
For now, I've decided to slipstream all windows updates into the install.wim file that gets plugged into PWboot when building the flash stick. I still can't update one the portable windows is running, but i should be fine for a while. I'll give diskmod a try, although I'd rather just not use a pagefile. The system has plenty of ram and no expectation to run heavy software.

I agree that the most likely reason I have permissions issues is because windows sees the thumb drive as a removable disk instead of a fixed one, but i still have to figure that out. Anyone have permissions issues that were resolved by somehow emulating a fixed disk, whether by flipping the removable bit, or using drivers, etc? You seemingly managed to put together more than one possible complication. Windows 7 has no 'native' support for USB 3.0 motherboard controllers, so that is usually a no-no. Maybe, integrating the right (which?) USB 3.0 drivers it is possible to install it, but then it is unlikely to work (as the project idea is) 'universally', it will likely work only on motherboards with a chipset for which the drivers are present. Then there is the added complication of GPT. You don't really need (or actually want) a GPT partitioned USB stick with a NTFS. It is not needed (sizewise) and it will be unbootable on BIOS machines (because of the GPT) and unbootable on most UEFI machines (because of the NTFS filesystem which is not supported in the UEFI standard). In any case the PWboot project is/was intended for BIOS and thus for MBR style partitioning.

The good news are that USB 3.0 devices are backwards compatible, i.e. It is entirely possible that your USB 3.0 device might be ok if connected to a USB 2.0 port. Or later when the portable system is live? You don't really need (or actually want) a GPT partitioned USB stick with a NTFS.Ĭancionero De Rock Nacional Para Guitarra Pdf here.

Maybe if you post what is your final goal, there may be other (possibly even more suited) tools/projects to reach it.
