Solved W8 to go via ext USB disk performs BETTER than my INSTALLED W8 system

jimbo45

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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
 

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System One

  • OS
    Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 X LG 40 inch TV
    Hard Drives
    SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
    2 X 3 TB sata
    5 X 1 TB sata
    Internet Speed
    0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)
It will be also available in Windows Embedded Standard 8 - as it was in WES 7 SR1 - and with even more pruning of unnecessary features than possible with WCP Windows 8 to Go (ThinPC form factor, minimal MUI, optimized USB, tablet functionality removed, etc., etc.) it should be a tiny stunner.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP COMPAQ Presario CQ57
    CPU
    AMD E- 300 APU with Radion HD Graphics 1.30GHz
    Motherboard
    inbuilt
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
    Sound Card
    High Definition Audio on-board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    notebook
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Seagate ST9500325AS
    Google drive 15GB
    Skydrive 25GB
    BT Cloud
    PSU
    external 20v
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    pretty good
    Keyboard
    inbuilt
    Mouse
    touchpad
    Internet Speed
    BT Infinity Unlimited - 80 up 20 down =70/16 really
    Browser
    Chrome Canary usually
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    no Start menu modifications
    Upgraded with no issues to 8.0 and to 8.1
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