create two partitions on the USB drive.
- One Fat32 - 1G set as active
- One NTFS = 7G

Prepare the USB drive
Open a CMD window as administrator and type:

Diskpart
list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the USB drive number)
select disk n (replace n by the USB drive number obtained with list disk)
clean
convert mbr
create part primary size=1000
select part 1
format fs=fat32 quick
active
assign
create part primary
format fs=ntfs quick
assign
exit (to exit diskpart)


Copy all files and folders from the mounted folder to the Fat32 partition EXCEPT the /Sources folder
Copy the /Sources folder to the NTFS partition
Create on the Fat32 partition a /Sources folder. Move the Boot.wim from the NTFS partition /Sources folder to the Fat32 partition /Sources folder

I have no idea about all those steps :/

I used Rufus 4.1 and have installed Tiny11 (NoSysReq) prolly about 15 or 20 times. The regular Tiny11 keeps giving me swappiness errors so I switched to NoSysReq and havent had any issues ... just make sure you do a "Win to Go" type install. Works on External USB and Internal drives.

If you are really paranoid get a good copy of MalwareBytes and run it. The Tiny11 NoSysReq is clean.

Cheers/Bill :)

I just installed it from a created bootable ISO.