A bootable USB installation drive enables you to load an OS just like a bootable CD.
- Advantages:
- Faster than a CD
- Not limited to one OS
- Creating a Bootable drive:
- Multiboot USB creator
- Allows you to create a USB installation drive for versions after Windows XP.
- Customized ISO files can't be added from the GUI. They can be added by editing the file "menu.lst" though.
- Doesn't preserve the names of ISO files.
- WinSetup (WinSetup-1-0-beta7)
- Allows you to create a USB installation drive for any OS available out there. This means that you just need to carry one USB flash drive instead of a number of CDs.
- Windows XP Home and Professional versions can be copied to the same drive.
- Very flexible - Lets you add any ISO installation file.
- Preserves the names of ISO files.
- Customizing the list: The main menu can be customized by editing the file "menu.lst". You can specify a different ISO file name or path in this file.
- Problems: ISO image files may be fragmented. Fragmented ISO files won't boot from the USB drive. Use "WinContig" to solve this problem.
