Koala 1.1

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Date updated

May 2, 2012

Developer

Domenico Cuzzocrea | (more products)

All time downloads

3,016

License

Free

Platform

Windows

Description of Koala 1.1

Create a self bootable USB drive installer for Windows OS

Koala is a new software with a clear aim: to make as easy as possible the installation of new Windows Operating Systems on machines without an optical drive, for instance a net-book or a net-top.

The net-book phenomenon has exploded in the last years, machines with low purchase price and performance levels more than adequate for daily tasks and more, and it have undoubtedly helped to spread such products on a worldwide level.

With the philosophy of low cost and small size, all these systems are provided without an optical drive: this hinders a bit the novice user wishing to update his or her net-book with one of the latest version of Windows, usually distributed on DVDs. The same argument can be applied to any other compact machine, like a net-top or a server.

Koala helps you to solve the problem in a easy way, thanks to its simple and clean interface: with just a small number of steps the program will make for you an auto-bootable USB thumb drive that will allow you to install the Operating System on your machine, all without the typical annoyance of half-functioning tools or complicate commands in a command prompt: Koala will handle everything for you!

What is new in version 1.1

• Added Windows 8 support (including Developer Preview and any future edition or SKU).
• Tested on Windows 8 DP (with .Net FW enabled), should work on any future edition or SKU of Windows 8 (thankyou Jacksoft for the additional test).
• Now supporting Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and any future edition, SKU or service pack.
• Now supporting any custom iso of Windows Vista or 7 made with customization tools like vLite, R7 Lite, WAIK, WinPE and so on
• Now supporting any USB thumbdrive size in case you're using a custom ISO image well below the former 4GB requirement
• Now the software will check if the USB thumbdrive size is bigger than the source device before attempting the copy procedure
• Fixed a severe bug that prevented proper scanning of the USB units in presence of an USB Card Reader, unmounted devices or both (e.g. Card Reader without any card inserted).
• Now every available USB unit _should_ be enumerated correctly