Portable OS
IF you have an ISO image of your OS or
Enter product key get your iso from Microsoft
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows7
https://softsfreak.com/operating-systems
IF you have the dvd of your OS but it is not bootable
Windows Bootable ISO Creator can Create the image and can burn it
https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/Windows-Bootable-Image-Creator.shtml
Then a bootable USB installation can be made of non bootable installation dvd by
YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator
URL: https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
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To create windows to go:
Windows Bootable ISO Creator can Create the image and can burn it
https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/Windows-Bootable-Image-Creator.shtml
then WintoUSB (by Haselo) with ISO images of Microsoft OS will show all possible versions of OS the ISO can install and installs the image on USB bootable 🙂
https://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/
Windows 10 special:
We can Either directly put the OS on an USB drive or create ISO Image of the OS :
Windows 10- Media Creation Tool on a computer running windows 10
win10MediaCreationTool1903.exe
Directly to flash or to ISO
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Hiren’s windows 10 is 64bit only boot cd provides a trimmed OS no Flash
ISO download: http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/
Burn to USB:
https://www.hirensbootcd.org/usb-booting/
format yourself do not rely on ISO2USB
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Hiren’s windows XP boot cd can run from CD or USB
https://www.hirensbootcd.org/old-versions/
Each zip comes with its own CD burning tool
USe Rufus with FAT32 to burn it to USB flash or HDD connected via USB
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Linux:
Linux Live USB Creator Worked fine with standard ISO from Mint website in October 2019 When Rufus could not use the same image
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download
Another option is imgBurn
Avoid RUFUS for Linux