Question about USB OS drive

[Kylie]

Hi I was just curious and couldn't find anything definitive and wanted to know, I have a 8GB windows instal drive but also with an extra 3GBs of space, Can I put other files onto this drive or does it need to be exclusively for the Windows OS ? 

[Bajantechnician]

Hi I was just curious and couldn't find anything definitive and wanted to know, I have a 8GB windows instal drive but also with an extra 3GBs of space, Can I put other files onto this drive or does it need to be exclusively for the Windows OS ? 

u can 'TECHNICALLY" use it as storage as well, however, when you are installing os onto a pc, make sure to remove the files, or you may corupt the os. also, only, as a precaution, plug in the usb after you have thurned the pc ON, inorder to prevent windows from trying to install OS, with extra files

[Kylie]

u can 'TECHNICALLY" use it as storage as well, however, when you are installing os onto a pc, make sure to remove the files, or you may corupt the os. also, only, as a precaution, plug in the usb after you have thurned the pc ON, inorder to prevent windows from trying to install OS, with extra files

ah.. I was hoping to keep Drivers and OS specific tools on specific OS drives. But if that's the case I should just have a mass Drivers drive then. Oh well, Thank you for the info =) 

[baxtmann]

actually, if you keep it on a separate directory, you should be fine. just don't put them in "install" or"boot" or anything like that...

[Bajantechnician]

ah.. I was hoping to keep Drivers and OS specific tools on specific OS drives. But if that's the case I should just have a mass Drivers drive then. Oh well, Thank you for the info =) 

 

 

actually, if you keep it on a separate directory, you should be fine. just don't put them in "install" or"boot" or anything like that...

yeah, heres an example

[Kylie]

yeah,

 

This is what my boot USB looks like, Can I just make a new folder with the OS specific drivers ? 

[Kingslayer Kyle]

This is what my boot USB looks like, Can I just make a new folder with the OS specific drivers ? 

 

The answer is yes, yes you can.

[Bajantechnician]

This is what my boot USB looks like, Can I just make a new folder with the OS specific drivers ? 

 

save everything in this folder and when you need to use the usb to install os, just remove the folder

[Kylie]

So when I need to instal the OS I need to remove the folder with whatever in it? defeats the entire purpose for having the drivers there in the first place. 

[Bajantechnician]

So when I need to instal the OS I need to remove the folder with whatever in it? defeats the entire purpose for having the drivers there in the first place. 

you can, to be safe, but you 99% dont have to