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Windows To Go Vs Windows Automated Installation Kit
I understand that Windows 8 Enterprise now includes a program named Windows
to Go that lets you build a portable, bootable Windows 8 boot environment on a USB key. How does this compare in terms of ease-of-use and functionality to the Windows PE environment that you can build using the Windows Automated Installation Kit? To get Windows To Go I have to commit to the Enterprise Edition. Will the portable USB key boot on computers where the non-Enterprise versions of Windows are installed? -- W |
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Windows To Go Vs Windows Automated Installation Kit
W wrote:
I understand that Windows 8 Enterprise now includes a program named Windows to Go that lets you build a portable, bootable Windows 8 boot environment on a USB key. How does this compare in terms of ease-of-use and functionality to the Windows PE environment that you can build using the Windows Automated Installation Kit? To get Windows To Go I have to commit to the Enterprise Edition. Will the portable USB key boot on computers where the non-Enterprise versions of Windows are installed? My understanding is that the whole point of WTG is that it shouldn't matter what's installed on the hard drive. You have to get Enterprise Edition to get the capability to *make* WTG keys, not to *boot* them. (But... I could be wrong. YMMV.) -- I'd sooner poke my own eyes out with a spoon. |
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Windows To Go Vs Windows Automated Installation Kit
It happens that W formulated :
I understand that Windows 8 Enterprise now includes a program named Windows to Go that lets you build a portable, bootable Windows 8 boot environment on a USB key. How does this compare in terms of ease-of-use and functionality to the Windows PE environment that you can build using the Windows Automated Installation Kit? To get Windows To Go I have to commit to the Enterprise Edition. Will the portable USB key boot on computers where the non-Enterprise versions of Windows are installed? A Windows To Go (WTG) USB stick will boot on any WinTel machine regardless of what OS or flavor of OS is on the machine. Heck, it will work on a machine with no hard drive or OS even. It's a completely portable version of Windows, kind of like a Linux LiveCD. The WAIK is a system, as the name implies, for system engineers to automate the installation of Windows in a custom environment. It allows one to make a custom Windows installer with pre-installed applications (like when you get an OEM system from Dell or the like). |
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Windows To Go Vs Windows Automated Installation Kit
Auric__ formulated the question :
W wrote: I understand that Windows 8 Enterprise now includes a program named Windows to Go that lets you build a portable, bootable Windows 8 boot environment on a USB key. How does this compare in terms of ease-of-use and functionality to the Windows PE environment that you can build using the Windows Automated Installation Kit? To get Windows To Go I have to commit to the Enterprise Edition. Will the portable USB key boot on computers where the non-Enterprise versions of Windows are installed? My understanding is that the whole point of WTG is that it shouldn't matter what's installed on the hard drive. You have to get Enterprise Edition to get the capability to *make* WTG keys, not to *boot* them. (But... I could be wrong. YMMV.) You are correct. |
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