![]() ![]() Of course you may do some things you can't do under your OS: copy/modify system files (they are busy when OS is running), reinstall OS, repartition your main hard disk etc.FlashBoot enables you to install an instance of the Windows OS onto a USB storage device, empowering you to boot any PC from that device. There's no need to reformat (reburn) the boot disk, you just copy files and folders, and there's no need for extra hardware for such operations. Just after boot, on every PC, you may save your files to the same boot device, or restore them back. You can buy a big or a small USB disk depending on your needs. With bootable USB Flash disk, you don't have to obey a CD/DVD size limit of 700 or 4700 MB.If your laptop has a bootable CD/DVD drive, you can't work with it for a long time: boot device is accessed quite often, and battery power is obviously not enough to supply laser for a long time. ![]() There are some mobility considerations as well.Or if your home PC has CD/DVD drive failed, you can do it too. If your sysadmin at work restricts PC to not to have CD/DVD drives, you still can boot from USB flash disk. Bootable USB flash disks are useful as boot devices on the «big» desktop PCs too, unlike CD/DVD discs they do not have sensible surface you could scratch, thus more reliable (especially when holding your backup data). ![]() On the other hand, buying external CD/DVD drive for netbook is not a truly wise choice because it will be shifted out of use just after Windows is installed, thanks to widespread use of DVD image files and modern hard disk capacities. Bootable USB flash disks are especially useful with netbooks like ASUS Eee PC which does not have builtin CD/DVD drive or an opportunity to install one. ![]() Again, the cost per gigabyte for them continues to cut down, unlike CD/DVD discs.
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