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Boot from a USB Flash Drive in VMware Workstation. Click on VM tab and Select Power and choose Power On to BIOS. Make sure your Virtual Machine is configured to boot from CD-ROM. Save the BIOS and exit. We will be given with the option to Boot the VM from (Floppy,CDROM & USB) from the Plop Boot Manager 7. Choose USB to from boot options. Running a VM from a USB Flash Key or SD Card (self.vmware) submitted 4 years ago by zimm0who0net So in the old versions of Workstation they had the Pocket ACE feature which optimized VMs to run from a flash drive or SD card.

Reader Patricia has a question: 'Why can't application software be put on USB drives instead of [hard] disks?'

Actually, some software can indeed run from a USB drive (a.k.a. flash drive). And that's mighty handy, as it allows you to carry your favorite programs in your pocket and use them just by plugging the drive into any PC.

But this doesn't work for everything; many programs need to reside on the same physical drive as Windows. Heavy-duty apps like Office and Photoshop, for instance, are inextricably tied to the operating system; you could theoretically install them on your flash drive, but they wouldn't run on any other PC. And you'd run the risk of corrupting both the program and Windows.

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That said, there are hundreds of apps that qualify as 'portable,' meaning they're designed expressly to run from flash drives. That's because they require no installation, no 'hooks' into the OS; they're self-contained programs that run regardless of where they're stored.

For example, there are portable versions of OpenOffice, Foxit Reader, Firefox, KeePass Password Safe, and Skype, to name just a few. Head to PortableApps for a full list and download links.

One of my favorite uses for a flash drive is to rid a PC of malware infections. That's possible thanks to various portable security programs (most notably SUPERAntiSpyware).

If you're really ambitious, you can use a flash drive to temporarily boot an entire Linux operating system. (Lincoln Spector explains how in Boot LInux From a Portable USB Drive With Universal USB Installer.) There's even a utility--WinToFlash--that copies Windows installation files to flash drives, which makes for faster, easier, and more portable Windows installations.

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So, Patricia, while you can't install every program on your flash drive, you can use your drive to run lots of great programs.

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