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A free Windows application that can perhaps give you the best of both worlds is LinuxLive USB Creator (LiLi) which creates a bootable USB Linux, but also can include a self contained version of VirtualBox which runs directly from the USB drive in Windows.

While setting up and using a file server is not that difficult, using one hosted on Linux is a good choice because Linux is free and has good stability. Some Windows users might not like the idea of using Linux, but we show you how to easily setup a Linux file server with the SME Server distro.