Filed under: Security, Utilities, Windows
by Jordan Running Dec 6th 2005 at 5:45PM
You can run Firefox and Thunderbird off a USB drive, and you can boot Linux from most anything, but did you know that you can run Windows XP off a flash drive? Me neither. Tom's Hardware has a slick guide to installing XP on your 256MB-or-bigger USB flash drive with Bart PE Builder for use as an emergency kit for un-borking your busted PC.
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David Boss said 7:45AM on 12-07-2005
I've used this program in the past and its very good. But I used it to create a portable version of Xp that could be run straight from your cd-rom drive with no installation necessary.
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Belgatom said 9:59AM on 12-07-2005
site seems to be down? A petty, was really looking forward to trying that out.
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Paranoised said 12:51PM on 12-07-2005
That Flash Disk mock up looks sweet, I'd buy that.
And how come Tom's Hardware site is so slow? It feels like it was hosted on a dial up connection.
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Elias G. said 9:33AM on 12-08-2005
Cool. I've run BartPE from a CD-ROM and it's very slow and takes a long time to boot. Hopefully it can run very fast from a flash drive.
-- Elias
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