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→with Microsoft Windows
This page is designed to help you to put your [[Sugar on a Stick]] image on a thumbdrive using Microsoft Windows. If you have questions, trouble or feedback, please let us know on the [[Talk:Sugar on a Stick|SoaS talk]] page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!</noinclude>
This page is designed to help you to put your [[Sugar on a Stick]] image on a thumbdrive using Microsoft Windows. If you have questions, trouble or feedback, please let us know on the [[Talk:Sugar on a Stick|SoaS talk]] page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!</noinclude>
===with Microsoft Windows===
=== with Microsoft Windows ===
There are three ways to do this:
[[File:Windows.gif|link=Sugar on a Stick/Windows]]
[[File:Windows.gif|link=Sugar on a Stick/Windows]]
* Either use '''Fedora Live USB Creator'''
* '''1. Use Fedora Live USB Creator'''
*# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/#Download FedoraHosted here].
*# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/#Download FedoraHosted here].
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.)
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.)
::: See a video of an earlier version of this process [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 here].
::: See a video of an earlier version of this process [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 here].
:'''Note:''' The above installation method does not allow the full [[LiveOS image|optimization]] of data storage that comes from installing a separate, persistent home directory—see the alternate method just below.
:'''Note:''' The above installation method does not allow the full [[LiveOS image|optimization]] of data storage that comes from installing a separate, persistent home directory—see the alternate method just below.
* or '''Burn a CD-ROM disc''' with the SoaS Mirabelle .iso file.
* '''2. Burn a CD-ROM disc, then run livecd-iso-to-disk'''
*# Use [http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/04/13/burn-iso-images-natively-in-windows-7.aspx Windows 7 built-in Disk Image Burner] or a free utility, like [http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn], to write the downloaded SoaS .iso file onto a blank CD.
*# Use [http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/04/13/burn-iso-images-natively-in-windows-7.aspx Windows 7 built-in Disk Image Burner] or a free utility, like [http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn], to write the downloaded SoaS .iso file onto a blank CD.
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.)
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.)
*# Shutdown the physical machine.
*# Shutdown the physical machine.
*# Reboot from the newly-installed Live USB with Mirabelle.
*# Reboot from the newly-installed Live USB with Mirabelle.
* or '''Launch a virtual machine''', such as VirtualBox with the SoaS Mirabelle .iso file.
*# Download and install [[VirtualBox]].
* '''3. Launch a virtual machine, then use livecd-iso-to-disk'''
*# Download and install [[VirtualBox]] (for example; you could do something similar with another vm).
*# Create a new virtual machine, choose a name, such as Mirabelle.
*# Create a new virtual machine, choose a name, such as Mirabelle.
*# Choose Linux for the Operating System and Version Fedora (64 bit) if available, or Fedora, on systems lacking 64-bit functionality.
*# Choose Linux for the Operating System and Version Fedora (64 bit) if available, or Fedora, on systems lacking 64-bit functionality.