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I'm curious about this too, maybe this poster could elaborate more on the subject.
Create VHD on flash drive?
I'm curious about this too, maybe this poster could elaborate more on the subject.
Create VHD on flash drive?
That is true about the drivers, I'll have to see if Windows can load up some generic working drivers. Hopefully it will.
It seems as though WES7 will allow usage on multiple puters because its license allows so. Actually, running Windows off a flash drive sounds atrocious, but one time, I put a VMware virtual hard drive file onto a flash drive and booted from that, it's not too shabby honestly. I think I set the system to use one processor core and I think either 256 or 512 MBs of RAM and it ran rather fine. Also, Windows Embedded is basically Windows 7 but stripped down, just think of it as a linux Windows.
It is going to be interesting to see how this pans out. I'd just like to state again that I don't have any experience with windows embedded so some of my assumptions may be way off base. YMMV :)
UPDATE!!
Ok, I got an answer from the poster from the VHD on flash thread about installing Embedded, apparently you must have the USB as the root of a network shared drive and before installing Windows, you run a couple commands to start the network stack and THEN install on the drive.
But before I got that message, I found out about this software hacker cracker dude that has achieved the USB Windows 7 drive. I downloaded the VHD file and ran the installer file for that and it installed onto the USB flash drive, and yes, it's Windows 7 on a flash drive that you can run from the BIOS boot! YAY!!!
Also, for those curious about if it's possible and how it runs, it actually run surprisingly well. But due to USB 2.0's speed constraints, it's not as fast as an ATA hard drive, but when running some light tasks, like going through Windows Explorer, running a media player and doing some interwebbing, it runs quite well. It almost seems like you're running on a slightly fragmented hard drive actually. Office 2010 runs pretty well, except for Outlook, it's a little unstable, but oh well. I plan on doing some Remote Desktopping from my portable Windows 7 drive to my home puter for gaming, maybe Outlook 2010, accessing installation files and whatnot, and using its internet resource. Awesome!!
But in my opinion, having Windows 7, IE 9, and Office 2010 to-go is epic! I don't have a pocket full of sunshine, I have a pocket full of Windows 7 Ultimate thank you very much!