Introduction
What is PWBoot project ?
PWBoot stands for Portable Windows Boot project, this project aims to be make your Windows operating system to boot from USB storage media easily.
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Tested storage list
USB Flash
Kingston DataTraveler 100 (8GB)
Sandisk Cruzer Extreme (16GB)
Apacer Handy Steno AH328 (8GB)
USB HDD
Standard 2.5 inch IDE HDD (60GB)
Standard 2.5 inch SATA HDD (120GB)
Standard 3.5 inch IDE HDD (40GB)
Seagate FreeAgent Go (320GB)
Supported boot methods
Virtual hard disk (VHD)
Windows 7 (Ultimate, Enterprise)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8
Physical drive (Native)
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8
Important!
You do not have to use other USB booting program such as USB Watcher.
Remember to re-patch after a new service pack updates installed.
Optimization Tips
Use HDD instead of FDD.
Turn off indexing service.
Use DiskMod for enable pagefile on USB (Windows 7+).
Defragment the disk.
NTFS compression.
Changelogs
Version 1.0
- Initial release.
Version 1.1
- Core improvement
- Main GUI changes
Version 2.0
- New GUI
- Minor improvements
- Support External system patching (Not fully tested)
Version 2.1
- Minor improvements
- Fixed: External system patching doesn't work
Version 3.0
- Major improvements
- New GUI (Well, basically you just need a pointing device to use it)
- Supports physical or VHD installation
- No VM is required to make a working bootable USB
- Higher boot chance for some machine
Version 3.0.1
- Maintenance release
- Fixed: Unable to boot for "Non-Active" boot volume
Version 3.0.2
- Minor update to USB patch code
Screen shots:
Download Link:
PWBoot 3.0.2.exe (1.28MB)
PWBoot 3.0.2 (No-UPX).exe (1.61MB)
Facebook Page: PWBoot Project
Original source: http://reboot.pro/6851/