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Portable Windows HD Image files booting from USB


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    Link submitted by wimb

    Submitted Mar 07 2012 07:05 PM

Portable Windows HD Image files booting from USB

http://reboot.pro/9830/

The Apps IMG_XP_Compact.exe and VHD_W7_Compact.exe of IMG_XP package
can be used to make Portable Windows HD Image files booting with Grub4dos Menu on HDD or USB

These Virtual Harddisk files are of type IMG or VHD and require WinVBlock or FiraDisk driver to boot them as FILEDISK or as RAMDISK
The Ultimate Windows 7 VHD files make use of Microsoft VHD HBA driver which allows to boot them as FILEDISK
Additinally Installed Programs and Drivers and Settings are remembered in FILEDISK just like in normal Windows OS

Source can be drive where Windows is installed or full XP Image file Or Windows 7 VHD file

Mini XP = OS Size 400 MB - including IE8 + WLAN + Audio + Printer + 7-Zip + ImDisk and all installed drivers
Port XP = OS Size 600 MB - extra system32 complete + Windows Media Player - Multimedia support

In case of Mini XP then external VLC portable player can be used for MultiMedia support

Advised size of XP Image file is 1.0 GB and for Windows 7 VHD file is 1.6 GB