Windows 8.1 stuck on initial boot up screen

[RaymondSWalters]

Hi guys

I installed windows 8.1 clean on a new external drive. I tried to boot up and selected the drive in the bios.

The windows logo appeared with the spinner below it like usual, but it has been spinning for very long now and is not moving on to the initialization...

Anybody know what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

 

[dualcoremax]

are you installed this as a dual boot format?

 

[RaymondSWalters]

No. I'm looking at creating a portable windows drive.

 

[dualcoremax]

in that case you have to use win to go (only in enterprise version of windows 8 or 8.1) or WintoFlash software.
try this link http://lifehacker.com/how-to-run-a-portable-version-of-windows-from-a-usb-dri-1565509124

 

[dualcoremax]

No. I'm looking at creating a portable windows drive.

in that case you have to use win to go (only in enterprise version of windows 8 or 8.1) or WintoFlash software.
try this link http://lifehacker.com/how-to-run-a-portable-version-of-windows-from-a-usb-dri-1565509124

 

[RaymondSWalters]

WinToUSB mentioned in the article won't even boot after installation.
Anything else I can try?

 

[dualcoremax]

If you have windows 8.1 enterprise edition there is a feature called win to go to make a portable boot disk. but wintoflash method works fine if you do it correctly.
but try this link also http://betanews.com/2014/01/13/run-windows-8-or-8-1-directly-from-a-usb-drive-on-any-computer-for-free/

 

[RaymondSWalters]

Found out what was the problem.
Turns out that AHCI and UEFI do not want to boot with a NTFS USB flash drive.
So it's basically a dead end.

Only a external hard drive shall suffice.