Win32 Disk Imager

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

This is a GUI interface program, which can be used in windows in order to read and write images from SD card. It can also be used to write boot images, on a USB drive. This program can save an SD card image in .img format, so that one does not have to repeat the image building process all over again, such as partitioning SD card, coping root files.

Boot images and SD card images are used on the beagle board in order to run demos. Storing images in an SD card is handy. It enables an user to switch demos, by switching the SD card with another with a different image.

Minicom in Windows

Minicom can be run on windows. av500, adj, and puppy were talking about it on IRC channel # beagle. They were talking about the set-up needed in order to run minicom in windows.

The discussion thread can be found at:
http://www.beagleboard.org/irclogs/index.php?date=2009-11-11#T14:28:15

Here are some tips and instructions about using Minicom:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicom