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how to make a USB memory stick bootable?
Is this possible. I bought one some time ago and formatted it. Wish I
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how to make a USB memory stick bootable?
On 3/9/2011 5:43 AM, Des wrote:
Is this possible. I bought one some time ago and formatted it. Wish I hadn't TIA Desmond. You don't mention what operating system you wanted to use so here are some URL's with a mixture of windows and Linux methods. http://www.intowindows.com/bootable-usb/ http://downloadsquad.switched.com/20...a-7-with-wint/ http://www.megaleecher.net/Make_Bootable_USB http://www.webupd8.org/2009/04/4-way...-live-usb.html With luck you should be able to use one of these to do what you want. |
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how to make a USB memory stick bootable?
On Mar 9, 12:36*pm, GlowingBlueMist
wrote: On 3/9/2011 5:43 AM, Des wrote: Is this possible. I bought one some time ago and formatted it. Wish I hadn't TIA Desmond. You don't mention what operating system you wanted to use so here are some URL's with a mixture of windows and Linux methods. http://www.intowindows.com/bootable-usb/ http://downloadsquad.switched.com/20...table-usb-inst... http://www.megaleecher.net/Make_Bootable_USB http://www.webupd8.org/2009/04/4-way...-live-usb.html With luck you should be able to use one of these to do what you want. Ok thanks for this. The first one is ok as I am on windows 7. Problem is this is to make a bootable windows 7 usb. What I need is a bootable USB and put the equivalent of an autorun.inf file on it with the name of the exe if that makes sense. |
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how to make a USB memory stick bootable?
On 3/9/2011 8:39 AM, Des wrote:
On Mar 9, 12:36 pm, wrote: On 3/9/2011 5:43 AM, Des wrote: Is this possible. I bought one some time ago and formatted it. Wish I hadn't TIA Desmond. You don't mention what operating system you wanted to use so here are some URL's with a mixture of windows and Linux methods. http://www.intowindows.com/bootable-usb/ http://downloadsquad.switched.com/20...table-usb-inst... http://www.megaleecher.net/Make_Bootable_USB http://www.webupd8.org/2009/04/4-way...-live-usb.html With luck you should be able to use one of these to do what you want. Ok thanks for this. The first one is ok as I am on windows 7. Problem is this is to make a bootable windows 7 usb. What I need is a bootable USB and put the equivalent of an autorun.inf file on it with the name of the exe if that makes sense. The real problem is that Windows install customizes the software to work with the hardware it is attached to at the time of install. If you then take the USB and try to boot from it using a different computer the chances of it working are slim due to the hardware differences that exist. Motherboard drivers, hard drive drivers, ETC. If you always plan to use it with the same motherboard then the above problem goes away. It sounds like you really want to plug in a USB and be able to run "portable" programs from it. If that is true then you should be able to do what you want much easier. A quick search for portable applications or portable USB applications will give you an example of what is available. |
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