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When I try to flash Windows 11 To Go (technically it's not actually Windows To Go, it's like a pseudo-Windows 11 To Go (it's still Windows 11, but it's not actually Windows To Go, rather something inside the ISO)) on my newly ordered 64 GB SanDisk Cruzer Glide using Rufus, it throws this error message:

'Windows To Go' can only be installed on a GPT partitioned drive if it has the FIXED attribute set. The current drive was not detected as FIXED.

I looked up this issue and could only find one Reddit post that didn't provide an explanation. I looked up what the FIXED/REMOVABLE attribute was on a flash drive and could only find this post

that was a good resource for tools to use but didn't actually explain how to flip it, nor do I know that this works with the flash drive I have specified above.

ThePiGuy
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This is explained here:

If you are trying to use an older version of Windows for Windows To Go, you may have gotten a message from Rufus telling you that it was unlikely to boot due to your drive being of 'REMOVABLE' type.

The FIXED/REMOVABLE attribute is a property of the flash drive you are using. Most USB HDD drivers have the FIXED attribute whereas most USB Flash drives have the REMOVABLE attribute. And as the message should have indicated, this is not something that software can change or work around, it is a hardware feature of the drive you use.

Microsoft designed older versions of Windows not to boot from a REMOVABLE drive, so that is why, if Rufus detects that you are installing Windows To Go on a drive with the REMOVABLE attribute, it will warn you that this will probably not work.

Now, if you actually use a more recent version of Windows to create a Windows To Go drive, it should be compatible with REMOVABLE drives. So I would strongly advise you to use an official Windows 11 ISO, rather than the "pseudo-Windows 11" one you seem to indicate you are using, as Rufus should not produce the warning with an official Windows 11 ISO.

You can download official Windows 11 ISOs from here.

Akeo
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