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You can now put a bootable copy of windows on a USB flash drive and then use it as an easy way to recover your windows files if it crashes or just to bring your xp wherever.
You need 3 things for this a USB drive with at least 256mb of space, a windows setup cd, and last the freeware program BartPE.
BartPE will go through the setup cd and then create a small bootable version of windows that you can then boot on anywhere.
full article
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/09/09...n_your_pocket/
I thought this was really cool and that it is nice to have some backup operating systems on bootable cds or thumb drives. I always have a boot cd of Knoppix, Ubuntu, and anonym.OS. However it is nice to add my Xp to that list of choices. I think that the days of staring at a setup screen are over considering how easy Ubuntu and MEPIS made it so that you can continue using the livecd while it installs. I also think that Vista is going to implement a new way of installing Windows faster than it currently does.
windows are catchin up with the times. DSL [Damn Small Linux] has been able to boot fully from USB for ages. its only like 50MB so u can run your whole damn PC off ur USB so much cooler then carryin arond a boot disk
I could run my PC off my iPod too... I already run a webserver off a memory stick with apache, php, mysql etc The thing is, you still need an actual computer It's great having it all in your pocket with system passwords and settings, and It would be secure too; just don't lose it
"Flash" technology will be the way forward - because there are no moving parts involved, and less space is required. Memory sticks are getting larger and cheaper all the time and its popularity is increasing.
I hope that Vista does increase the Windows boot speed dramatically - my computer took quite some time to boot the last time I formated it.