What I Use & Other USB Info
What I Use:
Stuff I actually have on my USB flash drives at all times.
Bootable OS:
UBCD4Win
openSUSE (currently trying to build one to suit my needs at SUSE Studio)
Linux Mint
Win7PE
Katana
Bootable Antivirus:
AVG Rescue CD
Kaspersky Rescue Disc
Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper (both 32 & 64-bit)
Bootable Windows Rescue / Recovery Discs
Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit)
Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit)
Bootable Other:
Acronis Disk Director
Acronis True Image Home 2011
(These are pay-for programs. I use the boot disk ISO's that you can download after you register with Acronis)
PC Toolbox
I keep the installable stuff in a folder called toolbox on the flash drive.
I keep the portable stuff in a folder called portable on the flash drive.
Installable
7-Zip
CCleaner (slim)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Microsoft Security Essentials ( XP, and Vista & Seven 32 & 64-bit)
NirLauncher
Secunia PSI
Sysinternals Suite
Portable
Bleachbit
CCleaner (portable)
Firefox
HWiNFO32
The Portable Apps Suite
Other USB Flash Drive Info
Using TrueCrypt On A USB Flash Drive
See Portable Mode in the TrueCrypt manual.
Article Index - Ditch Those CD's! A Guide To Using USB Flash Drives
Page 1 - Article Intro, Flash Drive Booting, Advanced USB Drive Formatting
Page 2 - Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista From A USB Flash Drive
Page 3 - Install Windows XP From A USB Flash Drive
Page 4 - Install a Linux Operating From A USB Flash Drive
or
Boot from one or more Linux Live CD's on a USB Flash Drive
Page 5 - Utility And Rescue Bootable USB Flash Drive
Page 6 - Portable Apps And USB Flash Drive PC Toolbox
Page 7 - What I Use & Other USB Info
Tweaking Windows 7
Installing Windows 7
TweakHound's Super XP Tweaking Guide - SP3 Final
Tweaking Windows Vista
The Right Way To Install Windows XP
Installing Windows Vista
The
Freeware XP Machine
The Vista
Freeware Machine
Windows XP
Backup Strategies For Home Users
Windows Vista Backup Strategies For Home Users
Installing
Suse Linux 10.3
How To Samba With Suse 11.2 And Windows
iTunes,
iPod File Types & Quality
I use True Image 2011 for all my OS backups and Disk Director 11.0 for all my partitioning requirements.
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