
Despite this program’s 0.5 beta status, everything I tried worked fine. I even mounted some OS installation images as virtual drives and transferred them from there.

I didn’t try Vista or Windows 7, but they’re supported. I tried transferring several environments: PE2 from my Active Boot disc, and an XP SP2 install. Once you’ve satisfied the dialog’s queries, simply click Run. Win2Flash consists of a single, tabbed dialog that asks you which boot environment you wish to transfer to Flash media, where the files exist, and the location of the flash media you wish to write them to. Unless you want to really get technical in creating your own, this should probably be portable apps like those found à la carte at or together in the PortableApps Suite. The latest version of the program is supported on PCs running Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11, 32-bit.

The program can also be called 'Novicorp WinToFlash Professional'. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this software available. In the third place, you can load and delete additional software onto a Flash drive. WinToFlash Professional 1.13.0 was available to download from the developers website when we last checked. Second, Flash drives are more portable–I have a nice little 8GB thumb drive from SuperTalent that’s no bigger than a postage stamp. First off, Flash is generally much faster than CD/DVD. Even if you’ve had problems with it before, we think the recent major updates (see the changelog) mean it’s worth another look.The advantages of using Flash drives over optical media to install Windows and for utility discs are three-fold. How reliable WinToFlash might be is hard to say - there are all kinds of potential gotchas, depending on your setup - but it worked perfectly in our first test. WinToFlash Business ($100) comes licensed for business use by up to 5 persons, and allows unlimited installations across the company.Īll editions provide both a simple wizard-based creator (point the program to your Windows disc or image, USB key, and leave it to do the rest), or an Advanced Mode with assorted low-level tweaks. WinToFlash Professional (normally $29.95, $7 as we write) adds support for NTFS, USB-FDD mode, GRUB boot loader, and more. The $5.77 Home edition removes the ads and is registered to your name. The free-for-personal-use Lite version has all the core features you need, works with everything from Windows XP to Windows 10, and (with the right files) can also create bootable USBs for WinPE 1.x and 2.x, DOS, Windows XP/Server 2003 recovery console, and more.

The shiny new WinToFlash 1.0 is now available in four editions.
