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Ditch Those CD’s! A Guide To Using USB Flash Drives

July 26, 2011, 15:16(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Page 7 – 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

Portable:
Bleachbit
CCleaner (portable)
Firefox
HWiNFO32
Sysinternals Suite
The Portable Apps Suite

Other USB Flash Drive Info
Using TrueCrypt On A USB Flash Drive. See Portable Mode in the TrueCrypt manual.

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