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Booting Windows 7 from a USB drive?

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Syringer

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Is this feasible at all? I'm trying to create an energy efficient HTPC and wanted to install Windows 7 on a USB drive and throw in a few apps which should fit on a 32gb drive..or maybe a 16gb drive? What would the downsides be?

If possible, how would I go about installing Windows 7 onto the drive?

Edit: Looks like the requirements for XP is only 1gb, whereas W7 "requires" 20gb. I'll probably go the former route.
 
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Installed working partition of regular Windows can Not boot from Flash Drive.


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Syringer said:
Is this feasible at all? I'm trying to create an energy efficient HTPC and wanted to install Windows 7 on a USB drive and throw in a few apps which should fit on a 32gb drive..or maybe a 16gb drive? What would the downsides be?

If possible, how would I go about installing Windows 7 onto the drive?

Edit: Looks like the requirements for XP is only 1gb, whereas W7 "requires" 20gb. I'll probably go the former route.
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Why would you actively choose to go with obsolete software? I've created PE disks that boot from USB in the past for rescue, but never a full blown Windows install.

Or another option is to use Linux which is smaller and free and easily boots from just about anything you can imagine.
 
I have seen a version on the web thats 1.2GB as a VHD thats "preactivated"
I'm tempted to download it just see if it actually works
 
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