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→with Microsoft Windows: Switched order of Windows installation methods to de-emphasize using LiveUSB, in view of unsolved overlay corruption problem, and added emphasis on warming. The method formerly numbered 1 is now number 2.
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There are three ways to do this:
There are three ways to do this:
* '''1. Use Fedora Live USB Creator'''
*: (This installation method is not recommended for long-term usage of Sugar on a Stick. [[fedora:LiveOS_image#Home_filesystem|See why.]])
*# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Fedora].
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card<sup> [[#Notes|Notes]]</sup>) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
*# Launch Live USB Creator.
*# Select the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system.
*# Adjust the Persistent Storage slider. This enables you to save changes to the system and additional Sugar Activities onto the device.
*# Select your flash drive as the target, and click the '''Create Live USB''' button.
*# Wait for the process to finish, then close the Live USB Creator program.
*# Stop your flash drive with the '''Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media''' notification area icon dialog, and eject it.
::: See a [[Tutorials/Installation/Create_a_SoaS_v7_Live_USB_in_Windows|screenshot tutorial]] for this.
::: See a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 video] of an earlier version of this process.


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* '''2. Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, ''livecd-iso-to-disk'''''  
* '''1. Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, ''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 Sugar on a Stick .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 Sugar on a Stick .iso file onto a blank CD.
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card<sup> [[#Notes|Notes]]</sup>) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card<sup> [[#Notes|Notes]]</sup>) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
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<li> Reboot from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li>
<li> Reboot from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li>
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* '''2. Use Fedora Live USB Creator'''
*: (This installation method is NOT recommended for LONG-TERM usage of Sugar on a Stick!!  Catastrophic data corruption may occur when the USB stick gets full!  [[fedora:LiveOS_image#Home_filesystem|See why.]])
*# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Fedora].
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card<sup> [[#Notes|Notes]]</sup>) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
*# Launch Live USB Creator.
*# Select the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system.
*# Adjust the Persistent Storage slider. This enables you to save changes to the system and additional Sugar Activities onto the device.
*# Select your flash drive as the target, and click the '''Create Live USB''' button.
*# Wait for the process to finish, then close the Live USB Creator program.
*# Stop your flash drive with the '''Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media''' notification area icon dialog, and eject it.
::: See a [[Tutorials/Installation/Create_a_SoaS_v7_Live_USB_in_Windows|screenshot tutorial]] for this.
::: See a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 video] of an earlier version of this process.




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