Corsair Ultimate Bootable User Manual
Performance Hardware
User’s Guide
T h e U l t i m a t e B o o t a b l e
U S B F l a s h D r i v e —
A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s
A guide for adding advanced functionality to the Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive.
Version 1.0 May, 2010
Overview
Corsair has provided a utility that helps users create the Ultimate Bootable USB
Flash Drive . One outstanding feature of this tool is that it is very simple for end
users to add advanced functionality to the tool once the basic installation is complete.
A drive like the Flash Survivor GTR, pictured below, can become a wonderful tool
in a few easy steps. An ISO image is an image of an optical disk and this tool has
the ability to boot from a bootable ISO image thus eliminating the need to burn a
CD or DVD. Following the directions in this guide, the user simply downloads the
desired ISO file, extracts it to the USB drive, edits three lines of text, and the tool
is ready to use.
The Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive-Advanced Features
There are many options that an user can add to the basic version of this tool. Most
Linux distributions can be downloaded as ISO files. With this tool, users can boot
to Linux from their drive which amounts to a pocket sized portable operating system.
Also, many tools and utilities such as Parted Magic from our example here, can be
found in ISO form. This means no more burning CDs or DVDs using ISO images if
you don’t want to. And, those ISO based tools and utilities can be more conven-
iently used, stored, updated, manipulated, and transported using a USB flash drive.
Multiple ISOs can be added to the drive and the capacity is limited only by the
drive size.
If you can find the program, application, or utility you wish to use in a bootable
ISO form, you can add it to your USB flash drive using this tool. The process is
simple and takes only a few minutes.
The Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive-Advanced Features
1
Download and Extract the Needed
Files
Download the Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive Tool and the How To Guide for
it here: http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85815
Download the Parted Magic ISO file here:
http://partedmagic.com/download.html
In addition to the 2 files above, you will need a text editor. Notepad, included with
Windows, is sufficient. Notepad ++ is another excellent option and can be found
here: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Our example uses Parted Magic, a very helpful formatting tool. This tool is frequently recommended by Corsair Technical Support and is especially useful for
SSD owners.
After you have completed the basic creation of the Ultimate USB Flash Drive,
you’ll need extract Parted Magic and save it to your flash drive.
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