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Hi there
I've been running stuff all day from an old Laptop USB drive (SAMSUNG 320 GB) which I booted on to 16 GB Quad ASUS Mobo as an External USB drive (BIOS allows USB booting).
It's connected to the ASUS computer via a USB. (SATA==>USB cable to a USB2 port on the machine -- actually even via a Hub) !!.
It needed to go through "Setting up Hardware" routine -- but once booted it's been fine and runs a treat better than the W8 installation I have from an Internal SATA HDD drive.
All drives are accessible and even running a VM on it is fine (the VM is actually on the 2nd partition of the "Laptop" drive).
I suspect that my internal HDD's (probably getting long in the tooth) aren't as fast as the newer laptop drives even though the laptop drive has to go through a SATA==>USB interface.
(Same test with an SSD external drive --- No contest -- system just FLIES).
IMO MS have got this Windows to Go absolutely SPOT ON.
I'm really sorry that it will only be available in Windows Enterprise -- since a lot of people who would use this won't have access to Windows Enterprise. (TechNet and corporates can still get it).
Any MS guys out there -- PLEASE MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO GENERAL PUBLIC (even it it's an "extra charge" feature").
I really love this tool and am actually using it in working environments quite a lot now.
Cheers
jimbo
I've been running stuff all day from an old Laptop USB drive (SAMSUNG 320 GB) which I booted on to 16 GB Quad ASUS Mobo as an External USB drive (BIOS allows USB booting).
It's connected to the ASUS computer via a USB. (SATA==>USB cable to a USB2 port on the machine -- actually even via a Hub) !!.
It needed to go through "Setting up Hardware" routine -- but once booted it's been fine and runs a treat better than the W8 installation I have from an Internal SATA HDD drive.
All drives are accessible and even running a VM on it is fine (the VM is actually on the 2nd partition of the "Laptop" drive).
I suspect that my internal HDD's (probably getting long in the tooth) aren't as fast as the newer laptop drives even though the laptop drive has to go through a SATA==>USB interface.
(Same test with an SSD external drive --- No contest -- system just FLIES).
IMO MS have got this Windows to Go absolutely SPOT ON.
I'm really sorry that it will only be available in Windows Enterprise -- since a lot of people who would use this won't have access to Windows Enterprise. (TechNet and corporates can still get it).
Any MS guys out there -- PLEASE MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO GENERAL PUBLIC (even it it's an "extra charge" feature").
I really love this tool and am actually using it in working environments quite a lot now.
Cheers
jimbo
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- OS
- Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
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- PC/Desktop
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1 X LG 40 inch TV
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2 X 3 TB sata
5 X 1 TB sata
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