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When was this? I recall carrying a USB stick with a bootable image in the early 2000s because it was reasonable to assume BIOS support for reading from USB. I a
by giaour 4y ago
When was this? I recall carrying a USB stick with a bootable image in the early 2000s because it was reasonable to assume BIOS support for reading from USB. I also remember carrying a separate stick with "portable apps" that I could plug in and run on any Windows computer I happened to find myself using.
- aidenn0 4y agoI believe that Windows ME was the first (non NT based) windows with out-of-the-box support for USB MSC, though 98 probably got it in a service pack at some point to support it. Certainly in 1999 there was a good chance that a USB stick would not work in a computer. By the time XP was common, USB sticks worked everywhere.
- bombolo 4y agoLate windows 95/early windows 98 was my first computer with a single usb port and no drivers for usb memories.