Cloning system to removable media

is it possible to clone windows 8.1 to a flash card? please advise where I might ask the question.
I wish to use a slimmed down version of windows to run some software that requires my anti virus to be turned off, but access files on a windows partition.
It is a real pain remembering to re activate everything each time I finish
thanks

They'll help you over here.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1?sort=lastreplydate&dir=desc&tab=Threads&status=&mod=&modAge=&advFil=&postedAfter=&postedBefore=&threadType=All&tm=1420241121987
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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Hi,
after looking on many pages for a solution i always found the same workarounds - but for me deleting the device is no option because you aren't allowed to delete devices without administrative rights. Also I can't expect that our users always have to reinstall
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Next
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