Loading WIN8 into USB flash drive and mobile hard disk tutorial

In the previous article, we introduced various new features of Windows 8 (hereafter referred to as Win8). One of the notable features is that Win8 starts to support USB devices. Start up. This means that we can carry Win8 with us in the future. Although Win8 has not yet been officially released, we can also experience the new features of Win8 in advance.

Mobile Win8 Principle Analysis

The method of this article is to achieve the effect of the mobile system by starting the VHD file of the Win8 system in the mobile hard disk. First, we need to know some knowledge about booting the system from VHD, its startup process and the steps we need to do DIY are shown in Figure 1.

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Mobile Win8, three strengths

Everyone knows that the leaked version is still Win8 development version, the function is not perfect and there will be new versions leaking In the local hard drive constantly & ldquo; install /uninstall & rdquo; very troublesome. If Win8 is installed in VHD to the mobile hard disk, it will save a lot of trouble:

1. Concise. The main system is a VHD file. After the new version comes out, you can complete the new version installation by simply replacing the VHD file.

2. Independence. The Win8 boot information and system configuration are all retained on the mobile hard disk. After installing Win8, it will not affect the original system.

3. Portable. You can toss Win8 on any computer that supports USB boot, and it is more convenient to show and share with friends.

Simple three steps, easy to make mobile Win8

Since mobile Win8 has so many benefits, let's take a DIY together.

Main Tools Preparation: (System and Software Download Address:

Step 2: Add VHD Boot Item for Mobile Hard Disk

Using Decompression Software Decompress the Win8 system image, such as decompressing to the directory of “D:\\win8”, and then copy the “d:\\win8\\bootmgr” file and the “d:\\win8\\boot” folder to the root partition of the mobile hard disk. Next.

Run "<;BOOTICE” again", switch to the "BCD Editing" tab, select "BCD file in other locations", click "Browse" and select just copied to mobile ““boot\\bcd” file on the hard disk. Then click “View/Modify”, click “Add → Windows NT6.x VHD Boot Item” in the pop-up window, then add VHD according to the following settings. Start:

Target Disk: Current Mobile Hard Disk

Boot Partition: Current Mobile Hard Disk Mobile Primary Partition (usually the first partition)

Device File :\\win8.vhd

Menu title: Start VHDwin8

Others use the default settings, select the new VHD boot menu, click “set as default system", and finally click “retain current system settings 

: Install Win8 to VHD file, then copy it to mobile hard disk

Everything is ready, just owe VHD. We only need to install Win8 into VHD file, it can be copied to mobile hard disk after booting successfully. The following is the manipulation method in the Windows 7 system.

First put the Windows VHD auxiliary processing tool on the D drive. Then use the system's "Disk Management" tool to create a 10GB size on the NTFS partition. Or a larger VHD file, assuming "D:\\win8.vhd". After the creation is successful, select the newly created VHD disk in Disk Management to complete "Initialize", and then follow the prompts to create a primary partition on the VHD disk, pattern and Activate the created primary partition.

Then restart the Windows 7 system and press F8 to select “Repair the computer”, then open the “Command prompt” and enter ““d:\\VHD_OneKey_2011.ex e” and press Enter to start "Windows VHD auxiliary processing tool", start the tool and select "mount/uninstall VHD", browse and select the previously created “D:\\win8.vhd”, and finally click “ Mount VHD" (Figure 4).

After mounting the VHD, enter "“d:\\win8\\sources\\setup.exe" at the command prompt; start the Win8 installer, select "Where do you want to install windows" To which position), follow the prompts to install the system to the previously mounted VHD disk, usually Disk 1 Partition1 (that is, the first partition of Disk 1, the disk 0 is the local hard disk, as shown in Figure 4).

The remaining installation can be operated according to the prompts on the screen. After the installation is complete, start VHDWin8 and enter the desktop, restart the computer and re-enter the original Win7 system, and copy “D:\\win8.vhd” to the mobile hard disk primary partition. on. At this point, Mobile Win8 is built.

For users who do not want to keep Win8 files on this machine, you can start “BOOTICE” after Win8 installation is completed, switch to the "BCD compilation" tab, select this machine “boot\\bcd” file, then click “View/Modify”, in the pop-up window, select the first "Windows 7" startup item to delete it, and then delete “D:\\win8.vhd” The file is fine.

Now we only need to insert the mobile hard disk on the USB boot computer, and set the mobile hard disk to the first boot in the BIOS to use the mobile VHDWin8. When you enter Win8 for the first time on other computers, the system will prompt the user that the configuration file cannot be loaded. At this time, you can log out once and then log in again after entering the desktop.

It is also worth mentioning that the Win8 system has improved the adaptability to different devices. After actual testing, the mobile Win8 installed on the AMD platform can be successfully started and used on the Intel platform computer. The configuration is completely different, now you can take it around and run around.