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[v8.5] WinToUSB – Windows Installer & Bootalbe WinPE USB creator

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WinToUSB is a small freeware from China with concise, friendly UI. It’s specially designed for creating Windows Installation/bootable Windows PE or Windows Installer on USB storage devices.

// 3 Major Applications //

  1. Install Windows OS into USB HDD or USB flash drive from ISO/WIM/ESD/SWM file or CD/DVD, or you can clone your current OS (Windows 7 and higher) to USB devices, so as to run Windows directly from a USB device (referred to as Windows To Go)
  2. Use Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/2008/2012/2016 setup image to create Windows USB Installer, then you can use it to install Windows with ease, no Windows DVD & DVD drive required
  3. Create bootable USB device based on Windows PE. It can transfer the content in WinPE image or a bootable CD to USB devices and make sure they are bootable too.

Finally, to make WinToUSB work for you smoothly, an original Windows system image file is recommended all the time. After all, a purely clean OS is much more stable and reliable.

// Key Features //

  • Three steps to install/clone Windows to a USB drive
  • Creation of Windows To Go on Non-Certified Windows To Go USB Drive
  • Use any edition of Windows 10/8/7 to create Windows To Go USB drive
  • Creation of VHD-based/VHDX-based Windows To Go Workspace
  • Creation of Windows installation USB flash drive with both BIOS and UEFI support
  • Support both MBR and GPT

// Universal License Codes //

For E-mail License Code
v2.x I’[email protected]
  • GJTA72CR-3FMSHKXA-K39L4XEE-KWF9AHNV-FZPBQAYQ-CWJ7WCDU
  • MLADL9PP-JFU2HQRJ-HN3L3YYH-F4755MKL-STX5PFJ9-48TPDVPF
  • QALZQ5CJ-LJ3UFNFZ-9FRKQM7G-Q6HZBGTV-ZEL3F8R3-M8LNMXH9
  • CHPQ752W-JJPTSJH8-DUT577MF-AYNUULUQ-SW59BL4V-CYY4MRAA
  • 2S82EVDH-MKBU5NYB-JRVP2NS3-ACTB2AYE-CHHZ83UB-2EZ93LTS
v3.x, v4.x, v5.x [email protected]
  • ME2D2TD9-X68SV9EG-XVSS5HT4-KHPCSDDB-UXP2XL9U-G2NP5QS9
  • YG83NT8A-CTY462QZ-JZBZWJML-RFQFBRUJ-K8KBC45W-Y3FAUH94
  • PMS4UGTN-JBLML36R-3ENHVLQT-NLR9DZLY-DZEB5JBB-ZFBX8GCZ
  • X6PF2Y6V-3X8W5RKK-G2EQ7NTA-DXW4LPHC-EF7ZSSNZ-5K47DHQS
  • NMVHF5H3-WZ2384J4-7ESVMRC5-AN3MSEN9-P6B3H36M-ETPEHBHC

*** Pay attention to the single quotation mark in email address <I’[email protected]>, it must be in English (‘), not in Unicode (‘).

// Edition Statement //

AppNee provides the WinToUSB Enterprise/Technician Edition multilingual portable unlocked versions along with universal license codes, as well as portable full registered versions for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit.

// Installation Notes //

for v7.1.1:

  1. Download and install WinToUSB
  2. Copy the corresponding unlocked file to installation folder and overwrite
  3. Done

for v3.8+:

  1. Download and extract program
  2. Disable your Internet connection temporarily
  3. Run program, enter “About/Activate license“
  4. Copy and use any license code above to register, also use it as the “Activation Code“
  5. Restart program
  6. Done

*** You have to block WinToUSB with your firewall, otherwise the activation will fail (go back to Free Edition) after you connect to Internet again.

for v3.7-:

  1. Download and install the free edition from official site
  2. Run program, enter “About/Activate license“
  3. Use any license code above to register
  4. Done, enjoy!

// Prompts //

  1. Windows Vista/7/2008/2008 R2 does not support USB 3.0 natively, so these versions of Windows have to be started from a USB 2.0 port
  2. USB flash drive has much slower speed than hard disk. That means installing or booting Windows on a USB device needs quite a longer time. Therefore, it is highly recommended to use a USB HDD instead, for this purpose
  3. Windows To Go supports booting system from different computers, hence it could be taken anywhere and work on many computers
  4. Windows 7 does not fully support booting system from different computers. And booting from other computers might need to activate or encounter incompatible problems of drivers
  5. WinToUSB needs administrator privileges to go

// Related Links //

// Download URLs //

License Version Download Size
Free Edition Latest n/a
Enterprise Edition v8.5.0 36.3 MB
Technician Edition v8.5.0 36.3 MB

(Homepage | Chinese)

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