But Windows 8 does offer a “mobile” alternative that may at least pique business and tech support users' curiosity: Windows to Go, an installation of Windows 8 that boots from a USB thumb drive.

Windows To Go can't access host PC drives, they're blocked automatically. Windows To Go installed easily on our test machine, an HP tm2 convertible tablet PC running Windows 7.

Windows to Go is part of the Software Assurance program, that bundle of additional benefits and license flexibility that you get by forking over a premium of about a 33% to 40% on top of the ...

Windows To Go, even in its pre-release state, just seems to perfectly fit with that everywhere-for-everyone mentality that's changing everything about how we do IT. About the Author.

First, I tested Windows To Go on my dedicated work machine at the office of one of my clients: A desktop PC equipped with a Core 2 Duo 3 GHz, 4 GB RAM and a 7200 RPM drive.

Windows To Go is an enterprise-oriented feature that enables users to run Windows from USB thumb drives. Deployment to USB media uses the standard Windows imaging and deployment tools, ...

Finally, Windows To Go can be an effective disaster recovery solution. In the event of a PC crash, malware compromise, or natural disaster like a fire or flood, users may be unable to use their ...

Windows 10 could be the thing that finally jumpstarts Windows To Go, Microsoft's portable desktop product. With Windows To Go, organizations provision the corporate desktop onto a thumb drive.

Windows 8.1 Should Make Windows To Go More Compelling This all gets more interesting with Windows 8.1, which pushes the entire Windows image into the cloud and allowing a user to move from system ...

Windows To Go is great for BYOD. Assuming you want to move to Windows 8, you then have to decide which version.There are a handful of features that are only available in Windows 8 Enterprise ...