How to Bring SD Cards Online in a Windows To Go Workspace?

Updated on August 19, 2025 by Admin to Portable Windows Creator

The removable disk is not working when booting via WinToUSB. The fixed disk was able to change from Offline to Online. However, the removable disk was not able to change from Offline to Online. It shows gray letters as the screen-capture when I click the right button of the mouse. I've tested it with many other computers and removable disks but results were same. Please check it out and let me know your opinion.

To prevent accidental data leaks, the host computer's SD cards remain offline by default when booting from a Windows To Go (WTG) USB drive created with the built-in Windows To Go Creation Wizard or Hasleo WinToUSB. This tutorial details how to bring SD cards online in a Windows To Go workspace using Disk Management.

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Tutorial to Bring SD Cards Online in a Windows To Go Workspace.

Step 1. Boot Windows from the USB drive created by Hasleo WinToUSB.

Step 2. Run cmd.exe as a administrator.

Step 3. Run Diskpart at the command prompt
DISKPART>san
DISKPART>san policy=onlineall
DISKPART>list disk
DISKPART>select disk 2
DISKPART>attributes disk clear readonly
DISKPART>exit

Step 4. Eject the SD card from the card slot and reinsert it.

Step 5. Run Diskpart at the command prompt
DISKPART>list disk
DISKPART>select disk 2
DISKPART>online disk
DISKPART>exit

Note: Replace the disk number with your SD card's actual disk number. Following these steps, you can online SD cards in Windows To Go (WTG) workspace easily.

 

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