If you truly want to run Windows directly from a USB stick (not just install it), you need . Microsoft discontinued official support, but you can still create one using Rufus or WinToUSB .

The navigation maps flickered to life. The Ghost had done it again. He pocketed his fee, grabbed his laptop, and disappeared into the morning mist of the docks, leaving nothing behind but a perfectly functioning OS running from a thumb drive.

Marcelo decided to investigate further and discovered that the website he had downloaded from was not an official Microsoft partner. In fact, it was a third-party site that offered modified versions of Windows 10, which could potentially contain malware or other malicious software.