FlashBoot - утилита для
создания загрузочного USB Flash диска. Кроме USB-носителей,
поддерживаются другие типы устройств. Позволяет производить
форматирование и копирование файлов системы. Поддерживаются различные
операционные системы: Windows 8/7/Vista, Windows XP, SysLinux, диски
GRUB4DOS, Linux kernel и т.д. Вы можете создать чистую загрузочную
USB-флэшку с минимальным набором файлов системы и затем вручную
настроить "под себя", или преобразовать полнофункциональный
самозагрузочный CD-ROM или дискету к самозагрузочной USB-флэшке,
содержащей все функциональные возможности оных. FlashBoot может как
отформатировать физический диск, так и создать его образ.
Why do you might want to use bootable USB flash disks?
Unlike the most bootable medias, bootable USB Flash keys are very
handy: compared to floppies, they have much bigger size, speed and
reliability, compared to CD/DVD discs, they are random write access
devices, so you can backup your data to the same media where you booted
from, without need to reformat (reburn) the entire media. Again, the
cost per gigabyte for them continues to cut down, unlike CD/DVD discs.
Bootable USB flash disks are especially useful with netbooks like
ASUS Eee PC which does not have builtin CD/DVD drive or an opportunity
to install one. On the other hand, buying external CD/DVD drive for
netbook is not a truly wise choice because it will be shifted out of use
just after Windows is installed, thanks to widespread use of DVD image
files and modern hard disk capacities.
Bootable USB flash disks are useful as boot devices on the "big"
desktop PCs too, unlike CD/DVD discs they do not have sensible surface
you could scratch, thus more reliable (especially when holding your
backup data). If your sysadmin at work restricts PC to not to have
CD/DVD drives, you still can boot from USB flash disk. Or if your home
PC has CD/DVD drive failed, you can do it too.
There are some mobility considerations as well. If your laptop
has a bootable CD/DVD drive, you can't work with it for a long time:
boot device is accessed quite often, and battery power is obviously not
enough to supply laser for a long time.
With bootable USB Flash disk, you don't have to obey a CD/DVD
size limit of 700 or 4700 MB. You can buy a big or a small USB disk
depending on your needs. Just after boot, on every PC, you may save your
files to the same boot device, or restore them back. There's no need to
reformat (reburn) the boot disk, you just copy files and folders, and
there's no need for extra hardware for such operations. Of course you
may do some things you can't do under your OS: copy/modify system files
(they are busy when OS is running), reinstall OS, repartition your main
hard disk etc.
ОС: Windows 8/7/Vista/XP.
Изменения в версии 2.2c:
Installation of Windows 8 to USB thumbdrive: This version fixes
problems with non-functional Windows Update and inability to create
System Restore Points.
