Not really a smart home thing, but I find this gadget amazing, and is like a Swiss army knife for those that need to always flash USB sticks, or convert ISO files to bootable USB Media
I spotted it on a YouTube Video (that wasn't about the product it self)
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Have an ISO File?
- Choose it to be presented as a DVD Drive
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Have a VMWare/VHD/HyperV File?
- Choose it to be presented as a Hard Drive (portable OS say)
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Have an Image File?
- Choose it to be presented as flash storage device
etc etc
Upto 4 devices can be emulated at once!
So cool!
I was watching a vid for an old PC build that didn't have flash boot support, no problem...
He selected the ISO file on the device, and chose to emulate a CD drive with it
Functions
- Bootable Virtual CD-ROM Drive.(DVD-ROM, Blu-ray)
- There is no need to buy DVD-ROM and blank media for OS installation.
- ISO (CD, DVD, Blu-ray) is supported.
- Bootable Virtual USB Drive and Flash Drive.
- supports OS installation and Multi Booting. (and "Windows-To-Go")
- *.VHD , *.VMDK and *.RMD (Virtual HDD), *.IMA (Virtual FDD) are supported.
- Selectable Write Protection on each drive.
- Selectable Fixed or Removable Function on each drive.
- Multi LUN
- Max 3 VHD, 1 ODD and 1 real Drive at the same time.
- Display of minimum voltage(VBUS), drive temperature and health information (
3
Key ) - hotkeys
- Various start key and hotkey support.
- Other features
- Write Protection
- Safe removal
- Save loading state
- Real-time AES 256-bit XTS Military Grade Encryption
- Encryption is optional. you can use without encryption.
- 4-38 digits password. 6 digits is enough for protecting your data.
- Random keypad
- Supports 1 master, 4 user passwords
If your password is '1234', type '0' + '1234' at the password input screen.
The '0' is the user number. Admin is '0'. User is '1' ~ '4'.
- Specify write-protection, password change and deletion for each user.
- Text file viewer
- UTF-16 (UCS-2) and ASCII code support
- Some Asian codes are not supported
- Bitmap file viewer (experimental)
- Supports under 128x160 size
- 1-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit support