Archive for the ‘Flash drives’ Category
Posted by dvanarsd on September 14, 2009
PREDATOR is a way to protect your PC with a USB flash drive.
Basically, you use the flash drive like a key — no flash drive plugged in, nobody can use your computer.
WARNING: be sure to configure more than one flash drive in the same way with this, in case you lose your flash drive or it malfunctions.
Freeware for personal use. Use at your own risk.
Posted in Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware, Security | Tagged: lock, Security, USB, key, flash drive, Predator | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on September 14, 2009
Microsoft offers a free USB Flash Drive Manager.
“This utility helps you easily copy, delete, and back up files from a flash drive as well as perform a number of other useful tasks.”
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP; Windows XP Home Edition ; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows XP Professional Edition ; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2
- .NET Framework 1.1
- Windows® XP
Posted in Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware, Utilities, Windows XP | Tagged: freeware, Utilities, manager, USB, flash drive | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 20, 2009
ReadWriteWeb has a list for a Computer Repair Utility Kit which You Can Run From a Thumb (Flash) Drive.
“Technibble, the Australian site for aspiring computer techies, recently released the second version of its popular Computer Repair Utility Kit, a collection of 57 hand picked tools to help you diagnose and repair your Windows machine.
While all of the utilities are freely available online, this all-in-one kit saves you the trouble of searching for and downloading them individually. Most of the applications don’t require installation and the kit can be run directly from your thumb drive.”
They also do rating for Beginner, intermediate and expert use needed for each tool.
Posted in Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware, Hardware, Help, Utilities | Tagged: freeware, Utilities, Help, drive, flash, repair, thumb, tool, kit | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on February 8, 2009
[update 2009.3.7]
(The Firefox on the regular U3 sites may still be only version 2.)
Oops! The link for the original version of this post has been hijacked or forwarded to something unrelated to Firefox 3 for U3.
There are versions out there, but I can’t be sure if they are safe (uninfected, no trojans, etc.)
One possible source is here or more directly from here. I can’t guarantee safety of this version. Click on the “free user” dial and wait for the countdown, then proceed as instructed.
You’ll need tell it to update as soon as you get it installed, and then get the latest versions of your addons.
Posted in Firefox, Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware, browsers | Tagged: 3, browsers, Firefox, Flash drives, freeware, portable, U3 | 6 Comments »
Posted by dvanarsd on September 21, 2008
How to create shortcuts with a relative path for use on USB drives
Freeware.genius tells “how to create program shortcuts on the root folder of a USB drive that preserve the relative path of the USB drive’s folder structure (such that these shortcuts will always work no matter what drive letter Windows assigns the drive). It will also aim to preserve the icon of the application in the new shortcut.
The problem: say you have a portable app that in a folder on a USB drive with, for example, a path such as “F:EjectUSBEjectUSB.exe”. Say, moreover, that you would like to create a shortcut to “EjectUSB.exe” and place it on the root folder of your USB (”F:”, in this case). You might be tempted to simply copy a shortcut and place it on the root folder; except for one thing: that shortcut will always refer to “F:EjectUSBEjectUSB.exe”, and should you plug your USB drive into a computer that assigns a different letter to the USB drive (i.e. a letter than is not “F”) the shortcut will break down and not work. Hence the need for a shortcut with a relative path.”
Posted in Flash drives, Help | Tagged: drives, flash, links, path, paths, program, programs, relative, USB | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on August 25, 2008
UNetbootin allows users to install Linux or create bootable liveUSB drives without a CD. UNetbootin has built-in support for numerous distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, PCLinuxOS, Linux Mint, ArchLinux, Debian, CentOS, Frugalware, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Parted Magic, though many other distributions can also be installed via an existing ISO or floppy/hard disk image file. Version 240 adds support for additional distributions.
Freeware, with registration required.
Posted in Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware, Linux, Utilities | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on June 3, 2008
Want to keep others from downloading your data, or illegal files, or your keystrokes, using your own computer’s USB ports?
MyUSBOnly Free 2007 is freeware (registration only required) that lets you lock others out of your USB ports while allowing only the devices you trust.
From ZDNet’s TechRepublic.
Posted in Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware, Hardware, Security, Utilities | Tagged: drive, drives, flash, free, freeware, keylogger, keyloggers, Malware, MyUSBOnly, port, ports, Security, USB | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on June 3, 2008
Posted in CD, Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware, Linux | Tagged: boot, drive, flash, freeware, Linux, Live CD, Remastersys, Ubuntu | 2 Comments »
Posted by dvanarsd on January 29, 2008
TopFreeware has a section on portable software for use with USB Flash drives.
Posted in Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware | Tagged: drives, flash, freeware, Top Freeware, TopFreeware, USB | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on January 15, 2008
TrueCrypt is a freeware, open source encryption program for XP/2000/2003 and Linux, and USB Flash (thumb, keychain, etc.) drives.
Recommended by Windows Secrets.
Posted in Encryption, Files, Flash drives, Security | Tagged: drives, Encryption, Files, flash, Security, TrueCrypt, USB | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on December 4, 2007
A new standard, called U3, is for drives which allow you to run software from the USB drive just as if it were a hard drive on your PC. This also allows you to use your own programs and setups on other PCs.
Posted in Everything, Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware, Hardware | Tagged: drives, flash, freeware, shareware, U3, USB | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on December 4, 2007
Windows Secrets has an item on how to use a Flash drive instead of a laptop to keep your favorite software and data available wherever you go. There are also links for the fastest drives and speed tests for drives, a discussion of U3-or-not-U3 drives, and other information. Another article from them is here and covers various menu and suite choices as well.
Posted in Everything, Flash drives, Freeware/Shareware, Hardware | Tagged: drives, flash, freeware, keychain, memory, shareware, stick, thumb, USB | Leave a Comment »