Top 15 Virtual Machine USB Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

With this application it's easy to add a real USB drive into a virtual machine (VirtualBox or Qemu) and boot from it.

It will temporary separate the drive from the host OS (dismount it), and, after the virtual machine it's closed, it will mount it back. This way it will prevent data loss and the changes made to the drive in the virtual machine will be visible in the host OS.

1. MobaLiveUSB

MobaLiveUSB MobaLiveUSB allows you to test your USB multiboot from Windows, without rebooting your computer, in a single click.......

2. USBFastBoot

USBFastBoot USBFastBoot is a small utility that helps you to quickly test your bootable USBs or disk images. In fact, currently it works for drives (USB, HDD and CD/DVD), ISO (cd image) and IMG (floppy image). It simply adds a context menu item "Boot on QEMU" that you can click to.........

3. Win Toolkit

Win Toolkit Win Toolkit is a lightweight and easy to use application that was created in order to help you customize your Windows installation! With this tool you can integrate Addons, Drivers, Gadgets, Language packs, Modified Files, Theme Packs, Tweaks, Silent Installers, Updates.You can also remove features such as Windows Media Player......

4. SystemRescueCd

SystemRescueCd SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the hard disk partitions.......

5. AOMEI PE Builder

AOMEI PE Builder AOMEI PE Builder is a freeware designed to make a Windows PE bootable USB drive or CD/DVD disc, which will boot into a complete Win32 environment for PC maintenance tasks.Unlike traditional WinPE environment, it brings you a user-friendly graphical interface and a familiar Windows environment, including desktop, Windows explorer, start......

6. Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool When you purchase Windows 7 from Microsoft Store, you have the option to download an ISO file or compressed files. The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable......

7. MediCat DVD

MediCat DVD FAQs:"Can I run the PortableApps on my current PC without MediCat?"Yes, just mount the MediCat DVD or USB, and open Start.exe to launch the platform. These are the same exact apps that get loaded within Mini Windows 10. So if you update them, they will show up updated in Mini......

8. Linux USB Creator

Linux USB Creator Create a live Linux USB on a Mac.......

9. Rufus

Rufus The Reliable USB Formatting UtilityRufus is a small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.Features: - Formats USB memory sticks to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/exFAT/UDF/ReFS - Creates bootable USB drive from a wide range of ISOs - Creates MS-DOS/FreeDOS bootable USB memory sticks,......

10. SharpBoot

SharpBoot SharpBoot is a small utility for creating multiboot ISO or USB. You just need to drag-n-drop some iso files inside, and it automatically adds description and category (for supported ISO files, not shown in the screenshot). It uses Syslinux for the menu and bootloader.It requires .NET Framework 4.0......

11. DriveDroid

DriveDroid DriveDroid allows you to boot your PC from ISO/IMG files stored on your phone. This is ideal for trying Linux distributions or always having a rescue-system on the go... without the need to burn different CDs or USB pendrives.DriveDroid also includes a convenient download menu where you can download USB-images......

12. FUSBi

FUSBi FUSBi, the Free USB Installer, downloads free GNU/Linux Distributions for you and creates bootable USB images.FUSBi supports automated installation of of all the FSF-endorsed Free Software GNU/Linux Distributions, such as gNewSense, UTUTO, Dynebolic, Musix GNU+Linux, BLAG and GNUstep. You can also use it with your local image files.FUSBi is a......

13. EasyEFI

EasyEFI EasyEFI is a boot CD that works with all processors, which will enable install Mac OS X Snow Leopard Retail on a PC.It is recommended to install Mac OS X a separate hard drive (especially if you have Windows or other installed OS), as OSX requires the installation of a......

14. rBoot

rBoot rBoot is a boot CD that allows Hackintoshes to boot Mac OS X Lion and Snow Leopard! It will even boot installer partitions created by xMove.Features:- No kernel included - boots both 10.6.x Snow Leopard and 10.7.x Lion installations.- Boots xMove-created 10.7 Lion Installer- will NOT boot the 10.7 Lion......

15. UniBeast

UniBeast UniBeast is a tool for Hackintoshes that creates a bootable USB drive from your copy of the Install Mac OS X Lion app, Install OS X Mountain Lion app, or OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive. This all-in-one bootable USB drive can also be used as a rescue boot drive......