[Solved] Best Free Alternative to EaseUS Windows To Go Creator

EaseUS Todo Backup can be used to create Windows To Go, Hasleo WinToUSB is the world's first third-party tool that can be used to create Windows To Go, it is the best alternative to Windows To Go Creator built into EaseUS Todo Backup.

• About Windows To Go Creator built into EaseUS Todo Backup
• Why need a alternative to EaseUS Windows To Go Creator?
• Best alternative to Windows To Go Creator built into EaseUS Todo Backup
• Tutorial to create Windows To Go with Hasleo WinToUSB
• Conclusion

About Windows To Go Creator built into EaseUS Todo Backup

EaseUS Todo Backup is a powerful, reliable and secure Windows backup software that provides Windows operating system backup, disk/partition backup and file backup capabilities, and it is a Windows disk cloning software that can help us clone Windows, disks and partitions. The Windows To Go Creator built into EaseUS Todo Backup is an advanced Windows cloning option that allows us to clone Windows from an internal disk to a USB drive and enable Windows to boot properly from the USB drive, it functions like Microsoft's Windows To Go Creator Wizard, but it cannot create Windows To Go directly from an ISO, WIM or ESD file.

Why need a alternative to EaseUS Windows To Go Creator?

To be honest, the Windows To Go Creator built into EaseUS Todo Backup is a great Windows To Go creation tool, it has a nice graphical interface and a high success rate, but it has the following shortcomings:

1. It does not support creating Windows To Go from an ISO, WIM, ESD or VHD(X) file.
2. It does not support the creation of VHD(X)-based Windows To Go.
3. The feature of cloning existing Windows to a USB drive as Windows To Go is only available in the paid version and the performance is poor.
4. You cannot encrypt the Windows TO Go USB drive with BitLocker to protect your data.
5. Creating Windows installation USB drives and bootable WinPE USB drives is not supported.

Best alternative to Windows To Go Creator built into EaseUS Todo Backup

As mentioned above, the Windows To Go Creator built into EaseUS Todo Backup can only clone existing Windows to a USB drive as Windows To Go, it does not support creating Windows To Go from an ISO, WIM, ESD or VHD(X) file. If EaseUS Windows To Go Creator cannot meet your needs, you may be looking for an alternative to it. Here, we recommend you to try Hasleo WinToUSB, it is the world’s first third-party Windows To Go Creator, which can perfectly help you solve all the problems mentioned above.

 

Tutorial to create Windows To Go with Hasleo WinToUSB - The best free alternative to EaseUS Windows To Go Creator.

Step 1. Connect the USB drive to the computer, download, install and run Hasleo WinToUSB and then click the "Windows To Go USB".

Step 2. Click "Select installation source", then click "Browse image file" and select the Windows 8 installation ISO file from the open dialog box as installation source, or choose a CD/DVD drive with a Windows 8 installation DVD inserted as the installation source.

Step 3. Hasleo WinToUSB scans for and lists installable operating systems, select the edition of Windows you want to install.

Step 4. Click "Select destination drive" and select the destination drive from the pop-up drive list. If the drive is not correctly recognized by Hasleo WinToUSB, you can click the button for the program to recognize the drive.

Step 5. Choose the partition scheme and installation mode you want to use, and you can specify additional drivers or enable BitLocker to encrypt the Windows To Go USB drive according to your needs, then click "Proceed".

* Tips:

1. For more detailed information about "Partition scheme", "Installation mode" and "Enable BitLocker", please refer to: How to create portable Windows 11/10/8/7 from an ISO, WIM, ESD, SWM or VHD(X) file?
2. If you choose "Keep the existing partition scheme", you need to manually prepare the partitions on the USB drive before this step, and here is the user guide on how to manually prepare partitions for Windows To Go.

Step 6. After clicking "Proceed", a pop-up will appear asking you if you want to format it to continue, click "Yes" if you are sure.

Step 7. After clicking "Yes", WinToUSB begins installing Windows to the destination drive.

Step 8. It takes some time to install. After installation restart the computer and change BIOS to boot from your USB drive.

Step 9. Windows normal installation starts up and you have to complete all the installation steps. After that, you can install programs, copy files, etc.

Conclusion

As the best free alternative to Windows To Go Creator built into EaseUS Todo Backup, not only you can use Hasleo WinToUSB to clone existing Windows to a USB drive as Windows To Go, but also you can create Windows To Go from an ISO, WIM, ESD or VHD(X) file, and you can encrypt the Windows TO Go USB drive with BitLocker to protect your data.

If you are looking for an alternative to EaseUS Todo Backup to backup or clone Windows operating system, disks or partitions, it is recommended to try our free Windows backup software Hasleo Backup Suite Free.