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Run a Portable Version of Windows from a USB Drive

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Wouldn’t it be cool to have a version of Windows that you can carry around in your pocket and use anywhere? Well, it’s possible and you don’t need to spend any extra money or have an Enterprise version of Windows. Here’s how to do it. Note:  You can also use WinToUSB to create a bootable version of Windows 7, Windows 10 Technical Preview, and Server 2008 R2 or 2012 R2. For best results I recommend using Windows 8 since it’s more friendly to being portable than Windows 7. Also note that this is quite different than installing Windows from a flash drive. Windows 8 Enterprise edition has a feature called Windows To Go that allows you to install a portable version of Windows on a certified flash drive. However, most of us aren’t running running the Enterprise version of Windows, let alone able to find a “Windows certified” flash drive for it. Here’s What You’ll Need A Windows 7 or higher ISO image 32GB USB 2.0 or 3.0 Flash Drive — USB 3.0 will perform fas...

About PowerISO Software

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PowerISO is a powerful disc image file processing tool, which allows you to manipulate image files in lots of ways, such as open, extract, burn, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert image files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It supports all popular CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc image files. If you have PowerISO, you will own  ISO creator ,  ISO editor ,  ISO extractor ,  ISO converter ,  ISO burner ,  virtual drive ,  CD burner ,  DVD burner ,  BD burner ,  audio burner ,  audio ripper  and  video burner .   Features Create ISO File Create ISO file or BIN CUE file from hard disc files. Create ISO file or BIN CUE file from CD / DVD / BD disc. Create bootable ISO image file. Detect various CD / DVD / BD image files automatically. Support ISO9660, Joliet and UDF file system. Support unicode file name. Optimize file layout to save disc space. ...

How to create a bootable USB drive for Linux?

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PowerISO can create bootable USB drive for Linux. You can then setup or run Linux from the USB drive. It supports most of the Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, CentOS, and so on. Please follow the steps to create Linux bootable USB drive , Step1: Create Bootable USB Drive for Linux 1. Start PowerISO (v6.5 or newer version, download  here ). 2. Insert the USB drive you intend to make bootable. 3. Choose the menu "Tools > Create Bootable USB Drive...". 4. The " Create Bootable USB Drive " dialog will popup. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 / 8 operating system, you need confirm the UAC dialog to continue.   5. In "Create bootable USB Drive" dialog, click "Browse" button to open the iso file for Linux. 6. Select the USB drive from the "Destination USB drive" list. If multiple USB drives are connected to the computer, please make sure that you have selected the correct ...

How to Setup Windows XP from USB drive?

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Step1: Create Rescue USB Drive First, we need create a rescue USB drive which can boot the computer. Please follow the steps, Run PowerISO rescue media utility. You can download it  here . On Windows Vista or above operating system, you may need confirm the UAC dialog to continue. Insert the USB drive you intend to boot from. The utility will allow you choose Windows PE architecture and version. It is suggested to select 32-bit architecture and Windows PE 3.11. Click "Next" to continue. Select USB drive for output device, and select the correct drive from the list. Click "Next" to continue. The utility will start creating rescue USB drive. It will check necessary component and automatically download missing component from the server. Please notice that all existing data on the USB drive will be destroyed during this step. The program will alert you before writing the USB drive. Click "OK" to continue. When it's done, copy the ...

How to Setup Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 / 8.1, or Windows vista from USB drive?

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Step1: Create Bootable USB Drive Start PowerISO (v6.5 or newer version, download  here ). Insert the USB drive you intend to boot from. Choose the menu "Tools > Create Bootable USB Drive". The " Create Bootable USB Drive " dialog will popup. If you are using Windows Vista or above operating system, you need confirm the UAC dialog to continue. In "Create Bootable USB Drive" dialog, click "..." button to open the iso file of Windows operating system. Select the correct USB drive from the "Destination USB Drive" list if multiple USB drives are connected to the computer. Choose the proper writing method. "USB-HDD" is recommended. Click "Start" button to start  creating bootable USB drive . PowerISO will alert you that all data on USB drive will be destroyed. Click "OK" to continue. The program will start writing USB drive, and showing the progress information. You should get...

How to Convert VMware to VirtualBox or vice-versa?

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Virtual Machines essentially are just this- your secondary space to try all your new operating systems, programs, or whatever your needs are. It basically works just like a separate computer, and you can install any OS you want, install programs in it. This all is done without affecting your current setup in any way, so if things go wrong, it doesn’t affect your primary OS. Basically, you’re running a secondary OS inside a software on your Primary OS. There are many options to do so, two most popular software being  VMware  and  Virtual Box . Both work in a similar way. They create a container where you can run and install your OS like it’s being installed on a separate PC. These lets you choose the amount of RAM, storage, and processing power you’d like to allocate to the secondary OS. The only thing is, if you want to migrate from using one of these to another, it’s not so straightforward task. If you want to keep your OS setup and all it’s files, programs, and sett...

Android 8.0 Oreo Tricks and Features

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Android O preview was released in Alpha stage, the beta was in mid may 2017 with incremental updates. If you have a Google smartphone you can download the Android O image from here, and install it to experience the new Android O before anyone else. Note:  Android O preview is available only for Nexus 5X, 6P, Player, Pixel C, Pixel, and Pixel XL. We’ve tested things and researched on the internet to get the best of Android O tricks and new features so you can get to know how amazing this version of Android can be, while at this time Android O preview is intended for developers and surely not for daily use basis. Notifications Google is working consistently on Notification bar after Lollipop, and we can see how notification bar is evolved over these years. In the Android O preview, we saw a new butter animation when you pull the notification bar, and it’s something to be felt. Here are other things. Snooze Notification : You can snooze an individual notification for 15 mi...