@davidm71
On a Sabertooth X99 PC I have finally succeed from "W10 Home X64 RS4 .iso" file to build on a Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 64 GB stick a "WinToGo RS4 Home" version using "AOMEI Partition Assistant PRO edition v7.0".
Build does take a while even with this very fast USB key, and multiple reboot operation to apply all the Windows updates.
However, the key was not booting up to completion on the Sabertooth X99 PC (CSM enabled mode does seem mandatory).
Setting the key on a old legacy PC booting was perfect up to the completion, and then coming back to X99 PC and setting again the same key booting up to the completion was finally OK. very strange.
Do you recommend to apply all Windows updates and Drivers updates on this WinToGo stick ?
It does seem to get a 'universal' WinToGo key booting on different platforms I have to update it each time the key with appropriate last drivers version to work properly.

@100PIER

I also has success creating a Win 2 Go Usb stick last night on a Sandisk Extreme Pro 256gb drive using Win2Usb app. Aomei didn’t recognize my drive for some reason. It recognized my old Sandisk Extreme drive though but not the PRO model which is what I recommend. I found the regular Sandisk Extreme model too slow.

Anyhow you could also use Rufus if you wanted which is 100% free. New version out. Win2Usb charges you for a license if you want advance features turned on but will make a Uefi Gpt disk no problem. As long as you have a Win 10 Pro ISO it will make the Win2go usb image so you dont have to limit your self to Win 10 Home.

I didn’t bother to try to run Windows update because I used the latest 1803 Windows image and it feels fast enough running off of a Usb 3.0 port. I suppose it be slower on usb 2.0. Wish mine was dual legacy/Uefi but who uses legacy mode anymore.

The only other issue in regards to benchmarking system disks with Win2go is that internal hard disks are hidden by default. Theres a way to turn off that security policy within Diskpart by issuing commands related to the ‘San Policy’. Don’t remember exact command. Also interesting to note was able to test my key in Virtualbox and load the Win2Go environment up without rebooting.

Not sure why you had issues on your X99. Maybe you should have tested on another usb port? Maybe it need more time to complete driver install and boot? Maybe you should try a different partitioning scheme? Strange. Not sure about having to install the drivers each time how that works but I would imagine that be a one time thing.

Good luck.

Update:
After lots of trying and testing and finally reading this, specifically:

Zitat

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This is the way the OEM XG5 is programmed to function. They explained that the XG5 is intended to fill laptop slots for OEM's and because laptops are lower performance PC's they are actually boosting user experience by pinning the OS (Operating System) to the drive's SLC cache. They further explained the performance reduction when running benchmarks on the OS disk is due to the SLC cache being filled by pinned objects, as intended, which in-turn triggers a direct write to TLC.

Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8284/t...view/index.html

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it seems that the XG5 is configured/programmed to cache the OS files when it's used as an OS disk - it fills the SLC cache with OS files, and the SLC cache is full/near full when performing benchmarks, hence the low results.

It means that the XG5 can unleash it's full potential when used as a secondary drive. Or if an option becomes available to disable the OS caching (i'm guessing via a specific firmware update or modification).
Until then, we'll have to live with it.

Hello. Thank you all for this wonderfull forum, so much informations.

I'm creating one build after another, trying to find the right drivers for my new notebook. If someone could put me on the right track, it would be really appreciated.
My configuration: Asus N580VN : Sata HDD + NVMe Samsung 970 Evo M.2
I have already installed Win 10, but now I need Win 7.

The Win 7 installer (started from bios) does not see the two disks, and does not seem to be able to see even a second USB device from which to load the drivers. Are there any suitable drivers for my case?
Attached a screenshot of the system, in the hope that it will be useful.


Thanks for any help

Hi Fernando. Thank you for your help. I just tried to start the installation with a new build where I integrated this new fix. I do not know, maybe I did something wrong, but as soon as I start the installation I always have the message asking me to select a driver.

There was a difference now, however, because from the driver selection windows I can see the NVMe drive that was not there before.

For some reason, however, I can not proceed with the installation. Is this a problem related to the dual boot? I remember reading it somewhere in the forum

I suspect the same, a problem with the USB, because the NVMe drive seems now readable, but I'm using the USB 2.0 port since it is a well known problem to install Windows 7 with 3.0.

Bios settings CSM enabled, secure boot disabled. I'm now adding the USB 3.0 drivers to see if something change, I hope it's the correct one. (Intel eXtensible 5.0.4.43 - https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloa...-Chipset-Family).


Edit: success! the USB driver worked, and it was also necessary for the USB port to be 2.0

Thanks Fernando, your help has been greatly appreciated :)

Hi Fernando,
have a look at
http://reboot.pro/topic/21812-community-...er-2003-r2-sp2/
this is fun pur,
have a nice day
Dietmar

Don't understand why anyone is running Win Xp these days with or without nvme functionality. Makes no sense.

@davidm71,
Thanks for your help regarding on how to create a WinToGo W10 stick. I share with you and the forum members the informations I get from RUFUS and that helped me to create with sucess a W10 RS4 WinToGo stick (Sandisk USB 3.0 Extreme 64GB).
In fact RUFUS v3.1.1320 Tool does need a proper W10 ISO file image format to offer the option of create a WinToGo USB. Due to an inappropriate structure of a W10 ISO file image created via "MS Media Creation" Tool you should find 'somewhere' a correct W10 ISO file.
Unfortunately, Microsoft _hides_ the direct download links to the retail ISOs for visitors that are already using Windows 10. (it was my case).
My preferred and easy workaround to get the proper ISO is to use the "Windows ISO Downloader" Tool: https://pureinfotech.com/download-windows-10-iso-without-media-creation-tool/
You have to select the proper W10 version you want, download it, and then RUFUS tool will be able to recognize this proper ISO file image format and so the 'WinToGo' creation option will be offered.

@100PIER,

Try this site out for Windows ISOs:

https://www.itechtics.com/windows-10-180...s_All_languages

In any case glad you got it working. Its an invaluable tool to have in your toolbox. Just note if you want to access your other system drives your going to have to change the SANS POLICY in Diskpart. Then you can benchmark whatever.

In my case I was able to use the Win2go stick to troubleshoot driver hardware corruption issues last night. Will post about it in another thread.

Thanks

Hello

I have a new Dell Precision 5520 with a Toshiba KXG50ZNV512G that is incredibly slow.
I read upgrading the firmware to AADA4105 was going to improve it, it didn't. This was after upgrading to AADA4104.

I installed Intel Rapid 15.7.5.1025, no improvements.
Now I am trying to install
64bit OCZ NVMe driver v1.2.126.843 mod+signed by Fernandoz
Storage controllers - Intel .... RST Premium....
Update driver ... have disk...... ocznvem.inf..... XG5-Dev_0116
encountered error....problem while attempting to add the driver to the store

any suggestions?
thanks