Hiyall,
I have some hardware dependent software that I'd like to put on a USB stick so I can install it in a Win10 Virtualbox. What program should I use?
[SOLVED] CD software to USB
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[SOLVED] CD software to USB
Last edited by Peter Linu on Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:22 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: CD software to USB
what is the software extention? that is what's after the (.) in the file names?
if it's and .iso you will have to use an .iso burner such as mints disk writer or Etcher.
If it's anything else you should be able to copy using the file manager. Make sure the usb stick is formatted to NTFS or Fat32.
Good Luck.
if it's and .iso you will have to use an .iso burner such as mints disk writer or Etcher.
If it's anything else you should be able to copy using the file manager. Make sure the usb stick is formatted to NTFS or Fat32.
Good Luck.
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Re: CD software to USB
It was late. My apologies. I want to extract the contents of a CD containing an application and put the contents on a USB stick.
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Re: CD software to USB
Couldn't you just copy the contents of the CD to a folder on your hard drive then move it a USB drive? Or maybe copy directly to the USB. Your file manager should be able to handle that.Peter Linu wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:02 pm It was late. My apologies. I want to extract the contents of a CD containing an application and put the contents on a USB stick.
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Re: CD software to USB
Since you mentioned "Virtualbox", I wonder what stops you from reading the software CD directly within the VirtualBox guest for example as in https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=79780 ? They said VirtualBox allows the guest optical drive be mapped to host optical drive directly.
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Re: CD software to USB
Nemo, caja or any file manager.
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Re: CD software to USB
I use Caja in Mint Mate, but I'm sure Nemo would work as well.