Losedows To Go
I agreed to study Losedows To Go for someone who wanted to completely switch to GNU/Linux. By using Losedows To Go, the users no longer need to install Losedows on their internal hard disks.
The IT infrastructure in Northern-Eastern Asia is still rather backward. The very few countries with worst dependencies on Losedows aggregate in Northern-Eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Russia). Therefore using Losedows To Go as a workaround (in said areas) is barely tolerable.
Basically, I'd like to test Losedows 8.1 with Update (for platforms up to Skylake) and Losedows 10 LTSB (for newer platforms without Losedows 7/8.x support).
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Wait, newer platforms do not even support version 8.x??? I'm sure this must be some type of deliberate lockout which can be broken.
Besides, this To Go-thing sounds like a neat alternative for a dual-boot setup. Is it possible to access the Losedows data from GNU/Linux? When the flash drive is attached and mounted in GNU/Linux that is?
First, according to Microsoft's policy, OEMs are forbidden to provide Losedows 7/8.x drivers for new platforms (starting Kabylake). Therefore Losedows 10 is the only usable Losedows system on 7th-generation Core or later platforms.
Second, GNU/Linux has full access to the Losedows To Go drive, as long as fast boot is disabled. In fact, GNU/Linux has better NTFS support than Losedows. For example, I managed to repair several damaged NTFS volumes in GNU/Linux, while such volumes were labelled as "irrecoverable" in Losedows.