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Windows on the Go

Wouldn’t it be wonderful and practical if your complete Windows system, including all your programs and data, fitted onto a USB stick? Then you could always access your personal, trusted Windows, launching it on any PC you want. Well, it’s possible: install your Windows system, including all your programs, onto a USB flash drive as a virtual machine. In this article, you will find everything you need to be able to do just that.

But there’s more – your USB Windows system is more versatile: you also have a system that can rescue other PCs.

And yet another advantage: using your virtual Windows you can browse the Internet in safety since your real system isn’t actually being used!

Set up the Portable Virtual Box tool presented in this article and you will be able to launch your personal Windows system from wherever you are, from a simple USB stick.

That means you will always have your operating system and trusted work environment at hand with you when you need it.

Category: Installation & Setup, Issues
Issue: 2014 Issue 9 September/October
Operating Systems: 8
Article Reference: W250