You can say the same thing about a monkey wrench. You can go years without needing one, then suddenly find in the middle of the night you need one.
Windows is notorious for installing Windows updates then shooting itself in the foot - one day you can turn it on and it just won't boot. Having a bootable Windows-on-a-stick can give you enough access to the real OS to remove the bad driver/update, etc and get back up and running.
So yes - one one operation you may need in a year, but that one operation that gets your machine back up and running.
Yes, its $30 normally, but free today, so nothing to lose.
Preserve wildlife - pickle a squirrel.

Chris  –  3 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+55)

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glnz,
1). Do I need a separate license to ruse the resulting OS?
We did not crack the Windows registration mechanism because it is illegal. Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft has modified the activation method of Windows. As long as you have activated Windows 10 on a particular computer, since then running same version of Widnows 10 on this computer will be automatically activated. If you have never activated Windows 10 on a particular computer, then Windows will be inactive.

2). Is the resulting USB a separate, complete and bootable OS drive on which I can install apps and save data?
Yes, of course.

3). How does this handle drivers if I move this USB from machine to machine?
When a portable Windows USB drive is first booted on a host computer it will detect all hardware on the computer and install any needed drivers. When the portable Windows USB drive is subsequently booted on that host computer it will be able to identify the host computer and load the correct set of drivers automatically.

Hasleo Software  –  3 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+40)

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glnz, Unsure why this has got down-voted as these seem legitimate questions.

You'd need a licence to use the OS on the machine, but 'usually' the PC would have a licenced OS anyway. It's only for 'toolkit use' and is normally too slow to run as a 'production pc' all the time.
Yes, the USB is in all intents and purposes a portable 'C' drive, so everything you install doesn't affect the box its on, and everything you do is 'installed' on the USB stick for next time.
With regard to drivers, it'll be like using Windows on a new PC - it'll try its own driver database if you're using it on hardware that you haven't installed drivers for previously or you can use your own specific drivers. If you plug it into ten different PCs, eventually you'll have a stick stuffed with drivers.

Chris  –  3 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+39)

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