Problems with Windows to go on certain drives

danielmeah11

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Hi

I've been trying to figure the problem for some time now yet ive tried everything. Basically it wont boot when using a USB 3.0 flash drive (which is faster than the external usb 3 hard drive am using) It simply stalls on the boot image part (The blue windows icon). And on my laptop it gives a blue screen type error. Yet wont let me boot into safe mode when using flash drive. However when I use external drive it works fine although the performance isn't great.

At first I though it could have been an issue with the boot/350mb partition so I copied that over. Still the same.
I have also tried a fresh windows to go install with same results.


USB Stick: Patriot USB 3 45MB Write/160MB Read
USB HDD: External Case (USB3) With Toshiba 7200 Laptop Drive (ASMT 2105)

ANy ideas how to resolve this?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7/ Windows 8.1 Ent
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gigabyte
    CPU
    FX 6350
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD 7770
    Browser
    Firefox
I and welcome to eightforums, I have yet to have a chance to use windows to go, but I do know that it has a list of compatible usb drives as shown on this Microsoft site ,it could be the cause of both your issue's ,good luck
Windows To Go
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
    Case
    micro
    Keyboard
    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
    Internet Speed
    high speed 20
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    windows defender
    Other Info
    updated enterprise apr 2/14
Hi

Thanks for the replies so far.

Am not having problems creating the drives. as i said the external drive works fine (although slower than the flash drive). But it causes problems because its so slow.

and the drives on MS websites are rather expensive and a waste.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7/ Windows 8.1 Ent
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gigabyte
    CPU
    FX 6350
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD 7770
    Browser
    Firefox
the pricey ones work because of there read/write speeds ,so you will always have problems if you try to use a slower usb device
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
    Case
    micro
    Keyboard
    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
    Internet Speed
    high speed 20
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    windows defender
    Other Info
    updated enterprise apr 2/14
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