My goal is to have a dedicated USB for running Windows with persistent storage, so that if it would save something to the hard drive it instead saves it to the flash drive. I do not want to dual-boot or install it.
Normally I’d be able to Google this and find my own way around. However, I don’t know what this is called. Some people seem to be calling this a bootable USB, some people seem to be calling it a live USB. And of course, none of the guides I’ve seen show them using it, shutting down and unplugging it, and then demonstrating the persistent storage on the next boot. The most I’ve gathered is that windows needs to be packaged in a special way to run like this, but it seems unclear what that means for me.
So. What is this thing called? How have you gone about making a bootable/live windows flash drive with persistent storage? Any direction would be greatly appreciated
Use Linux for this purpose to keep your mental health better. Even with USB 3.0 Windows can be painfully slow.
My daily driver is Zorin OS. I just want to be able to use windows without dual-booting, if I have to.
Although tbh my only hesitancy with setting up dual-booting is that I don’t want to have to format my computer again. It might be my best option in the end though.
If it’s desktop computer, then use gpu passthrough with any amd gpu and you have a hardware accelerated virtualized Windows with 98% of gpu power what that card has.
Youtube is full of guides. Amd is much easier than Nvidia, but Nvidia is possible too with extra steps.
If memory serves, I did install an AMD graphics card. Definitely need to look into this. Thank you so very much
Some things don’t work in VMs at all, like valorant for example.