AVG from a USB stick

AVG Protection
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Hello Paul,
Thank you for contacting AVG Community Support.
Regrettably, PCs manufactured before the year 2000 may not be able to boot from a USB drive. In this case, create a Rescue Disk on a DVD.
(https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlname=avg-antivirus-rescue-disk-scan&retUrl=support_Free)
Let us know if you've any queries and we'd be happy to assist you.
Thank you.

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Thanks for that,

It is, in fact, quite a new laptop. One bought with Win 10 already on it.
But, I suspect, my friend (the owner) never turned Windows defender on.
But the article you reference tells me how to create a rescue disk or a rescue USB stick which is what I want
Thanks again
Paul H

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HI,

Can AVG be loaded onto a bootable USB stick.

I suspect a HDD is heavily infected and I don't want to load any of the software on it.
I just want to analyse the drive and booting an independant copy of AVG from it's own media seems the way to go.
Obviously I wouldn't use the "suspect system" to set up a bootable USB stick
Paul H

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Hello Paul,
Thank you for contacting AVG Community Support.
Regrettably, PCs manufactured before the year 2000 may not be able to boot from a USB drive. In this case, create a Rescue Disk on a DVD.
(https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlname=avg-antivirus-rescue-disk-scan&retUrl=support_Free)
Let us know if you've any queries and we'd be happy to assist you.
Thank you.

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Thank you for the information. We are glad, Paul.
If you need any further assistance, please feel free to contact us. We are always happy to help you. 
Thank you.