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The recommended process for creating a SoaS stick in Windows is to use the [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Fedora LiveUSB Creator], a cross-platform tool for easily installing live operating systems on to USB flash drives.
 
The recommended process for creating a SoaS stick in Windows is to use the [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Fedora LiveUSB Creator], a cross-platform tool for easily installing live operating systems on to USB flash drives.
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# Download and then extract the [https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Windows executable] for Fedora LiveUSB Creator. This creates a folder named liveusb-creator-''version''.
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# Download and then extract the [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Windows executable] for Fedora Live USB Creator. This creates a folder named liveusb-creator-''version''.
# Download Sugar on a Stick http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-strawberry.iso
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# Download the Sugar on a Stick disc image, http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-strawberry.iso
# Insert your stick into a USB port.
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# Insert a minimum 1-GB USB flash drive (stick) into a USB port.
# In the Properties dialog for your USB device in [[wikipedia:Windows Explorer|Windows Explorer]], rename the device to FEDORA.
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# Navigate to the LiveUSB folder you extracted and launch the <tt>liveusb-creator.exe</tt> program.
# Navigate to the LiveUSB folder you extracted and double-click on the <tt>liveusb-creator.exe</tt> file to open the program.
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# Within Live USB Creator, browse to find the soas-strawberry.iso file that you downloaded in step 2.
# Browse to find the soas-strawberry.iso file that you downloaded in step 2.
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# Set the Target Device to your USB device.
# Set the Target Device to your USB device FEDORA.
   
# Move the slider to set some persistent storage. (''Hint:'' Set it to maximum, then it will tell you how much space there is, and you can adjust it to your desired value. How much persistent storage space you set will depend on the size of the .iso and the storage capacity of your USB device.  Persistent storage is needed to save your work in the Journal or to save changes to the system.)  You may leave some of your device capacity unallocated if you want to use that space when not booting Sugar.  
 
# Move the slider to set some persistent storage. (''Hint:'' Set it to maximum, then it will tell you how much space there is, and you can adjust it to your desired value. How much persistent storage space you set will depend on the size of the .iso and the storage capacity of your USB device.  Persistent storage is needed to save your work in the Journal or to save changes to the system.)  You may leave some of your device capacity unallocated if you want to use that space when not booting Sugar.  
 
#:'''Note:''' persistent storage will save Journal items between reboots&mdash;but not between Sugar system updates with the LiveUSB Creator (in its current version).  Watch this page for instructions on making your Journal persist between system updates.  (The Linux livecd-iso-to-disk script does provide this feature with the --home-size-mb option.)
 
#:'''Note:''' persistent storage will save Journal items between reboots&mdash;but not between Sugar system updates with the LiveUSB Creator (in its current version).  Watch this page for instructions on making your Journal persist between system updates.  (The Linux livecd-iso-to-disk script does provide this feature with the --home-size-mb option.)

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