I think you noted that you were successful in using a Live CD/DVD. I have be a user of this approach for several yeas.linbie wrote:Well I've given up with USB booting - tried all suggestions with no luck.
Have installed as a dual boot on C drive using the windows self installer - working fine.
SLACKO offers a suitable use for me and it has been great for saving any PPM packages and any system changes I make. Its extremely fast (RAM based) and its stable (except for glitches I seem to always have with Abiword)
Notable is that I have been running one SLACKO for about 2 weeks constantly. It seems to sleep well, waking up when I need it.
I understand about the problems you have run into. Even though I cannot provide a solution for that, but, if you want a reliable desktop that won't touch your hard-drive, except of course if you want to use its storage, this MAY meet your objective.
Hope this helps