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@Zenju

Since I now qualify for the Donors Edition (since v11.15), and v11.2 Free does work with the WinPE OS on a RAM drive; can I get a Donors Edition of v11.2?

I'd like to add some more of my experience to this discussion.

I booted to WinPE10 (x64) from "WinPE10_8_Sergei_Strelec_x86_x64_2022.01.03_English" on a USB HDD. But this time it is set up to "flat boot"; it does not create a ram drive but does identify the USB HDD as "X:\" and the operating system ...

I just tried to run FFS v11.27 Donors Edition Portable from a USB HDD (G:\) while the WinPE 10 OS is running from a RAM drive (X:\). It failed to run, and I got the following error message (I hope this information is useful in resolving this condition.):

FreeFileSync -- An exception occurred ...

@Zenju
I, also, donated with the hopes of using FFS under WinPE. Unfortunately, the WinPE OS is running from a RAM drive which FFS cannot access.

Would you please reply to this thread with your view on the subject? Will FFS be able to run from a USB drive while the OS runs from a RAM drive?

Thanks ...

@xCSxXenon
I am not running FFS from the ram drive; I am running it from the USB HDD.
I agree with Grinch843's assessment, FFS is looking for something on the drive where Windows is running from and cannot find it on a non-physical drive.

I have edited my first post to clarify the conditions of ...

I'd like to add my experience to this discussion.

I boot to PE from "WinPE10_8_Sergei_Strelec_x86_x64_2022.01.03_English" on a USB HDD. It creates a ram drive (X:\) for the operating system. When trying to start FreeFileSync under that environment I get the same error that is in post #3.

I managed ...