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  Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-22 22:38 -0500
    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive MR <MR@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-23 05:19 +0000
    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-23 00:39 -0500
    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-23 10:34 +0100
    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-23 03:11 -0700
      Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-25 23:21 +0000
        Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-25 23:29 -0500
          Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-26 08:13 +0000
            Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-26 06:14 -0500
            Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-26 16:00 +0000
              Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-26 17:42 +0000
                Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-01-27 08:00 +0000
                  Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-27 08:34 +0000
                    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-01-29 18:35 +0000
              Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-26 18:58 -0500
                Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-01-27 19:22 +0000
                  Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-01-29 18:35 +0000
                    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-01-30 17:22 +0000
                      Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-04-21 22:13 +1000
        Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-26 01:40 -0700
          Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive David <David@example.net> - 2025-01-26 17:16 +0000
    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-01-23 13:07 +0000
      Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-24 09:54 -0500
        Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-24 11:08 -0500
    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-23 11:07 -0500
    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-23 17:20 +0000
      Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-23 19:51 +0100
        Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-25 12:48 -0500
          Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-25 20:16 +0100
            Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-26 01:55 +0100
    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-01-26 18:14 +0000
      Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-01-26 18:19 +0000
    Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Drummond <Drummond@lkjuj.com> - 2025-01-27 00:11 +0000
      Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-26 21:10 -0500
        Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-27 13:06 +0100

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#181662 — Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive

A friend without a DVD player in his pc wants to play the DVD**

I said I would copy it to an .iso file on a flashdrive.   Using Imgburn
which I have used in the past. 

My recollection is that one can only put one .iso file on a flashdrive.
Right?   This is the main question.  Google didn't seem to answer it. 

I"m thinking that now he says he only has one DVD, but later he'll want
many more. 

When I googled to see the limit was one, I didn't get an answer, but I
came across
https://www.atera.com/blog/how-to-put-multiple-operating-systems-on-a-flash-drive/
but that is about putting more than one OS on a flashdrive. Still it
sounded like something I should remember for my own future needs. Has
anyone used it, or something similar?  


**He bought an external DVD player but it doesn't work somehow.  I'm
temporarily too sick to go over there. 

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#181665

On 23/01/2025 03:38, micky wrote:
> When I googled to see the limit was one, I didn't get an answer, but I
> came across
> https://www.atera.com/blog/how-to-put-multiple-operating-systems-on-a-flash-drive/
> but that is about putting more than one OS on a flashdrive. Still it
> sounded like something I should remember for my own future needs. Has
> anyone used it, or something similar?


I use Ventoy. <https://www.ventoy.net/en/download.html>

You can use different distros to try from one flash drive.

you first need to prepare a flash-drive to boot-up then you can simply 
copy the ISO files on to it and then boot-up the machine from the 
flash-drive. That is all because you can choose which distros to boot-up.

Hope you recover soon and be a regular user here again soon.

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#181666

On Wed, 1/22/2025 10:38 PM, micky wrote:
> A friend without a DVD player in his pc wants to play the DVD**
> 
> I said I would copy it to an .iso file on a flashdrive.   Using Imgburn
> which I have used in the past. 
> 
> My recollection is that one can only put one .iso file on a flashdrive.
> Right?   This is the main question.  Google didn't seem to answer it. 
> 
> I"m thinking that now he says he only has one DVD, but later he'll want
> many more. 
> 
> When I googled to see the limit was one, I didn't get an answer, but I
> came across
> https://www.atera.com/blog/how-to-put-multiple-operating-systems-on-a-flash-drive/
> but that is about putting more than one OS on a flashdrive. Still it
> sounded like something I should remember for my own future needs. Has
> anyone used it, or something similar?  
> 
> 
> **He bought an external DVD player but it doesn't work somehow.  I'm
> temporarily too sick to go over there. 
> 

Right-click an ISO file on your hard drive,
select either "Mount" if it is offered at the top
of the list. If not offered, the alternative is to "Open With:  File Explorer"
Opening with file Explorer, Explorer knows it is a .ISO
and so it mounts the ISO as if it was a virtual DVD drive.
Complete with Eject capability. Certain kinds of discs have
a relatively standard format, which is why these things
open for us.

The result is a virtual DVD drive. There is a video_ts folder
and there are .vob files inside. Each .vob is a chapter.
VLC will play a chapter, if the chapter is unencrypted.

   [Picture]

    https://i.postimg.cc/8PMH8xCM/dvd-mounter.gif

This means you can store a series of .ISO files in a flat directory
if you want, on your USB stick, at 7GB or so each. You don't absolutely
have to unpack them and store a mess of VOBs all over the place.
It's a lot of unnecessary work, to post-process a "ripped" (DeCSS)
DVD image if properly done. I only own one Hollywood DVD, which you see in the
example, and using DeCSS in Linux, I was able to "rip" the DVD and
remove the crypto from the ISO. BluRay discs are another matter entirely.
Don't know a thing about those. Don't own one either :-)

E:             \
  movie1.iso    \
  movie2.iso     \___ A USB stick with four unencrypted ISO on it.
  movie3.iso     /
  movie4.iso    /

If a Hollywood DVD has "weak sector" protection, that can
allow it to play in a "Set Top Box" DVD player, but not in
a computer DVD drive. "Ripping" the media with the right
tool, will restore the viewing rights to the recipient.
The Set Top Box players, ignore certain info on the DVD,
and the manufacturers took advantage of the sensitivity
of computer DVD setups, versus the lax Set Top Box player.

Scroll down here, to see a variety of ripper tools.
There is a *big difference in quality* in these tools.
Some of them are famous for their ability to solve problems.
The one which is just a copy of DeCSS would be a weak sauce
by comparison, as DeCSS is only part of the story, and typical
users want a "full service" ripper that solves all problems.

https://www.videohelp.com/software/sections/decrypters-dvd-rippers

That's the problem with a videohelp link -- the users forget to scroll
down, as the answer is always under the screen. I made this mistake
*multiple times* before I discovered I was supposed to be scrolling
down when people gave me links there :-) Just passing on the warning.

   Paul

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#181670

On 2025-01-23 04:38, micky wrote:
> A friend without a DVD player in his pc wants to play the DVD**
> 
> I said I would copy it to an .iso file on a flashdrive.   Using Imgburn
> which I have used in the past.
> 
> My recollection is that one can only put one .iso file on a flashdrive.
> Right?   This is the main question.  Google didn't seem to answer it.
> 
> I"m thinking that now he says he only has one DVD, but later he'll want
> many more.
> 
> When I googled to see the limit was one, I didn't get an answer, but I
> came across
> https://www.atera.com/blog/how-to-put-multiple-operating-systems-on-a-flash-drive/
> but that is about putting more than one OS on a flashdrive. Still it
> sounded like something I should remember for my own future needs. Has
> anyone used it, or something similar?

You can use tricks to put several boot isos, ie, more than one os.

But as iso, you can only put one.

As file, you can copy as many as you like, and then mount one on the 
destination computer. But if they are movies, for example, they will not 
play in a player.


I'm thinking that you could "burn" each iso separately to one partition. 
What that would achieve I can not really guess. It would do nothing 
worth, I think, but software could be designed to make use of that.


> **He bought an external DVD player but it doesn't work somehow.  I'm
> temporarily too sick to go over there.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#181672

micky wrote on 1/22/25 8:38 PM:
> A friend without a DVD player in his pc wants to play the DVD**
> 
> I said I would copy it to an .iso file on a flashdrive.   Using Imgburn
> which I have used in the past.
> 
> My recollection is that one can only put one .iso file on a flashdrive.
> Right?   This is the main question.  Google didn't seem to answer it.
> 
> I"m thinking that now he says he only has one DVD, but later he'll want
> many more.
> 
> When I googled to see the limit was one, I didn't get an answer, but I
> came across
> https://www.atera.com/blog/how-to-put-multiple-operating-systems-on-a-flash-drive/
> but that is about putting more than one OS on a flashdrive. Still it
> sounded like something I should remember for my own future needs. Has
> anyone used it, or something similar?
> 
> 
> **He bought an external DVD player but it doesn't work somehow.  I'm
> temporarily too sick to go over there.
> 

No, you can put as many isos as you wish on a flash drive that has 
sufficient storage space to hold the iso files.

My 32 GB flash drive has ISO's for Win11 22/23/24H2 plus IMG(mountable 
file like ISO) for both M365 Family and Office 2019 Home and Business.

Those 5 account for ~25 GB. Leaving room for all my other primary 
programs'installers(just shy of 2 GB more - iTunes, Imaging, Browsers, 
and few other utilities and diskpart scripts)

-- 
...w¡ñ§±¤ñ

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#181720

On 23/01/2025 10:11, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:
[....]
> No, you can put as many isos as you wish on a flash drive that has 
> sufficient storage space to hold the iso files.
> 
> My 32 GB flash drive has ISO's for Win11 22/23/24H2 plus IMG(mountable 
> file like ISO) for both M365 Family and Office 2019 Home and Business.
> 
> Those 5 account for ~25 GB. Leaving room for all my other primary 
> programs'installers(just shy of 2 GB more - iTunes, Imaging, Browsers, 
> and few other utilities and diskpart scripts)

Do you use Ventoy to assist with accessing those iso files?

https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

I've been using Ventoy recently and found that it worked really well.

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#181727

On Sat, 1/25/2025 6:21 PM, David wrote:
> On 23/01/2025 10:11, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:
> [....]
>> No, you can put as many isos as you wish on a flash drive that has sufficient storage space to hold the iso files.
>>
>> My 32 GB flash drive has ISO's for Win11 22/23/24H2 plus IMG(mountable file like ISO) for both M365 Family and Office 2019 Home and Business.
>>
>> Those 5 account for ~25 GB. Leaving room for all my other primary programs'installers(just shy of 2 GB more - iTunes, Imaging, Browsers, and few other utilities and diskpart scripts)
> 
> Do you use Ventoy to assist with accessing those iso files?
> 
> https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
> 
> I've been using Ventoy recently and found that it worked really well.

Isn't Ventoy mostly for LiveDVD usage and running multiple Live OSes
from a single USB key ?

Other people are referring to their USB keys which contain content
in the ordinary way. These are not USB keys that are booting anything,
they're just general purpose data storage keys. Since Windows allows
some content to be mounted on the fly (as does Linux), you can
mount some ISOs without needing a Ventoy.

But speaking in very general terms, you might own two USB keys (it's a concept).
One USB key is for emergency boot. The second USB key may contain
utilities or materials to be used once the machine is running. That's
what w¡ñ§±¤ñ is referring to, is his collection of general materials
for repair work.

USB keys don't have to be small or slow. There are some which are logically
an SSD inside. This one, it uses a single controller chip for the purpose
of behaving this way, and it's better than the average $0.59 chip inside
the average USB stick. Reliability still unknown, and we just wait
for reports to show up as to how good it really is. And you have to buy
materials like this from reliable sources that don't deal in fraudulent versions.

https://www.newegg.com/patriot-model-pef1tbrpmw32u/p/N82E16820225289

   Paul

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#181728

On 26/01/2025 04:29, Paul wrote:
> On Sat, 1/25/2025 6:21 PM, David wrote:
>> On 23/01/2025 10:11, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:
>> [....]
>>> No, you can put as many isos as you wish on a flash drive that has sufficient storage space to hold the iso files.
>>>
>>> My 32 GB flash drive has ISO's for Win11 22/23/24H2 plus IMG(mountable file like ISO) for both M365 Family and Office 2019 Home and Business.
>>>
>>> Those 5 account for ~25 GB. Leaving room for all my other primary programs'installers(just shy of 2 GB more - iTunes, Imaging, Browsers, and few other utilities and diskpart scripts)
>>
>> Do you use Ventoy to assist with accessing those iso files?
>>
>> https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
>>
>> I've been using Ventoy recently and found that it worked really well.
> 
> Isn't Ventoy mostly for LiveDVD usage and running multiple Live OSes
> from a single USB key ?

That is what I was using it for.

> Other people are referring to their USB keys which contain content
> in the ordinary way. These are not USB keys that are booting anything,
> they're just general purpose data storage keys. Since Windows allows
> some content to be mounted on the fly (as does Linux), you can
> mount some ISOs without needing a Ventoy.

I bow to your greater wisdom.

> But speaking in very general terms, you might own two USB keys (it's a concept).
> One USB key is for emergency boot. The second USB key may contain
> utilities or materials to be used once the machine is running. That's
> what w¡ñ§±¤ñ is referring to, is his collection of general materials
> for repair work.
> 
> USB keys don't have to be small or slow. There are some which are logically
> an SSD inside. This one, it uses a single controller chip for the purpose
> of behaving this way, and it's better than the average $0.59 chip inside
> the average USB stick. Reliability still unknown, and we just wait
> for reports to show up as to how good it really is. And you have to buy
> materials like this from reliable sources that don't deal in fraudulent versions.
> 
> https://www.newegg.com/patriot-model-pef1tbrpmw32u/p/N82E16820225289
> 
>     Paul

That seems amazingly good value for money! :-D

In the bottom of my 'box of bits' I still have this (working!) device:-
https://icecat.co.uk/en/p/buffalo/ruf-c512m-u2-4/usb+flash+drives-usb+flash+blue+512mb-834254.html

At the time of purchase, it cost me 'an arm and a leg'!

-- 
David

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#181733

On Sun, 1/26/2025 3:13 AM, David wrote:

> 
> That seems amazingly good value for money! :-D
> 
> In the bottom of my 'box of bits' I still have this (working!) device:-
> https://icecat.co.uk/en/p/buffalo/ruf-c512m-u2-4/usb+flash+drives-usb+flash+blue+512mb-834254.html
> 
> At the time of purchase, it cost me 'an arm and a leg'!

But that stick would have SLC or MLC flash in it. And it likely
accepts a lot more write cycles than a modern stick.

The TLC ones I've bought here, they don't seem to last. I
have two dead ones, and a third is writing at 1.5MB/sec and
it won't be long before it's cooked too.

   Paul

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#181738

David <David@example.net> wrote:

[...]

> In the bottom of my 'box of bits' I still have this (working!) device:-
> https://icecat.co.uk/en/p/buffalo/ruf-c512m-u2-4/usb+flash+drives-usb+flash+blue+512mb-834254.html
> 
> At the time of purchase, it cost me 'an arm and a leg'!

  I also still have one of those, a 512MB SanDisk cruzer micro with nice
coloured covers (for the stick and the connector) in a small plastic
box. It is still used as a 'Rescue media' stick for Macrium Reflect
image backups. Probably still have the (paper) invoice somewhere, but as
I still have both arms annd legs, I can't be bothered to check what it
cost! :-)

  The next bigger one is 2GB, also a SanDisk cruzer micro, same size, so
I can use the same covers.

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#181747

On 26/01/2025 16:00, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> David <David@example.net> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> In the bottom of my 'box of bits' I still have this (working!) device:-
>> https://icecat.co.uk/en/p/buffalo/ruf-c512m-u2-4/usb+flash+drives-usb+flash+blue+512mb-834254.html
>>
>> At the time of purchase, it cost me 'an arm and a leg'!
> 
>    I also still have one of those, a 512MB SanDisk cruzer micro with nice
> coloured covers (for the stick and the connector) in a small plastic
> box. It is still used as a 'Rescue media' stick for Macrium Reflect
> image backups. Probably still have the (paper) invoice somewhere, but as
> I still have both arms annd legs, I can't be bothered to check what it
> cost! :-)

Haha! Thanks for responding, Frank!

>    The next bigger one is 2GB, also a SanDisk cruzer micro, same size, so
> I can use the same covers.

My 'best' thumb drive is also a SanDisk 'Cruzer Edge' 32 GB but it's 
amazing what one can buy nowadays at very modest cost.

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#181758

David <David@example.net> wrote:
> On 26/01/2025 16:00, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > David <David@example.net> wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> >> In the bottom of my 'box of bits' I still have this (working!) device:-
> >> https://icecat.co.uk/en/p/buffalo/ruf-c512m-u2-4/usb+flash+drives-usb+flash+blue+512mb-834254.html
> >>
> >> At the time of purchase, it cost me 'an arm and a leg'!
> > 
> >    I also still have one of those, a 512MB SanDisk cruzer micro with nice
> > coloured covers (for the stick and the connector) in a small plastic
> > box. It is still used as a 'Rescue media' stick for Macrium Reflect
> > image backups. Probably still have the (paper) invoice somewhere, but as
> > I still have both arms annd legs, I can't be bothered to check what it
> > cost! :-)

> Haha! Thanks for responding, Frank!

> >    The next bigger one is 2GB, also a SanDisk cruzer micro, same size, so
> > I can use the same covers.

> My 'best' thumb drive is also a SanDisk 'Cruzer Edge' 32 GB but it's 
> amazing what one can buy nowadays at very modest cost.

Too bad they can be very slow and don't last long compared to the very old USB flash sticks. My 128 MB SanDisk Cruzer flash drive still work today! :O
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#181759

On 27/01/2025 08:00, Ant wrote:
> David <David@example.net> wrote:
>> On 26/01/2025 16:00, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> David <David@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> In the bottom of my 'box of bits' I still have this (working!) device:-
>>>> https://icecat.co.uk/en/p/buffalo/ruf-c512m-u2-4/usb+flash+drives-usb+flash+blue+512mb-834254.html
>>>>
>>>> At the time of purchase, it cost me 'an arm and a leg'!
>>>
>>>     I also still have one of those, a 512MB SanDisk cruzer micro with nice
>>> coloured covers (for the stick and the connector) in a small plastic
>>> box. It is still used as a 'Rescue media' stick for Macrium Reflect
>>> image backups. Probably still have the (paper) invoice somewhere, but as
>>> I still have both arms annd legs, I can't be bothered to check what it
>>> cost! :-)
> 
>> Haha! Thanks for responding, Frank!
> 
>>>     The next bigger one is 2GB, also a SanDisk cruzer micro, same size, so
>>> I can use the same covers.
> 
>> My 'best' thumb drive is also a SanDisk 'Cruzer Edge' 32 GB but it's
>> amazing what one can buy nowadays at very modest cost.
> 
> Too bad they can be very slow and don't last long compared to the very old USB flash sticks.

How do you know this to be true, Ant?!!

> My 128 MB SanDisk Cruzer flash drive still work today! :O

That is GOOD news, but it cannot hold a 2GB file! ;-)

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#181782

David <David@example.net> wrote:
> On 27/01/2025 08:00, Ant wrote:
> > David <David@example.net> wrote:
> >> On 26/01/2025 16:00, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> >>> David <David@example.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>>
> >>>> In the bottom of my 'box of bits' I still have this (working!) device:-
> >>>> https://icecat.co.uk/en/p/buffalo/ruf-c512m-u2-4/usb+flash+drives-usb+flash+blue+512mb-834254.html
> >>>>
> >>>> At the time of purchase, it cost me 'an arm and a leg'!
> >>>
> >>>     I also still have one of those, a 512MB SanDisk cruzer micro with nice
> >>> coloured covers (for the stick and the connector) in a small plastic
> >>> box. It is still used as a 'Rescue media' stick for Macrium Reflect
> >>> image backups. Probably still have the (paper) invoice somewhere, but as
> >>> I still have both arms annd legs, I can't be bothered to check what it
> >>> cost! :-)
> > 
> >> Haha! Thanks for responding, Frank!
> > 
> >>>     The next bigger one is 2GB, also a SanDisk cruzer micro, same size, so
> >>> I can use the same covers.
> > 
> >> My 'best' thumb drive is also a SanDisk 'Cruzer Edge' 32 GB but it's
> >> amazing what one can buy nowadays at very modest cost.
> > 
> > Too bad they can be very slow and don't last long compared to the very old USB flash sticks.

> How do you know this to be true, Ant?!!

Because ofd my newer flash sticks didn't last long compared to my old ones! :(
 

> > My 128 MB SanDisk Cruzer flash drive still work today! :O

> That is GOOD news, but it cannot hold a 2GB file! ;-)

And slower too. IIRC, USB1 speed. :O
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#181755

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 26 Jan 2025 16:00:10 GMT, Frank Slootweg
<this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

>David <David@example.net> wrote:
>
>[...]
>
>> In the bottom of my 'box of bits' I still have this (working!) device:-
>> https://icecat.co.uk/en/p/buffalo/ruf-c512m-u2-4/usb+flash+drives-usb+flash+blue+512mb-834254.html
>> 
>> At the time of purchase, it cost me 'an arm and a leg'!
>
>  I also still have one of those, a 512MB SanDisk cruzer micro with nice
>coloured covers (for the stick and the connector) in a small plastic

My first flash drive came taped to the top of a stack of cd's.  512mb or
smaller.  I was so impressed that I had something new, and for free no
less. 

>box. It is still used as a 'Rescue media' stick for Macrium Reflect
>image backups. Probably still have the (paper) invoice somewhere, but as
>I still have both arms annd legs, I can't be bothered to check what it
>cost! :-)
>
>  The next bigger one is 2GB, also a SanDisk cruzer micro, same size, so
>I can use the same covers.

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#181766

On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 18:58:23 -0500, micky wrote:

[snip]

> My first flash drive came taped to the top of a stack of cd's.  512mb or
> smaller.  I was so impressed that I had something new, and for free no
> less.

IIRC, my first flash drive held 2MB. It came with a digital camera (one 
that wasn't very good, just VGA 320*200 resolution).

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#181783

Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 18:58:23 -0500, micky wrote:

> [snip]

> > My first flash drive came taped to the top of a stack of cd's.  512mb or
> > smaller.  I was so impressed that I had something new, and for free no
> > less.

> IIRC, my first flash drive held 2MB. It came with a digital camera (one 
> that wasn't very good, just VGA 320*200 resolution).

> [snip]

At least, you were ahead of the crowds unless you got it late in the game. :P
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#181791

On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:35:55 +0000, Ant wrote:

> Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> wrote:

[snip]

>> IIRC, my first flash drive held 2MB. It came with a digital camera (one
>> that wasn't very good, just VGA 320*200 resolution).
> 
>> [snip]
> 
> At least, you were ahead of the crowds unless you got it late in the
> game. :P

IIRC, It was about 1997.

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#183850

On 31/01/2025 4:22 am, Mark Lloyd wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:35:55 +0000, Ant wrote:
> 
>> Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>> IIRC, my first flash drive held 2MB. It came with a digital camera (one
>>> that wasn't very good, just VGA 320*200 resolution).
>>
>>> [snip]
>>
>> At least, you were ahead of the crowds unless you got it late in the
>> game. :P
> 
> IIRC, It was about 1997.
> 
I must have been dragging the chain then .... In 1999 or 2000 (whilst I 
was still using Win95/98 (Didn't 98 have some limitation on the max size 
it could "see"??)), I brought about a half dozen 256kb USB Drives .... 
and I think 3 or 4 of them are still unused in their little cellophane 
packages somewhere.
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#181729

David wrote on 1/25/25 4:21 PM:
> On 23/01/2025 10:11, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:
> [....]
>> No, you can put as many isos as you wish on a flash drive that has 
>> sufficient storage space to hold the iso files.
>>
>> My 32 GB flash drive has ISO's for Win11 22/23/24H2 plus IMG(mountable 
>> file like ISO) for both M365 Family and Office 2019 Home and Business.
>>
>> Those 5 account for ~25 GB. Leaving room for all my other primary 
>> programs'installers(just shy of 2 GB more - iTunes, Imaging, Browsers, 
>> and few other utilities and diskpart scripts)
> 
> Do you use Ventoy to assist with accessing those iso files?
> 
> https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
> 
> I've been using Ventoy recently and found that it worked really well.
No, those isos/img,exes are present on a single USB stick and each iso 
iso mountable when needed for installation, exe for installation, 
troubleshooting, or other file information or replacement - a handy, 
stick with a range of content like any other multi-purpose utility.

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