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  • February 8, 2008 at 11:16 am #2231637

    How to install a program on a flash drive

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    by ahnc · about 16 years, 2 months ago

    A couple of months ago, there was a great article about installing and running software via a flash drive. Basically the article detailed how to install a program onto the flash drive so that you didn’t have to install it on a specific computer and you could carry it / use it on any computer.

    Now I can’t find the article. Does anyone know anything about this article or anywhere I can find more information about it?

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    • February 8, 2008 at 11:16 am #2663989

      Clarifications

      by ahnc · about 16 years, 2 months ago

      In reply to How to install a program on a flash drive

      Clarifications

    • February 8, 2008 at 1:24 pm #2648469

      It would help

      by rob miners · about 16 years, 2 months ago

      In reply to How to install a program on a flash drive

      if you could be a bit more specific. What does this software do? There is a lot a software that will run from a flash drive.
      EG: Spybot, Sophos and some Operating Systems.

      Any clues? 🙂

    • February 8, 2008 at 1:53 pm #2648453

      As a general rule of thumb (for me anyway) …

      by older mycroft · about 16 years, 2 months ago

      In reply to How to install a program on a flash drive

      I have a habit of carrying a host of installers on flash drive. It makes it easier than getting a service machine online for something I’ve already downloaded.

      Also, apart from the ‘portable apps’ as mentioned by Scummy, any program that is not Registry-dependant will launch straight from a flash drive. Easiest way is to simply copy from the HDD install directory.

      I also carry every post-SP2 update on my flash drive – helpful when a user had the bright idea to delete “all those useless hotfix uninstallers” and then came unstuck!

      • February 8, 2008 at 11:27 pm #2648262

        Live CDs and DVDs

        by achristensenjohnson · about 16 years, 2 months ago

        In reply to As a general rule of thumb (for me anyway) …

        I haven’t yet figured out how to do it, but we use a “boot cd” at work that was designed with visual basic, yet also runs ISOlinux at DOS-it has a list of tools, such as the Norton Removal Tool, and you just click the button for the tool and it runs in memory (like KNOPPIX) rather than installing. I have it on a few flash drives, too. My boss has admitted to me that he is not the author of the “boot cd” and we don’t know how to recreate it. It’s just a multi-tool we use, very handy in 98/2000/ME/XP/but it doesn’t work for Vista. If anyone knows how to design this, I’d love to know!

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