On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, yonatan pingle wrote: *snip* > Any pros vs cons on using a bootable USB thumb drive instead of CD/DVD ? > > this might be the better solution as the images just grow larger and > larger each update. > > I find it much faster to install from USB. I think that's an option I'm going to have to look into. I suppose you would mount the iso image, and copy the files directly to the USB flash drive? FWIW: I've just dl'd Vista SP1 & 2 and some apps as well, and that all worked well for updating a fresh install of Vista. Just ran it all from the USB drive. Keith ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------