boot usb

18 Sep
variable205 Sep 16, 2014 at 9:03 AM

I would recommend going with Hiren’s Boot Disk: http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

And then to put it on a USB drive, I like to recommend “YUMI” for this: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

YUMI allows you to install multiple operating systems into one single flashdrive (given the amount of space you have). That way, you can always add in more OS/tools later on 🙂

I’ve worked with YUMI and I ended up preferring Easy2Boot combined with RMPrepUSB. It creates an awesome bootable USB drive that can include Windows installers (only one that I’ve found that does) as well as any other ISO you want with Linux or the like, and easily sorted too. So, ours has: BackupLinux, FreeDOS, Android, Debian, miniDebian, Ubuntu, BartPE, Hirens, ophcrack, MemTest, Windows Offline Password Recovery, WinXP, Win7, Win8. It also has an Ubuntu ISO that when booted has a few GB of persistent disk space, and when any ISO boots they still have access to the flash drive’s remaining storage which has software like Ninite and other utilities/drivers. 🙂