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Windows 8 supports installation to removable flash media via a feature called Windows to Go. Your apps, settings, and OS can all be installed to a USB stick and you can easily move that between platforms. Microsoft demonstrated Windows to Go by booting a USB stick with Windows 8 on a desktop PC that had Windows 7 preloaded on it. After the demo, Microsoft removed the Win 8 USB stick and booted a laptop using the same drive.
Although it won't be the most performant solution, Windows to Go can be an interesting solution to quickly deploying on new hardware on enterprise clients.
Death666Angel Reply Drivers? by Aikouka on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Out of curiosity, did they state what it does for driver support? I'm wondering if it uses some generic set of drivers for a feature like this. 
Aikouka Reply Windows To Go by mmm200 on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 There is no pwcreator.exe file in System32 directory. How can I transfer Windows to USB drive without it? 
mmm200 Reply RE: Windows To Go by steviemorrow on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 You could try WorldDesk, it already does this and you can get it today (http://www.myworlddesk.com/download). Your apps, files & profile on a USB without the reboot! 
steviemorrow Reply Only for Enterprise machines by DukeN on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Anand, this will not work for home PCs - there is some sort of a server requirement here IIRC. 
DukeN Reply RE: Only for Enterprise machines by Wolfpup on Thursday, March 01, 2012 Darn, this sounds like it could theoretically be perfect for using a desktop PC at home, and the same "stuff" at work on a different desktop...for a moment I though maybe I could switch back to desktops instead of notebooks, but guess that's not the case. 
Wolfpup Reply There are going to be a lot more details by Kornfeld on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 There are apparently going to be some caveats regarding this. First, there shouldn't be an expectation that you can just use this with any stick. There are some specific requirements regarding performance and also it sounds like there is some exploration of devices that will support hardware encryption.Apparently Bitlocker is already a done deal, so there is one layer of encryption worked out.
I'm really curious how the licensing will work and where this may fill in some niches for enterprise needs.
Kornfeld Reply Finally. by sheh on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Finally. Next I'm hoping for a change in "recommended" app installation practices to localized installs that don't rely on registry or other system-wide changes. Then we might get close to the DOS ideal of transportable OS and apps. :) 
sheh Reply an enterprise feature for a mobile CE operating system by Randomblame on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 windows 8 is in keeping with the great microsoft tradition of "every other" in which they produce a good product then a turd then a good product again. My desktop is a workstation not a web browser/twitter feed. I prefer an operating system that is suited to it's role. This will still be interesting as a mobile platform and by mobile I mean tablets not notebooks. 
Randomblame Reply maybe ideal to eradicate virus? by vapez3k on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 I hope this will fastest way to clean infected files by virus etc. I know some virus/malware/trojan/wathever... put code in windows registry. but still, it require some actual files to work. like old dos...yes, you can use winpe too. just hope this will give better integration with antivirus to work properly
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