Forgot the name for device

[SamuelJE]

Hey guys! I wasn't too sure where to put this.

In one of my previous jobs I had a device that could plug into a USB port and install operating systems from. It had a display that you could select ISOs that are loaded on the device, it would mount one then it could be booted from. I'd like to get my hands on one but I can't remember what they are called. IOD or something like that? Any ideas? Sorry about the odd topic...  

[kb5zue]

5 minutes ago, SamuelJE said:

Hey guys! I wasn't too sure where to put this.

In one of my previous jobs I had a device that could plug into a USB port and install operating systems from. It had a display that you could select ISOs that are loaded on the device, it would mount one then it could be booted from. I'd like to get my hands on one but I can't remember what they are called. IOD or something like that? Any ideas? Sorry about the odd topic...  

Maybe something like the Windows Media Creation Tool.

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-create-installation-media

 

[y0y0ninja]

I dont know what the device is called, or even that it existed. but I am very interested in this myself, so hopefully someone knows!

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

Maybe something like the Windows Media Creation Tool.

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-create-installation-media

 

But he said it has many different ones, I assume different windows and different Linux oses

 

5 minutes ago, y0y0ninja said:

I dont know what the device is called, or even that it existed. but I am very interested in this myself, so hopefully someone knows!

Same!

[y0y0ninja]

2 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

But he said it has many different ones, I assume different windows and different Linux oses

 

Same!

You can make multi-boot drives that can load different ISOs, but the thing that draws me to it is that by my understanding of OP, it has its own screen that you can choose the ISO on instead of going to a manu on the PC.

[Patrick3D]

Something like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TDJ4BJU/ref=psdc_160354011_t1_B019C23H06

[y0y0ninja]

9 hours ago, Patrick3D said:

Something like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TDJ4BJU/ref=psdc_160354011_t1_B019C23H06

That looks amazing. BRB giving amazon some money...

[y0y0ninja]

On 8/14/2017 at 3:01 PM, Patrick3D said:

Something like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TDJ4BJU/ref=psdc_160354011_t1_B019C23H06

I ordered this a couple days ago and just received it, and I must say this thing ROCKS! I put in a Monster LeMans SSD I had laying around and put all of my ISOs on it and I can confirm that it boots from the ISOs as though they were inserted into an external disk drive! it also will recognize as an optical drive and external hard drive simultaneously when booted into the OS. You can also set it to ODD only mode so that you dont accidentally format the drive when installing windows on a system. 

 

I give it two big fat thumbs up! THANKS!

[SamuelJE]

On 8/18/2017 at 5:16 AM, y0y0ninja said:

I ordered this a couple days ago and just received it, and I must say this thing ROCKS! I put in a Monster LeMans SSD I had laying around and put all of my ISOs on it and I can confirm that it boots from the ISOs as though they were inserted into an external disk drive! it also will recognize as an optical drive and external hard drive simultaneously when booted into the OS. You can also set it to ODD only mode so that you dont accidentally format the drive when installing windows on a system. 

 

I give it two big fat thumbs up! THANKS!

That is the exact thing! I also put a SSD in mine. Thanks for finding it for me!