User manual CORSAIR FLASH VOYAGER 8GB

[. . . ] Performance Hardware User's Guide The Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive-- Advanced Features A guide for adding advanced functionality to the Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive. Version 1. 0 May, 2010 The Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive-Advanced Features Overview Corsair has provided a utility that helps users create the Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive . One outstanding feature of this tool is that it is very simple for end users to add advanced functionality to the tool once the basic installation is complete. A drive like the Flash Survivor GTR, pictured below, can become a wonderful tool in a few easy steps. [. . . ] The process is simple and takes only a few minutes. The Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive-Advanced Features 1 Download and Extract the Needed Files Download the Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive Tool and the How To Guide for it here: http://forum. corsair. com/forums/showthread. php?t=85815 Download the Parted Magic ISO file here: http://partedmagic. com/download. html In addition to the 2 files above, you will need a text editor. Notepad, included with Windows, is sufficient. Notepad ++ is another excellent option and can be found here: http://notepad-plus. sourceforge. net/uk/site. htm Our example uses Parted Magic, a very helpful formatting tool. This tool is frequently recommended by Corsair Technical Support and is especially useful for SSD owners. After you have completed the basic creation of the Ultimate USB Flash Drive, you'll need extract Parted Magic and save it to your flash drive. The Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive-Advanced Features 2 Copying and Editing to Add the ISO to the Boot Menu The tool uses a file named menu. lst to list the boot options for the boot loader. With a simple edit of this file, you add the ability to boot an ISO image. Copy your menu. lst file and rename the copy menuOLD. This will ensure that you have an unedited copy of the file on hand if you need to restore the original file. In this portion, you will need a text editor such as Notepad or Notepad ++. Open the menu. lst file with your text editor. The Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive-Advanced Features 3 Edit the Text in the menu. lst File The last segment of text in the . lst file is a sample file provided to make modifying the tool easier. First, remove the # signs from lines 24-29. Then, on line 24, change the title to the name of your ISO. In this example we named it Parted Magic. On lines 25 and 26, change testname. iso to the name of your Parted Magic ISO file. Remember to keep the syntax spacing the same in each line that you edit. Save your edits to the menu. lst file on your flash drive. See below for examples of the file before and after. [. . . ] Many open source programs, such as the FreeNAS server program for example, are distributed in ISO form and can be added and used. The advanced functionality truly makes this the ultimate bootable USB flash drive. The Ultimate Bootable USB Flash Drive-Advanced Features Resources The Ultimate Bootable USB Drive Tool: http://forum. corsair. com/v3/showthread. php?t=85815 Corsair USB Flash Drive Product Page: http://www. corsair. com/products/flash. aspx Pendrivelinux. com: http://www. pendrivelinux. com/ Download Parted Magic here: http://partedmagic. com/download. html © May, 2010, Corsair Memory, Incorporated. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ]