It is possible that there might be an issue with the installation process. Without further information or details, it is difficult to determine the exact cause. However, you could try restarting the system or contacting the support team for the "WinToUSB" program to seek assistance with troubleshooting the issue.
I want to use a hard drive but it is 1TB and I also use it for file backups. Can I continue to keep my backups on it as well as using it for a portable OS? In other words, can I create the partitions without formatting the whole disk?
Answer by
Stephen Prastman
You can perform hard disk operations without formatting the drive. Simply install a partition manager solution on your PC and then you can use it to shrink one HDD without formatting it.
For this procedure, I recommend using MiniTool Partition Wizard. Download and install the application, then right click the partition you want to split and select Split.
I have a 64 GB flash drive and want to clone just the Windows 10 system files (54.2GB), not the whole 118G SSD C:\ drive. Is this possible?
Answer by
Stephen Prastman
Judging by the application's online documentation, I don't think that is possible as WinToUSB also clones the third-party tools installed on your Windows. However, I recommend contacting the developers using this email address: [email protected]m and asking them directly if there is any way for you to select which files and programs get cloned to the USB memory stick.
Alternatively, you could try installing a secondary Windows on a different partition, setting up the applications that you need, then cloning that operating system instead of your main one.
It is possible that there might be an issue with the installation process. Without further information or details, it is difficult to determine the exact cause. However, you could try restarting the system or contacting the support team for the "WinToUSB" program to seek assistance with troubleshooting the issue.
I want to use a hard drive but it is 1TB and I also use it for file backups. Can I continue to keep my backups on it as well as using it for a portable OS? In other words, can I create the partitions without formatting the whole disk?
You can perform hard disk operations without formatting the drive. Simply install a partition manager solution on your PC and then you can use it to shrink one HDD without formatting it.
For this procedure, I recommend using MiniTool Partition Wizard. Download and install the application, then right click the partition you want to split and select Split.
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Click to viewI have a 64 GB flash drive and want to clone just the Windows 10 system files (54.2GB), not the whole 118G SSD C:\ drive. Is this possible?
Judging by the application's online documentation, I don't think that is possible as WinToUSB also clones the third-party tools installed on your Windows. However, I recommend contacting the developers using this email address: [email protected]m
and asking them directly if there is any way for you to select which files and programs get cloned to the USB memory stick.
Alternatively, you could try installing a secondary Windows on a different partition, setting up the applications that you need, then cloning that operating system instead of your main one.