This method installation is suitable if you own a netbook or your CD/DVD drive has failed and you need to install Windows 7. This method is also good because the process of installing Windows 7 from a flash card is several times faster than from a CD or DVD.

Before you start Windows entries 7 to a flash drive, copy all important data from the flash drive to other storage media ( HDD where Windows will not be installed, another flash card, disk, etc.), since during the process of formatting and writing the Windows 7 image to a flash drive, all data on it will be destroyed.
First way
If you are creating bootable USB flash drive Being in operating system Windows 7, then you will need the program Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, which can be downloaded from Of. Microsoft website following the link.
If you are creating a bootable USB flash drive under the Windows XP operating system, you will need to install Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 And Microsoft Image Mastering API 2.0. Of course, if you already have them installed (usually the first program), then you do not need to install them again.

1) Insert the USB flash drive into the laptop.
2) Launch the program. Click the button Browse.

3) Select ISO image Windows 7 and click Open.

4) After you have specified the Windows 7 ISO image, click the button Next.

5) Click the button USB device.

6) Your flash drive should appear in this window. Click the button Begin copying

7) Click on the button Erase USB Device

8) Click Yes.

9) The process of writing the Windows 7 image to the USB flash drive will begin

10) When recording is complete, the status will change to Backup completed. Close the program

Second way
For the second method you will need a program Ultra ISO.
1) Insert the USB flash drive into the laptop.
2) Launch the program. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, it is recommended to run the program as an administrator.
The UltraISO program is paid, but you can use trial period, let's consider this option. Click the "Trial period..." button

3) Select a menu item File ->Open...

4) Select the Windows 7 ISO image and click the button Open.

. Select an item Burn a Hard Disk Image...

6) In the field Recording method: select USB-HDD. Click the button Format.

7) The formatting utility will launch. Click the button Begin.

8) Click OK.

9) After formatting, a success window will appear. Click OK.

10) Close the program.

11) Press the button Write down.

12) Click Yes.

13) The process of writing the Windows 7 image to the USB flash drive will begin.

14) Upon completion of recording in the column Event The message “Recording complete!” will appear. Close the program.

Third way
For the third method, we need the WinSetupFromUSB 1.0 Beta 7 - program.

Note: the link has a newer version, but the principle remains the same.
1) Insert the USB flash drive into the laptop.
2) Launch the program. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, the program must be run as an administrator.

In field USB disk selection and format your flash drive should be listed.
Note: If the flash drive is not detected, then format it using the PeToUSB or HPUSBFW utility.
Also, the flash drive may not be detected if it is inserted into the laptop after the Winsetupfromusb 1.0 Beta7 program has been launched and for it to be detected, just press the button Refresh.
3) Click the button RMPrepUSB.

4) Mark the following lines: WinPEv2/WinPEv3/Vista/Win7 bootable (CC4), NTFS. Place a check mark next to it Boot as HDD (C: 2PTNS). Click the button 6 Prepare Drive.

5) Click the button OK.

6) Click the button OK.

7) After this, something like this will appear Dos window.
Warning: Do not close this window. It should close automatically.

8) After Dos the window will close click the button Exit.

9) Check the box next to it Vista/7/Server 2008 - Setup/PE/RecoveryISO. Click on the square on the right.

10) A window will appear Browse folders in which you need to choose virtual drive in which the ISO image of Windows 7 is mounted.
After you have done this, press the button OK.

11) Press the button GO. The process of writing Windows 7 to the USB flash drive will begin.

12) At the end of recording, a small window will appear. Click OK.

13) Close the program.

Fourth method
The installation method is quite simple, so anyone can do it! For this we need:
1) Windows 7 image
2) Flash drive with a capacity of at least 4GB
3) A program for creating and editing ISO images, ultraISO from the above method or free MagicDisk
You can take any media from a regular flash drive to an SD card, but not less than 4GB!
4) Launch command line(in Windows XP this is standard->command line. In Windows Vista/Windows 7, open Start, at the very bottom there is a search, enter cmd and open with administrator rights).
5) Next on the command line enter diskpart, the disk management utility will open.

6) Next, in the diskpart utility itself, enter: list disk, this will display all the physical disks of the PC, namely disks and not partitions.
Among them we are looking for our flash drive.

7) Then we execute the command select disk #, Where # This is the number of our flash drive.
In this case, the flash drive on the screen is number 1, therefore s elect disk 1. All further manipulations will be carried out only with this disk.
8) Execute the command clean, clean the drive, then the command create partition primary- create a new partition on the disk.
9) After creating a new section, write select partition 1, select this section for manipulation, enter active, thereby making the section active.
10) Now for the flash drive to be visible in bios, you need to format it in NTFS format, which is what we do as a team format fs=NTFS.
11) Next, you need to activate the process of connecting the device and assigning letters to it, we do this with the command assign.
That's it, the preparation process is complete.

Installing Windows 7
You can record the distribution using any file manager or a free one.
In this case, you need to somehow open the image of the installation disk with the OS, this can be done with any disk emulator, Alcohol or MagicDisk, create an image and copy everything from it with a file manager to our prepared flash drive.
That's it, the process of creating the installation flash drive is completed, now we try to install the OS by first setting it in bios.

Well, that’s all, which of the four methods of creating a bootable flash drive to use is up to you.

Inclusion in BIOS boot from a flash drive
Before you start installing Windows 7 from a flash drive, you need to go into the BIOS and enable booting from the flash drive.
To enter the BIOS you need to press a certain key when the computer boots. On desktop computers This is the Del key. On laptops, the F2 key is most often used.
Usually, when you turn on the laptop, a screen appears on which at the very bottom there is a line that says which key you need to press in order to enter the BIOS.
If you do not have such a line, then you need to look at the information on how to enter the BIOS User Manual walking with a laptop.

1) Insert the flash drive into the laptop if it is not inserted.
2) Turn on the laptop, if it is on, then reboot.
3) Go to BIOS.

Using an example, the whole process will look as shown below; if your BIOS is different, then the principle will remain the same. If you have questions, write in the comments.

4) Go to the tab Boot. In it, in boot order, you need to put our flash drive in first place, using the arrow keys and keys F5 And F6. That is, we use the arrow keys to select our flash drive, and use the key F6 we take her to the very top.
To find out which keys you need to use to set the boot order, see the tips on the right.
The name of the flash drive should appear in the line USB HDD.
Also, the flash drive may appear in the line USB KEY.
To save changes and exit the BIOS, press the key F10. (Depending on manufacturer BIOS key may be different. See tips on the right or below).

5) A window will appear asking in English whether to Save changes and Exit? You are taking Yes.

6) After this, a reboot will occur and the Windows 7 installation process will begin.

Installing Windows 7 from a USB flash drive

If a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7 was created using the WinSetupFromUSB 1.0 Beta 7 program, a green screen will first appear. Select Start Vista/Win7/Server 2008 Setup or PE/Recovery ISO from partition 0.

Next, the Windows 7 setup program will launch.

Write in the comments what is not clear and what questions you have.

Is it possible to run Windows 10 from a USB flash drive or external hard disk without installing it on the computer? You can: for example, in the Enterprise version in the control panel you can find an item for creating a Windows To Go drive, which makes just such a flash drive. But you can get by with the regular Home or Professional version of Windows 10, which will be discussed in this manual.

In order to install Windows 10 on a flash drive and run from it, you will need the drive itself (at least 16 GB, in some of the described methods this was not enough and a 32 GB flash drive was required) and it is highly desirable that it be a drive with USB support 3.0 connected to the appropriate port (I experimented with USB 2 and, frankly, got tired of waiting for first recording and then launching). An image downloaded from the official website will be suitable for creation.

Installing Windows 10 on a USB flash drive in WinToUSB Free

Of all the methods I tried to make a flash drive from which you can run Windows 10 without installation, the fastest method was using free version WinToUSB programs. The resulting drive was operational and tested on two different computers(though only in Legacy mode, but judging by the folder structure it should work with UEFI boot).

After launching the program, in the main window (on the left) you can select from which source the drive will be created: it can be an ISO, WIM or ESD image, a CD with the system, or an already installed system on the hard drive.

In my case, I used an ISO image downloaded from the Microsoft website. To select an image, click the “Browse” button and indicate its location. In the next window, WinToUSB will show what is contained on the image (check if everything is okay with it). Click “Next”.

The next step is to select a drive. If it is a flash drive, it will be automatically formatted ( external hard there will be no disk).

The last step is to indicate system partition and a partition with the bootloader on the USB drive. For a flash drive, this will be the same partition (and on an external hard drive you can prepare separate ones). In addition, here you select the installation type: to a vhd or vhdx virtual hard disk (which is placed on a drive) or Legacy (not available for a flash drive). I used VHDX. Click Next. If you see an "Out of Space" error message, increase the size of the virtual hard drive in the “Virtual hard disk drive” field.

The last step is to wait until Windows 10 is installed on the USB flash drive (this can take quite a long time). When finished, you can boot from it by setting it to boot from a flash drive or using the Boot Menu of your computer or laptop.

When you first start, you configure the system, select the same parameters as during a clean installation of the system, create local user. In the future, if you connect a USB flash drive to run Windows 10 on another computer, only the devices are initialized.

In general, the system worked tolerably as a result: the Internet via Wi-Fi worked, activation also worked (I used the Enterprise trial for 90 days), the speed via USB 2.0 left much to be desired (especially in the “My Computer” window when initializing connected drives).

Important note: by default, when you start Windows 10 from a USB flash drive, local hard drives and SSDs are not visible; they must be connected using Disk Management. Press Win+R, enter diskmgmt.msc, in disk management, click right click mouse over disconnected drives and connect them if there is a need to use them.

You can download the WinToUSB Free program from official page: http://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/

Windows To Go Flash Drive in Rufus

Another simple and demon paid program, which allows you to easily make a bootable USB flash drive to run Windows 10 from it (you can also make an installation drive in the program) - Rufus, which I have already written about more than once.

Making such a USB drive in Rufus is even easier:

As a result, we get the same drive as in the previous case, except that Windows 10 is installed simply on a flash drive, and not in a virtual disk file on it.

It works in the same way: in my test, the launch on two laptops was successful, although I had to wait during the device installation and configuration stages.

Using the command line to burn Live USB with Windows 10

There is also a way to make a flash drive from which you can run the OS without programs, using only command line tools and built-in Windows utilities 10.

I note that in my experiments, USB made in this way did not work, freezing upon startup. From what I found, the reason could be that I have a “removable drive”, while for it to work it is required that the flash drive be defined as a fixed drive.

This method consists of preparation: download the image from Windows 10 and extract the file from it install.wim or install.esd(Install.wim files are present in images downloaded from Microsoft Techbench) and the following steps (the method with a wim file will be used):

1. diskpart
2. list disk(we find out the disk number corresponding to the flash drive)
3. select disk N(where N is the disk number from the previous step)
4. clean(disk cleanup, all data from the flash drive will be deleted)
5. create partition primary
6. format fs=ntfs quick
7. active
8. exit
9. dism /Apply-Image /imagefile:path_to_file_install.wim /index:1 /ApplyDir:E:\(in this command, the last E is the letter of the flash drive. While executing the command, it may seem that it is frozen, this is not so).
10. bcdboot.exe E:\Windows /s E: /f all(here E is also the letter of the flash drive. The command installs the bootloader on it).

After this, you can close the Command Prompt and try to boot from the created drive with Windows 10. Instead of the DISM command, you can use the command imagex.exe /apply install.wim 1 E:\(where E is the letter of the flash drive, and Imagex.exe must initially be downloaded as part of the Microsoft AIK). At the same time, according to observations, the option with Imagex takes more time than using Dism.exe.

Additional methods

And a few more ways to burn a flash drive from which you can run Windows 10 without installing it on your computer may be useful to some of the readers.

You can install trial version Windows 10 Enterprise in virtual machine eg VirtualBox. Configure the connection of USB0 drives in it, and then launch it from the control panel creation of Windows To Go in an official way. Limitation: the function works for a limited number of “certified” flash drives.

In Aomei Partition Assistant Standard There is a Windows To Go Creator function that creates a bootable USB flash drive with Windows in the same way as was described for previous programs. Tested - works without problems in the free version.

There is a paid program called FlashBoot, which, in addition to creating bootable flash drives, can also simply install Windows on a flash drive (To do this, after selecting an image, you will need to select “Install fully-functional Windows to USB Thumbdrive.” Moreover, there is a separate such item specifically for UEFI boot). The demo version has a limitation: the recorded drive will only work for 30 days.

I hope the article will be useful to some of the readers. Although, in my opinion, there is not much practical use from such a flash drive. If you need to run an operating system without installing it on your computer, it's better to use something less clunky than Windows 10.

In the event of a serious malfunction in the OS, it is not always possible to turn it on even using safe mode. In such cases, running Windows 7 from a flash drive without installation will help.

This advice may seem strange to a beginner, but experienced administrators always have such a drive with them. The bottom line is that Windows 7 will boot from a USB flash drive on which the OS image was previously recorded, and not from a hard drive, as usual. Such a system has default settings so that unwanted changes will not be reflected when it starts.

Preparing for launch

How can I run Windows 7 from a USB flash drive? regular user? To do this, you need to have a bootable USB flash drive, at least one free USB port on your device, and a basic knowledge of English or an online translator at hand. To create a LiveUSB, it is advisable to select a flash drive that has already been used on this PC, otherwise you may need to install a driver.

The following procedure is suggested:

1. Insert the drive into the device that is turned off; in this case, the LED of the flash drive should light up only when the computer starts.

2. You need to go to the BIOS menu or a separate Boot Menu, if available. To do this, when the logo appears, you must press, depending on the manufacturer motherboard, F2, Delete, Esc or other key. Often, a hint will appear at the bottom or top of the screen.

3. Most older BIOS versions do not support a mouse; control is done using arrow keys. Next, you need to go to the Boot Menu, Boot Settings or simply Boot tab, it is responsible for the boot order. For start windows 7 from a flash drive without installation must be set Flash Device first.

4. To save you need to use F10, then Enter. It is worth noting that changes in the launch order can be either permanent, in which case you need to repeat the previous two points and return everything to its place, or act within the limits of only the current start.

5. After this the screen should appear windows greetings. You may need to enter an activation key; if Windows was preinstalled when you purchased the PC, it is in the documentation for the device. You should not try to log in there using your login, because the OS does not know it.

Possible mistakes

The steps described above will be enough to launch Windows 7 from a flash drive in almost all cases. When everything went well, you can start diagnosing and then troubleshooting. If the result is still negative, then write down the error code displayed on the screen.

When nothing is displayed on the monitor, the reason is most likely due to incorrect launch settings (steps 2-4) or an incorrectly recorded image.

If, after setting the boot order, the OS is still read from the hard drive, then perhaps the changes were not saved or the computer does not see the flash drive, then you need to remove and reinsert the device, rebooting the computer, or repeat everything with a new drive.

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WinToUSB: a tool to install and run windows 7 from a USB drive

Installing and running Windows 8/8.1 from a USB drive is relatively easy, which cannot be said about Windows 7. Unlike Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 does not include the Windows To Go function, which allows you to install and run corporate versions of Windows without much effort 8/8.1 from USB flash drives.

On the Internet you can find many step by step instructions about installing windows 7 on USB drives using various third party utilities. Today I want to introduce you to another wonderful and, perhaps, the best tool to install windows 7 on USB.

It's about about WinToUSB. It is a free and easy to use program that allows you to easily install Vista, windows 7, windows 8 and windows server 2008 R2 to USB disk. You only need to make a few mouse clicks. Moreover, WinToUSB can be used by users of professional editions of Windows 8/8.1, which, as in the case of Windows 7, lack the above-mentioned windows function To Go.

WinToUSB supports both USB flash drives and external hard drives. Another advantage of WinToUSB is that you don't have to download and install a package automatic installation windows (WAIK) to use this tool. Moreover, it is fully compatible with MBR and GPT disks.

To install an operating system on USB, you must have a windows ISO image or installation DVD and, of course, a USB disk. It is recommended to use a drive with a capacity of at least 16 GB.

Please note: Since Microsoft did not provide an option for installing Windows 7 on a USB, you may not be able to run Windows 7 from a USB flash drive on all computers.

How to use WinToUSB

Download installation file WinToUSB (link at the end of the post), install and run the program. Next, click on the button located to the right of the “ISO File” field, go to the Windows ISO file and select it. If you want to use the installation DVD rather than a disk image, insert it into your computer's DVD drive, then in WinToUSB click on big icon optical drive and choose yours installation disk in the “CD/DVD” field.

Now click “Next”, select your USB disk in the "Please select the destination disk" field and click "Next" to begin windows installation. And make sure there is no USB important information, because the program will offer to format it.

During my test, the program took about an hour to install Windows 7 Ultimate. Perhaps in your case this process will complete faster, but it all depends on the capabilities of your computer and the speed of the USB drive.

The tool is compatible with all latest versions windows, including windows 7, windows 8, windows 8 and windows 8.1. I tested it on Windows 8.1 Update 1 and can confirm that the program works flawlessly.

Download WinToUSB

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How to run windows from a flash drive without installation

For almost any modern OS, you can create a so-called live image on a flash drive - that is, the entire system in an almost installed form will be stored on a flash drive, and when such a flash drive is connected to a PC, this system can be launched and worked with it in the same way as with installed on your hard drive. Of the minuses - the first launch is quite long, and for comfortable work You need a USB 3.0 flash drive with a capacity of at least 16 GB and read/write speeds of at least 20-30 MB/s. Why is this necessary? For example, to quickly deploy a workplace, instead of carrying a laptop with you, you can limit yourself to a flash drive. This flash drive can also help if installed on windows device won't start.

In order to create a live image, we need any windows image 10 (read how to get it here) and the Rufus program (you can download it for free on the official website). Now we connect the USB flash drive to the computer, open Rufus, select file system NTFS, in the "Create" menu boot disk"select the ISO image, and just below select windows To Go:

That's it, now click Start and wait for the image to be copied to the flash drive. You can also transfer the necessary portable versions of programs to it.

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How to run windows from a flash drive?

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Microsoft Corporation has been developing and improving operating systems for a long time, but so far not a single distribution has officially appeared that could fully work with external device on any computer. No matter how hard you try to protect your computer from breakdowns or virus infection, sometimes critical situations occur when the installed operating system can no longer function normally and stably, and you need your files and information that remained in the working folders along with the OS. This is why emergency boot disks, or windows PE, were created.

Good to know! In order to load such an operating system from an external storage medium, you must first complete the following steps:

1. Make the device bootable by assigning it boot sectors;
2. Pre-download and correctly port Windows PE to a removable device;
3. If necessary, add drivers to the image (this especially applies to SATA drivers).

It should be remembered that the speed of the operating system, which is loaded from an external device, is much slower. This is due to the fact that the performance depends on the operating speed of the device itself, as well as the operating frequency of the bus through which the signal travels from/to the device. If you run the OS from USB devices, the speed drops by about ten times (The average speed of loading information from a flash drive is 10 MB/s, the average speed of HDD SATA is 100-120 MB/s).

How does the process of loading and starting OS PE occur?

After pressing the computer's power button, devices are polled, after which their readiness is checked, and a boot attempt begins according to the priority list that is stored in BIOS settings. The first step is to read the boot sectors, which store the addresses where the boot loader is located to run Windows PE. After that in RAM The computer begins to load a pre-installed system image. It is worth noting that all files and settings that occur while working with the OS will be lost the next time you start it.

How to configure the process of loading Windows PE from a flash drive?

There are currently two types of BIOS. The old one is typical and simple, which is similar to MSDOS and contains only menu items that can only be navigated using the keyboard. The new one is UEFI, it is significantly different in both appearance, and in terms of functionality. In UEFI, you can control and select all settings using your mouse and keyboard.

Organization of booting in UEFI

If possible, you can simply drag the mouse pointer to the first place required device, thus changing the loading order. The classic download method also works:

1. Put Boot from USB or the name of your flash drive first.
2. Start your computer.

Boot organization in a typical BIOS

1. Connect the USB device before starting the computer.
2. Go to the BIOS menu in the section " Boot Device Priority" (Buttons Del, F2, F12).
3. Put Boot from USB in first place (sometimes defined as USB HDD, or in the priority hard drive settings you need to put a USB flash drive) or the name of your flash drive.
4. Save your changes before exiting.
5. Start your computer.

Alternative download method

This method is used if you can go to the bootloader menu separately, explicitly specifying the boot devices to it.

1. When you boot your computer, you need to activate the Boot Menu (there may be F12, F8, F10 buttons).
2. Specify as primary USB devices Flash.

Loading the operating system from removable media may be required in different situations - from the impossibility of a regular startup to the need using Windows on another computer. In this article we will talk about how to boot Windows from a flash drive.

In today's material we will consider two options Windows boot. The first will allow you to use a full-fledged system with some restrictions, and the second will make it possible to use the PE environment to work with files and parameters if it is impossible to start the OS.

Option 1: Windows To Go

Windows To Go is a pretty useful “bunion” from Microsoft that allows you to create portable versions operating rooms Windows systems. When using it, the OS is installed not on a stationary hard drive, but directly on a flash drive. Installed system is a complete product with some exceptions. For example, such a “Windows” cannot be updated or restored standard means, you can only overwrite the media. Hibernation and TPM hardware encryption are also not available.

There are several programs for creating flash drives with Windows To Go. These are AOMEI Partition Assistant, Rufus, ImageX. All of them cope with this task equally well, and AOMEI also makes it possible to create a carrier with a portable “seven” on board.

1. Insert the finished flash drive into the USB port.
2. Reboot the PC and go into the BIOS. On desktop machines this is done by pressing the key DELETE after the motherboard logo appears. If you have a laptop, then enter the request "How to enter BIOS" V search bar on the main page of our website or at the bottom of the right column. Most likely, instructions have already been written for your laptop.
3. Setting the download priority.
4. We reboot the computer again, after which the system installed on the media will automatically start.

Some tips for working with portable systems:

• The minimum storage capacity is 13 gigabytes, but for normal operation - saving files, installing programs and other needs - it is better to take a larger drive, for example, 32 GB.
• It is advisable to use flash drives with the ability to work with USB version 3.0. Such media differ more high speed data transfer, which greatly simplifies the work.
• Information on the media should not be encrypted, compressed, or write-protected (deleted). This may make it impossible to use the system installed on it.

Option 2: Windows PE

Windows PE is a preinstallation environment, or simply the most stripped-down version of Windows, on the basis of which bootable media are created. You can add the necessary programs to such disks (flash drives), for example, antivirus scanners, software for working with files and disks, in general, anything. You can create the media yourself, which is not easy, or you can use the tools provided by some developers. Unlike Windows To Go, this option will help you download existing system in case of loss of performance.

Next, we will build a bootable USB flash drive using the AOMEI PE Builder program, which allows you to do this using only the files of our operating system. Please note that this media will only work on that Windows versions, on which it is collected.

1. Launch AOMEI PE Builder and press the button "Next".

   

2. In the next window, the program will offer to download the latest version of PE. If the assembly is performed on Windows 10, then it is better to agree to the download by selecting the appropriate bitness. This will allow you to avoid various errors due to the constant updates of the “ten”. Downloading will also be required if the distribution contains installed Windows this component is missing - the software simply will not allow you to continue working. If downloading is not required, you need to uncheck the box next to the offer. Click "Next".

   

3. Now we select the applications that will be embedded into the media. You can leave everything as is. TO this set programs from AOMEI will be automatically added Partition Assistant and AOMEI Backupper.

   

4. To add your applications, click the button "Add Files".

   

   Please note that all software must be portable versions. And one more thing: everything that we will launch after loading from our flash drive will be deployed exclusively in RAM, so you should not include heavy browsers or programs for working with graphics or video in the assembly.

   The maximum size of all files must not exceed 2 GB. Also, we should not forget about the bit depth. If you plan to use the flash drive on other computers, then it is better to add 32-bit applications, since they can run on all systems.

5. For convenience, you can set a name for the folder (it will be displayed on the desktop after loading).

   

6. If the program is represented by one executable file, then click "Add File", if this is a folder, then - "Add Folder". In our case there will be a second option. You can write any documents to the media, not just applications.

   

   We look for a folder (file) on the disk and click "Select folder".

   

   After loading the data, click "OK". In the same way we add other programs or files. When finished, click "Next".

   

7. Install the switch opposite "USB Boot Device" and select the flash drive in the drop-down list. Click again "Next".

   

8. The creation process has begun. Once completed, you can use the media for its intended purpose.

   

Sometimes required install a portable operating system on a flash drive, which can be run on any computer, but is it possible? How to do it? First we need to understand for what needs and with what capabilities we need such operating system, then decide on the disk space, if Linux Slax meets such requirements, then read the article further.

The advantages of such an operating system:

1) Work on any computer
2) Use as a live cd to restore windows
3) Access to files and folders even if windows is not running or not installed
4) Ability to use a computer without a hard drive
5) It’s impossible to list all the advantages...

Eat different ways install the operating system on USB flash drive, I will not talk about LinuxLive, installation on a shared flash drive in the Linux ext4/ext3+swap format. I’ll just tell you about an easy method and a special operating room for this. Linux system Slax.

Installing LinuxSlax on a flash drive.

1 Installation step:

Go to slax.org/ru/download.php and select the distribution with the required localization in the “Download for USB” column in .zip format. It is not recommended to compile Linux slax yourself! You just need to download the assembled minimal Russian version, because... With assembled versions there is a risk of module incompatibility.

2 Installation step:

We format the flash drive in FAT/FAT16/FAT32 (or-or) format and copy the contents of the archive to our usb drive. Then, if you are on Windows, then go to the boot folder on the flash drive and run the bootinst.bat file, press enter, if errors occur, then press continue all the time, then press enter again. Now our flash drive is bootable.

Running LinuxSlax from a flash drive.

1 Startup step:

As soon as you press the power button, immediately nervously start pressing the F8 button on the keyboard, then select your flash drive using the arrows and Enter, usually it is the last one and contains the word USB, as well as the model name.

2 Startup step:

Select the system boot option, either Slax Graphics mode (KDE) for normal booting, or Slax Always Fresh without saving settings, or copy the distribution from the flash drive to RAM using the Slax Copy To RAM option to be able to later remove the flash drive.

That's it, we have an empty English-language system in front of us, now we can calmly turn it off and launch the usual windows to carry out the instructions further.

We improve and Russify Slax (Russification for older versions).

Now we need to translate our Linux into Russian, as well as expand its capabilities and install applications using modules.

Go to slax.org/modules.php and download the necessary packages, for Russification, type Russia or Russian in the search and download the Russian package with UTF-8. If desired, you can download other modules.