[H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread FORC5
My netbook needs a fresh install or a repair but has no ROM. any one know of a program that will copy a bootable image to a thumb drive ? actually trying to figure out how much memory this thing will support so I can put w7 in it. Has 1g and while MS says that is enough, (cough) Asus Eee, can

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread Steve Tomporowski
If it's the same as my Asus EeePC, then that max it can support is 2gig, and that's due to the processor. And, yes, I did try to put more in there, but the hardware ignores anything over 2 gig. I originally thought it was Windows 7 Starter (which also has a 2 gig limitation). The Atom

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread Richard Quilhot
UBCD has a utility to created bootable USB drives, with the option to mount boot user added iso's Rick Q quilh...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: If it's the same as my Asus EeePC, then that max it can support is 2gig, and that's due

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread FORC5
thanks, yes Eee Asus 904HA talked to Asus and they basically said they can not help with upgrades ;{( Crucial said 2g for $35 worth it but I wonder about putting in a SSD and w7 fp At 07:07 AM 8/7/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If it's the same as my Asus EeePC, then that max it

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread FORC5
I'll check that out thanks fp At 10:01 AM 8/7/2014, Richard Quilhot Poked the stick with: UBCD has a utility to created bootable USB drives, with the option to mount boot user added iso's Rick Q quilh...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread Christopher Fisk
Windows seven will run okay on one or two gig as long as no av On Aug 7, 2014 1:32 PM, FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: thanks, yes Eee Asus 904HA talked to Asus and they basically said they can not help with upgrades ;{( Crucial said 2g for $35 worth it but I wonder about putting in a SSD and w7

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread Winterlight
any one know of a program that will copy a bootable image to a thumb drive ? rufus-1.4.9.exe = free

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread FORC5
NO AV ? At 10:41 AM 8/7/2014, Christopher Fisk Poked the stick with: Windows seven will run okay on one or two gig as long as no av On Aug 7, 2014 1:32 PM, FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: thanks, yes Eee Asus 904HA talked to Asus and they basically said they can not help with upgrades ;{(

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread FORC5
that looks like the ticket thanks fp At 11:00 AM 8/7/2014, Winterlight Poked the stick with: rufus-1.4.9.exe Date: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** Money can't buy happiness, but neither

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread Winterlight
I run windows 7 Pro on a 07 Thinkpad Tablet X41 with a 1.5 Centrino, Intel graphics , 2GB of RAM (all the chipset supports) on a SSD it runs pretty quick but anything better then basic SD video struggles At 11:11 AM 8/7/2014, you wrote: NO AV ? At 10:41 AM 8/7/2014, Christopher Fisk

Re: [H] Does it matter?

2014-08-07 Thread DSinc
James, Thank you for you pointers. I don't agree with your view of what Windows may or may not do. I did not see your suggesgested behavior. But, I was able to get Crucial 128GB SSD recognized using my w7pro-32 OS. Thank you Disk Management!! The suspect SSD is now formatted as Volume F: on

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread Christopher Fisk
Yep. Use common sense really, frankly, AV is behind the times anyways. Run your computer with something like flashblock, noscript, and other browsing protection and don't download junk. If you're worried about it occasionally run Malwarebytes. The vast majority of viruses you get nowadays are