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-===Install On USB Drive from Windows PC without a CD/DVD drive===+====Install On USB Drive from Windows PC without a CD/DVD drive====
  
 ===!!!Caution: Please backup all important files before continuing, as we don't wish for anyone to loose their important data.  To help prevent any kind of catastrophe we ask that you backup all important data and assign the Letter X to your USB drive.  However, remember to change this and any commands within this guide as required by your system!!!=== ===!!!Caution: Please backup all important files before continuing, as we don't wish for anyone to loose their important data.  To help prevent any kind of catastrophe we ask that you backup all important data and assign the Letter X to your USB drive.  However, remember to change this and any commands within this guide as required by your system!!!===
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 ====Option 1==== ====Option 1====
 +==Use Windows Disk Management Utility to format the USB, Manually install syslinux boot manager, then mount and copy contents of Tinycore/CorePlus ISO to USB and make minor (but necessary) file name adjustments for TinyCore compatibility==
 ==Things You Need== ==Things You Need==
  
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          * Keyboard select: "Ctrl+H" to bring up the edit>replace window          * Keyboard select: "Ctrl+H" to bring up the edit>replace window
          * "Find What:" cde           * "Find What:" cde 
-         * "Replace with:"waitusb=5" +         * "Replace with:" waitusb=5
          * select "Replace All"          * select "Replace All"
          * close (x) "replace" window          * close (x) "replace" window
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 ====Option 2==== ====Option 2====
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 +==Use the popular RUFUS USB drive creation utility to format and install syslinux boot manager, then mount and copy Tinycore/CorePlus ISO contents to USB and make minor necessary file name adjustments for TinyCore compatibility==
  
 ==Things You Need== ==Things You Need==
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 The Latest TinyCore.ISO or CorePlus.ISO from http://tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html The Latest TinyCore.ISO or CorePlus.ISO from http://tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html
  
-Downloaded Portable Version of Rufus (popular bootable USB drive creation tool) https://rufus.ie/en_IE.html+Downloaded Portable Version of **Rufus** (popular bootable USB drive creation tool) https://rufus.ie/en_IE.html
  
  
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-Option 2 in progress..+  -     Download Rufus (portable)   https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/download/v3.3/rufus-3.3p.exe 
 +         * Run RUFUS and make the following selections 
 +         * "Device" - Select desired USB (Verify correct USB volume size) 
 +         * "Boot selection" - Select **"Syslinux 4.07"** from drop down menu   
 +         * "Partition Scheme" - Select **"MBR"** 
 +         * "Volume label" - Enter desired USB name 
 +         * "File System" - **"Fat32"** (Or Fat16 if necessary) 
 +         * "Create extended label and icon files" - **Uncheck** 
 +         * Leave all others - Default 
 +         * "Start" - Select 
 +  -     Download latest Tinycore/CorePlus ISO 
 +  -     Mount and Extract the contents (copy both "BOOT" & "CDE" directories) of either Tinycore/CorePlus ISO to the USB Drive  
 +  -     Within the USB drive, rename the directory "cde" to "tce" 
 +  -     Within the USB\"boot" directory,  
 +         * rename the directory "isolinux" to "syslinux" 
 +  -     Within the USB\boot\"syslinux" directory,  
 +         * rename "isolinux.cfg" to "syslinux.cfg" 
 +         * rename "isolinux.bin" to "syslinux.bin" 
 +         * edit "syslinux.cfg" to replace all instances of "cde" with "waitusb=5" 
 +  -     Reboot and select to boot from your USB device. 
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