- Sep 18, 2015
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I have a 64GB usb stick that I carry on my key-ring. Right now it has only a single partition with all of my portable data on it. I don't really need 64GB of file storage, and I want to start carrying a Windows 10 install disk as well. Rather than carry two usb sticks with me I want to use the extra space on my current one. Looking ahead at the upgrades I'm going to have to do for family in the next few weeks, I've decided I should have 4 partitions, and for simplicity I've made them all roughly 15GB. Here's what I want them to be:
1. The first partition should continue to be my data files. I have around 5GB of data now, so 15 GB should be plenty of storage.
2. Windows 10 installation media, both 32-bit and 64-bit.
3. Windows 7 Universal installation media.
4. The final partition can be smaller, but I want it to contain installers for common programs (chrome, malwarebytes, adobe reader, etc).
I have created the 4 separate partitions on my usb drive, and I have the iso file for Windows 7 All In One. I downloaded the 1803 Media Creation Tool for Windows 10, but that's where I run into problems. I can run the tool and tell it to install to a specific partition, but it instead erases all partitions on the drive and creates a new 32GB partition that I can't shrink.
Is it at all possible to have 2 bootable (not at the same time, obviously) partitions for windows files AND a separate partition for data?
1. The first partition should continue to be my data files. I have around 5GB of data now, so 15 GB should be plenty of storage.
2. Windows 10 installation media, both 32-bit and 64-bit.
3. Windows 7 Universal installation media.
4. The final partition can be smaller, but I want it to contain installers for common programs (chrome, malwarebytes, adobe reader, etc).
I have created the 4 separate partitions on my usb drive, and I have the iso file for Windows 7 All In One. I downloaded the 1803 Media Creation Tool for Windows 10, but that's where I run into problems. I can run the tool and tell it to install to a specific partition, but it instead erases all partitions on the drive and creates a new 32GB partition that I can't shrink.
Is it at all possible to have 2 bootable (not at the same time, obviously) partitions for windows files AND a separate partition for data?
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