That 'right piece of software' is the Novicorp-developed and appropriately named WinToFlash. There is a very simple way to do so: get the right piece of software and you can easily turn a Windows CD or DVD to an USB installer. Those two facts alone are reason enough for me to want to ditch a Windows CD or DVD and move to an USB stick instead.

USB sticks are easier to carry around and they don’t get scratches on them which make them unusable. It is a lot more convenient to walk around with an USB installer for Windows instead of a CD or DVD. Another problem is that it can be a bother to walk around with a CD or DVD in your pocket – especially when you take into consideration the fact that instead of a cumbersome CD or DVD, you could walk around with a tiny USB drive (or USB stick or Flash drive or whatever else you want to call it). You could crack the disk or you could scratch it badly, thus making it unusable.

The problem with having a Windows installation disk on a CD or DVD is that the aforementioned CD or DVD could get damaged.

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