Ditch Those CD's! A Guide To Using USB Flash Drives

Jun 152011
 

New reader inspired article up:
Ditch Those CD’s! A Guide To Using USB Flash Drives
Page 1 – Article Intro, Flash Drive Booting, Advanced USB Drive Formatting
Page 2 – Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista From A USB Flash Drive
Page 3 – Install Windows XP From A USB Flash Drive
Page 4 – Install a Linux Operating From A USB Flash Drive or Boot from one or more Linux Live CD’s on a USB Flash Drive
Page 5 – Utility And Rescue Bootable USB Flash Drive
Page 6 – Portable Apps And USB Flash Drive PC Toolbox
Page 7 – What I Use & Other USB Info

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  6 Responses to “Ditch Those CD's! A Guide To Using USB Flash Drives”

  1. Saleem says:
    June 16, 2011 at 19:02

    Hey Erix:

    This is great stuff. I will have to get around to it later on.

  2. ares says:
    June 17, 2011 at 02:12

    You can also get “Open command window here” in the right-click context menu by holding down the shift-key while right-clicking a folder, without modifying the registry.

  3. Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says:
    June 17, 2011 at 13:10

    Good stuff ares :-)

  4. Sam Walters says:
    June 17, 2011 at 21:45

    Best guide on this subject I’ve seen. Thanks!

  5. Paul Davis says:
    June 17, 2011 at 23:04

    How are the various security updates for windows installed in a live cd or usb? Or the updates for antimalware/antivirus? Or is task #1 to fetch the updates?

  6. Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says:
    June 18, 2011 at 09:55

    Hi Paul,
    You can’t update windows on a Live USB. Antivirus will update (most of them).
    To run a version of Windows or Linux that you can update and install programs to, you may want to use Virtualbox.
    See: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/help/faq/virtualization/85-can-i-install-or-use-portable-virtualbox-manually-

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