Tuesday, December 20, 2011

4 Free Softwares To Make Portable Devices Bootable With Ease

Are you with a Windows or any other bootable .ISO file, doesn't know how to use it, or you don't want to waste money on buying CDs....
So, here is the way How to use them with a portable device (like pendrive), using these 5 best recommended softwares---

1.) UNetbootin (Best Recommended)- UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a cross-platform utility that can create live USB systems and can load a variety of system utilities or install various Linux distributions and other operating systems without a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own .ISO file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.

2.) Universal USB Installer- It is similar to UNetbootin. Universal USB Installer is a Live USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose a Live Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click Install. Other features include; Persistence (if available), and the ability to fat32 format the flash drive (recommended) to ensure a clean install. Upon completion, you should have a ready to run bootable USB Flash Drive with your select the distribution installed.

3.) Live USB Install- LiveUSB Install is a free software for GNU/Linux and Windows.
With LiveUSB Install you can effortlessly install various Linux distributions on your thumbdrive.This way, you can always carry your favourite distro in your pocket – on your bootable thumb drive!
Features-
  • install hundreds of Linux distributions – full listing
  • automatically download distributions from Internet – no need to download the ISO-image yourself!
  • multiplatform – runs on Linux AND Windows
  • created entirely with Free Software tools – Python, GTK, GIMP, Inkscape
  • create “persistent” installs of Ubuntu and Debian-based distributions (so your documents are not lost after you reboot the thumb drive)
  • can format flash drives bigger than 32GB

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