Just got a new USB thumb drive and now have a spare 8GB one laying around. Just curious as to what people do with their spare ones.
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Build a live linux boot, Debian Live, RecoveryIsPossible or The Ultimate Boot CD stick to always have a first aid kit with you. The Debian Live version that comes without any GUI is particularly nice recovery tool, because you can wipe disks, fix OS files and all that even on machine that's too broken to run desktop environment. |
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I'll have it! Just lost mine. Otherwise: lifehacker: turn your spare thumb drives into feature packed giveaway drives
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Modding is fun!
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Spare USB drive? What is this spare usb drive of which you speak? JK. I have several drives that are used for a variety of purposes. One for school, one as a portable tool kit, one for secure storage. I even have one I carry to swim meets with the various forms I need on it. |
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I would setup Ubuntu to all boot from it, making it either ready to install on others' computers, or as a full-fledged all installed OS, where I can keep my Linux files and folders. The third option is to use that as the "home" directory across different installations/distros, so you always keep the same set of data files, regardless of Linux setup or (if you really need) Windows. All you need to do under Linux is to setup the /etc/fstab file to mount the USB device as a sub-dir of your home directory. Under Windows, that's another story, as you're never sure on which drive letter it will mount. |
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I put ubuntu on it incase my harddrive fails, everything is already there to be able to do some work. |
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Try random free OS that can be installed to a flash drive, like Ubuntu or Haiku OS or the new Chrome OS (Download Here). |
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I've used mine to make a portable toolkit with various anti-malware utilities, defragers, disk recovery utilities, etc. |
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I always keep my spare ones in places where I think I will need them the most (laptop bags, inside coats I wear to business meetings). There is nothing worse than thinking you have a thumb drive on you to suddenly realise you don't... |
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Handy for a pre-selection of music, now that some audio systems also handle USB data drives. |
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Are you using Windows Vista or 7? You can use it for ReadyBoost to increase your system's performance. |
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I use it as my high-senstive data storage like passwords, documents, etc. Encrypted with Keepass for Passwords and TrueCrypt. |
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