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| Member Posts: 99 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada   |  Boot OS from USB flash drive? -
04-18-2009, 07:28 PM
Would it be possible to install, and boot OS X/XP/Vista/Windows 7 from a high speed USB flash drive. I end up collecting the things like spare change and have 2x 8GB, 1x 16GB, and 2x 32GB 200x speed flash drives kicking around. I thought that it might be an alternative to multibooting. Install the OS/Drivers/Apps/etc on a USB drive and then plug it in and boot from it when you want that OS. Anyone? | Dell Mini 10v | Obsidian Black | 1.6GHz | 2GB Kingston HyperX | 1.3MP | 160GB SATA HDD | Bluetooth | 802.11n | Windows 7 Ultimate | Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. - Unknown Before Elvis, there was nothing. - John Lennon |
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| Guru  Posts: 1,993 Join Date: Apr 2009 | Re: Boot OS from USB flash drive? -
04-21-2009, 03:10 PM
Linux won't mind being installed on a flash drive. Don't know about the others. Mini 1012 | SSD | Intel 6200 Wifi | Ubuntu 11.10 64bit |
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| Junior Member Posts: 3 Join Date: Apr 2009 | Re: Boot OS from USB flash drive? -
04-21-2009, 08:44 PM
I have OSX installed on a 16gb USB Stick. It runs well. |
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| Junior Member Posts: 13 Join Date: Mar 2009 | Re: Boot OS from USB flash drive? -
04-22-2009, 01:45 AM
^ how :?: ? I really want to do this...please explain  |
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| Junior Member Posts: 3 Join Date: Apr 2009 | Re: Boot OS from USB flash drive? -
04-22-2009, 04:02 AM
OSX will install to a USB stick the same way it would a Hard Drive or SSD. All you need is an external dvd drive, a retail copy of OSX and the DellEFI ISO. |
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| Senior Member Posts: 101 Join Date: Apr 2009 | Re: Boot OS from USB flash drive? -
04-22-2009, 06:29 PM
can anybody point me to a link to install OS X on a flash drive? thanks in advance!! |
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| Junior Member Posts: 3 Join Date: Apr 2009 | Re: Boot OS from USB flash drive? -
04-22-2009, 07:25 PM
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