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Gordon DymowskiIs that a gigabyte in your pocket And are you putting it to good use The explosion of USB thumb
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Peter Murray1. Boot a separate operating system
2. Encrypt your drive
3. Make a portable MP3 player
4. Speed up or lock down Vista
5. Never forget it
6. Quick launch your workspace
7. Assemble a PC repair kit
8. Put on the DemocraKey "computer condom"
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monkeyboy says:
When I bought my first USB stick years ago (a Viking 512MB), I use to stream MP3s from it at work. I "broke" 2 usb sticks within a couple of months doing this, and the company RMAed me a replacment both times. After removing the USB stick at the end of the day, all data would be corrupted on the stick. I could see my files, but they would mysteriously start disappearing.
Like I said, this was years ago, but since then, I don't run much stuff off of my USB sticks.
Does this sound like a fault on this particular manufacturers USB sticks? Is there a Do's and Don'ts list for USB sticks? Whats the average lifespan?
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xclamp says:
I used the tutorial at http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/usb/
to install Wordpress on a usb drive that I use as a personal journal. Works great. -
Gerard Sorme says:
Mike Panic pointed to a Lifehacker post about lost thumbdrives and a nifty solution. This whole thread (that the LH thread pointed to) was an interesting read:
http://www.dailycupoftech.com/have-your-lost-usb-drive-ask...Also, JrezIN, I think you are on to something with the partitioned thumbdrives. The first to market a drive with simple partitioning (not those lame "security zones") would make a mint. Truecrypt could then encrypt one partition while leaving the others alone, etc.
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Decroder says:
Also note that I have a SanDisk Micro (1GB). I have run it through the washer and dryer several times...and it works incredibly (and cleaner).
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Decroder says:
Personally, I enjoy using the "Webserver on a Stick":
http://www.chsoftware.net/en/useware/wos/wos.htm
It's great because I can test and deploy code, databases, etc. to the portable webserver without having a live internet connection (ie, on the road, on the plane, or in a not-so-free hotspot). Then once I get to my live connection, I can copy the files up on to my 'real' webserver. Plus, it's a small footprint.
The older version was huge, but now, you can pick and choose what packages you want installed. Me? I stick with Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
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Zaslowe says:
Wikipedia has a nice comprehensive list of a ton of portable apps, and not just the ones listed at portableapps.com.
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Kables says:
I run InstantRails on my thumb drive, which really comes in handy as I shuttle between home and work. And because I can't stand Notepad, I also carry around a copy of Notepad2 on the drive, and use it as my editing environment when I'm on a friend's computer.
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1. Boot a separate operating system
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2. Encrypt your drive
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6. Quick launch your workspace
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7. Assemble a PC repair kit
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Sorry all! Fixing now. Here's the right link.
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www.u3.com (and a supported USB thumb drive) is way cool!
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arobertLifehacker lists top 10 favorite thumb drive tricks.
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