Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 won't install to USB?

[CommanderLiamTHX]

I have put an iso of Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 on a USB, and I am trying to install it onto another USB so I can take it around with me on travels and such. There's a problem I've been running into, though. When I select my flash drive, format it to NTFS and give it a name in all caps, the installer goes on until it gets to the actual installing part, when it throws this message up at me:

EXEPTION: OBJECT REFERENCE NOT SET TO AN INSTANCE OF AN OBJECT

Am I doing something wrong? How do I fix this?

 

[carnageX]

Windows doesn't like to be installed on external devices like flash drives / external HDD's.

 

[CommanderLiamTHX]

So that's a no then?

 

[carnageX]

If you want a portable OS on a flash drive, just use a Linux LiveCD of whatever distro you want.

 

[CommanderLiamTHX]

M'kay then. Not the answer I was looking for, but I guess that could work. I might try some other formatting options with Windows though, just to be sure.

 

[carnageX]

Windows is notoriously difficult to get installed on an external device - as well as getting it to run properly. It's not meant to be a portable OS.

You'd be better off using a Linux distro such as Ubuntu, Mint, etc. They can run directly from RAM or from the flash drive.

 

[luke127]

Agreed with carnage on this one. Windows hates being moved from different PCs all the time. It has to do sooo much more than it would on a regular pc, and it's just not designed to do that xD

Especially the POSReady systems, they're specifically designed to be placed on a system where they'll mainly be stationary...

 

[carnageX]

Especially the POSReady systems, they're specifically designed to be placed on a system where they'll mainly be stationary...

Windows Embedded is just the Pro version with some extra services/features enabled - you can use Embedded version as a normal desktop OS just fine. Just because it's "POSReady" doesn't make it inherently more stationary than any other form of Windows.

 

[1etherer]

M'kay then. Not the answer I was looking for, but I guess that could work. I might try some other formatting options with Windows though, just to be sure.

You can use (which I do) Windows MiniXP, very handy to have on travels.. just get a mini 64GB USB to give you space to save stuff etc