How to clone Windows 10 to USB flash drive as portable Windows 10?

We are a trading company, and we are planning on cloning Windows 10 to the USB flash drive from the employee's Windows 10 PC. The plan is really for emergency backup, if the PC hard drive fails or some other issue comes up, the worker would be able to continue to work from the Portable device. Can WinToUSB help us do such things?

The answer is YES. Hasleo WinToUSB is the world's first software that can clone Windows 10 to USB flash drive and ensure that the cloned Windows 10 can start properly. With the help of Hasleo WinToUSB, you can easily clone currently running Windows 10 installation on an internal hard drive to a USB flash drive as a backup of the current system, and then you can use this portable Windows 10 USB flash drive to continue working or restore the original Windows when your Windows 10 is not able to work properly.

Tutorial to clone Windows 10 to a USB flash drive as portable Windows 10.

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

Step 2. Click "Select installation source" and then select "Current Windows OS" from the list that pops up.

Step 3. Click "Select destination drive" and select the destination drive from the pop-up drive list.

Step 4. 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. We recommend using the VHD/VHDX installation mode for better compatibility when creating Windows To Go using a USB flash drive.
2. 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?
3. 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 5. 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 6. After clicking "Yes", Hasleo WinToUSB begins cloning Windows to the destination drive. The time required for cloning is related to the size of the data to be cloned.

Step 7. Wait for the clone operation to complete. After the clone is successfully completed, restart the computer and change BIOS to boot from the USB drive.

Conclusion

Now you see, you can clone Windows 10 to USB flash drive as portable Windows 10 easily with the help of Hasleo WinToUSB, and the portable Windows 10 USB flash drive is really useful when your Windows 10 crashes. Please note that you can not only clone Windows 10 to a USB flash drive as Portable Windows 10, but also clone Windows 10 to an external hard drive as portable Windows 10.

As the most professional Windows To Go Creator tool, you can also use Hasleo WinToUSB to create portable Windows 11 and portable Windows 8.