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

 

 

Software I Use

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I use True Image 2011 for all my OS backups and Disk Director 11.0 for all my partitioning requirements.

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