Use a Operating System from a Usb Stick
Use a Operating System from a Usb Stick
Do you want to carry around ALL your settings and not just portable applications? Do you have a notebook and would like to try another operating system? Perhaps you don't have a CD or DVD drive and would like to use another operating system. Well now you can - by booting one from a USB stick!
Steps
* Ensure your PC is new enough to have a BIOS that can boot from USB. * Get a USB stick with enough capacity for the operating system you intend to install . * Installing Windows XP onto USB requires tweaking and third-party software. * Windows users can install the following Linux distros to the USB stick from within a Windows environment -
Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (since v8.10)
Fedora (since v8)
Knoppix (since v5.1)
SLAX (since v6)
PCLinuxOS MiniMe (since v2008) and even more… * Non-Windows users may have to use a PC with a CD or DVD drive then install Linux to the USB stick. The following Linux distros can be installed to USB from the Live CD environment -
Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (since v8.10)
Knoppix (since v5.1)
OpenSuse
* Also Mac-on-Stick enables you to run Mac OS Classic 7.01. * In the meantime,You can try to download Windows XP Portable editions from forums and install them on your USB drive.
Warnings
* Flash memory has a finite number of erase-write cycles. Most commercially available flash products are guaranteed to withstand around 100,000 write-erase-cycles. * Keep in mind not to fiddle with system files of usb OS until you know what you are doing.
Cheers and Keep learning.
Posted by XERO . WIKIHOW .ALL RIGHTS RESERVED .
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Do you want to carry around ALL your settings and not just portable applications? Do you have a notebook and would like to try another operating system? Perhaps you don't have a CD or DVD drive and would like to use another operating system. Well now you can - by booting one from a USB stick!
Steps
* Ensure your PC is new enough to have a BIOS that can boot from USB. * Get a USB stick with enough capacity for the operating system you intend to install . * Installing Windows XP onto USB requires tweaking and third-party software. * Windows users can install the following Linux distros to the USB stick from within a Windows environment -
Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (since v8.10)
Fedora (since v8)
Knoppix (since v5.1)
SLAX (since v6)
PCLinuxOS MiniMe (since v2008) and even more… * Non-Windows users may have to use a PC with a CD or DVD drive then install Linux to the USB stick. The following Linux distros can be installed to USB from the Live CD environment -
Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (since v8.10)
Knoppix (since v5.1)
OpenSuse
* Also Mac-on-Stick enables you to run Mac OS Classic 7.01. * In the meantime,You can try to download Windows XP Portable editions from forums and install them on your USB drive.
Warnings
* Flash memory has a finite number of erase-write cycles. Most commercially available flash products are guaranteed to withstand around 100,000 write-erase-cycles. * Keep in mind not to fiddle with system files of usb OS until you know what you are doing.
Cheers and Keep learning.
Posted by XERO . WIKIHOW .ALL RIGHTS RESERVED .
Technorati Tags: operating system,usb hacking,rdhacker,prohack,linux,windows,os,pen drive,portable os,portable operating system
Related Posts : Basics Hacking Tutorials, Linux and Unix * Errata guide to Ettercap GUI - through trial, error & experience. * Fedora 14 Linux Released: Download Fedora 14 Linux * Top 10