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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Tech Tips for your USB drive

Cool things you can do with a USB flash drive, such as: (source: Video: Five cool things you can do 5:52 min)

  1. Running portable applications and application suites (check outPortableApps.com)
  2. Booting Windows or Linux from the drive (check out these TechRepublic resources, “Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP”,“SolutionBase: Puppy Linux teaches an old dog new tricks”, and “Linux in your pocket: Run SLAX from your USB keychain”)
  3. Speeding up Windows Vista or Windows 7 with ReadyBoost
  4. Creating a Windows password reset disk with the USB key instead of a floppy
  5. Using the flash drive like a key to lock your computer (check out Predator)