The latest version of VMware Workstation Player includes the features needed to install Windows 11 as a virtual machine.

Once Windows has been installed and set up, you'll have a fully functional Windows 11 installation running off a USB device. Just make sure to encrypt it so that no one can steal your data.

If USB devices are greyed out in VMware Player, then add USB Controller to VM, modify its VMX file, and run VMware USB Arbitration Service.

Create a new VM and perform a physical-to-virtual conversion using the free VMware Converter that Go will download and install for you. Download virtual appliances directly from the virtual appliance ...

It's quick and easy to install Windows 11 to a USB flash drive to take it for a test drive, and we show you how.

If you plan to install Windows 11 on your device, you're likely to need a bootable USB drive, and here are two ways to create one.

But Windows 8 does offer a “mobile” alternative that may at least pique business and tech support users' curiosity: Windows to Go, an installation of Windows 8 that boots from a USB thumb drive.