Partition 7: NTFS partition to store my Macrium Reflect backups Partition 6: NTFS partition (BitLocker encrypted) that holds all my important documents, software, personal photos, and more Partition 5: FAT32 partition that allows me to boot Macrium Reflect in case I need to perform a backup or recovery Partition 4: NTFS for Windows 11 installation Partition 3: FAT32 for Windows 11 installation Partition 2: NTFS for Windows 10 installation Partition 1: FAT32 for Windows 10 installation The only sacrifice you make is with BIOS and x86 based systems, but who cares?
You can have up to 128 partitions, each booting something else and no 2TB limit. You are also not limited to only four primary partitions. As a result, you can boot from any of multiple partitions. With MBR you must mark the first partition as "active".
Since I no longer care about supporting BIOS and x86 systems I'm 100% fine with this. Now, with Win 11 days away and x86 / BIOS based systems in the rearview mirror I realized that I could ditch MBR in favor of GPT, thus eliminating the 2TB limit but sacrificing compatibility with BIOS / x86 systems. This matters because I had hoped to use a 4TB portable HDD for this project. This in turn means that the media is limited to 2TB maximum. One of the requirements of this method is that the drive uses a MBR rather than a GPT. This gets around that (yes, I know you can split files, but this avoids that necessity).Ģ) This method works with everything - x86 and 圆4 systems as well as BIOS and UEFI based systems. Great, but you cannot place any files greater than 4GB on FAT32. There are a couple of reasons for doing it this way:ġ) Many systems won't boot from a thumb drive unless it is formatted FAT32. You create a FAT32 partition that holds some of the Windows installation files and an NTFS partition that holds the bulk of it. I favor a method for making Windows installation media that uses two partitions. Bear with me, it's a little long but worth it. After some tinkering I have this all working now. I want to do this without 3rd party tools. from which I can boot Windows 10 install media, Windows 11 install media, Macrium Reflect (or other backup program) recovery media, and still be able to create additional partitions for other purposes. The goal is to create a single thumb drive, SSD, HDD, etc. I came up with an idea for something that surprised me when it worked but I need help understanding how this works.
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