Windows XP on flash IDE drive
 

I am planning on building a new project in the near future.

One of the features I am attempting to add is a compact flash drive
connected through IDE which would hold windows system processes normally
run in ram.

In effect I would like to have the system shut itself down when idle and
have a minimal load time when booting back up. With everything normally
loaded into ram at bootup, stored in the flash drive instead, the only
load time would in effect be the bios boot.

What I need to know how to do is store what windows writes to ram, on
the flash drive, and have it autoboot from the drive?

The objective of the system would be a demonstration that network
systems in schools and businesses who sit at the logon screen 75% of the
time, could be shutdown and the minimal network, system and logon
processes stored in rom, drastically reducing power consumption.

Windows XP on flash IDE drive
 

Windows XP system files cannot be installed, nor redirected,
on or to a flash drive.

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Aaron" wrote in message:
rs.com...

|I am planning on building a new project in the near future.
|
| One of the features I am attempting to add is a compact flash drive
| connected through IDE which would hold windows system processes normally
| run in ram.
|
| In effect I would like to have the system shut itself down when idle and
| have a minimal load time when booting back up. With everything normally
| loaded into ram at bootup, stored in the flash drive instead, the only
| load time would in effect be the bios boot.
|
| What I need to know how to do is store what windows writes to ram, on
| the flash drive, and have it autoboot from the drive?
|
| The objective of the system would be a demonstration that network
| systems in schools and businesses who sit at the logon screen 75% of the
| time, could be shutdown and the minimal network, system and logon
| processes stored in rom, drastically reducing power consumption.

Windows XP on flash IDE drive
 

I have seen a LIVE cd project for XP....

do a search on google for it, if you think that will help

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"Aaron" wrote in message
rs.com...
I am planning on building a new project in the near future.

One of the features I am attempting to add is a compact flash drive
connected through IDE which would hold windows system processes normally
run in ram.

In effect I would like to have the system shut itself down when idle and
have a minimal load time when booting back up. With everything normally
loaded into ram at bootup, stored in the flash drive instead, the only
load time would in effect be the bios boot.

What I need to know how to do is store what windows writes to ram, on
the flash drive, and have it autoboot from the drive?

The objective of the system would be a demonstration that network
systems in schools and businesses who sit at the logon screen 75% of the
time, could be shutdown and the minimal network, system and logon
processes stored in rom, drastically reducing power consumption.


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