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RUN WINDOWS WITHOUT HAVING HARD DISK

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by k_chondropoulos

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I WOULD LIKE TO RUN WINDOWS IN A PC WITHOUT HAVING A HARD DISK INSTALLED.
INSTEAD I WOULD HAVE A CD-ROM DRIVE WITH A BOOTABLE CD IN IT.
CAN I LOAD WINDOWS IN RAM EVERY TIME I BOOT JUST USING THE CDROM AND PC?S RAM? HOW CAN THIS BE DONE?

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by rdschaefer

There are a number of issues to address. The two biggest problems are the swap file and the registry.
You could set up the boot image on a CD to create a RAM drive for the swap file or configure Win to not use one (with degraded performance) but I'm not sure if Win will run if it can't update the registry.
You would also have to use the CD only on the system it was created for due to the specific hardware drivers.
I think I'll try to do this and see what happens.

Ralph

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