USB Flash Drive Question

aezonlights · 05-23-2007, 08:14 PM

'sup people,

got a quick question for ya. when you creat a USB drive bootable, is it only reserve for booting or can you still have other files on it? I know that boot files doesn't take up much space so it would be a waste to have my 1gig flash drive just be a boot drive. get what I'm trying to say?

now typically when I boot from any other media other than my hard drive, I am reinstalling Windows or something. what do we use USB boot drives for? I know, stupid question, but I like to know 'cuz I never done it before.

**The_Other_One** · 05-23-2007, 09:42 PM

So you're trying to make a bootable USB flash drive but you don't even know why?

OK, first question, the device will be no different from a hard drive. So yes, you can still write other stuff to it.

As for their uses, most people use them for a bootable environment to diagnose a computer. This may include a form of Linux, BartPE, or something like that...

aezonlights · 05-24-2007, 02:55 AM

I'm not really trying to make a USB boot disk. I was just wondering. I was thinking couldn't we just use the Windows CD-ROM to boot the computer instead?

05-23-2007, 08:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
aezonlights New Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12	USB Flash Drive Question 'sup people, got a quick question for ya. when you creat a USB drive bootable, is it only reserve for booting or can you still have other files on it? I know that boot files doesn't take up much space so it would be a waste to have my 1gig flash drive just be a boot drive. get what I'm trying to say? now typically when I boot from any other media other than my hard drive, I am reinstalling Windows or something. what do we use USB boot drives for? I know, stupid question, but I like to know 'cuz I never done it before.

05-23-2007, 09:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	So you're trying to make a bootable USB flash drive but you don't even know why? OK, first question, the device will be no different from a hard drive. So yes, you can still write other stuff to it. As for their uses, most people use them for a bootable environment to diagnose a computer. This may include a form of Linux, BartPE, or something like that... __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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05-24-2007, 02:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
aezonlights New Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12	I'm not really trying to make a USB boot disk. I was just wondering. I was thinking couldn't we just use the Windows CD-ROM to boot the computer instead?