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I am going to show you how to install some portable applications on your usb drive, the apps can be found at portableapps.com but i have uploaded a basic starter kit for you.
I recommend a 1GB minimum, i picked up this PNY 2GB usb flash drive at my local tesco today for only £1, yes you heard me correct £1!
PS. my first instructable so sorry if im unclear on the steps
I recommend a 1GB minimum, i picked up this PNY 2GB usb flash drive at my local tesco today for only £1, yes you heard me correct £1!
PS. my first instructable so sorry if im unclear on the steps
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First your going to need to format your usb stick so..
Go to My Computer;
Right click on your usb stick;
Select format - THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON THE STICK SO BEWARE I AM NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAMILY PHOTOS OR THAT DOCUMENT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST WEEK BEING ACCIDENTALLY DELETED, I SUGGEST YOU BACKUP YOUR DATA!! (copy to your hard drive)
Now do a quick format on the default settings and label your drive - ie: Toms usb apps or Dave's apps - you get the idea;
click start and wait for the format to finish, When this is done go to the next step.
Go to My Computer;
Right click on your usb stick;
Select format - THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON THE STICK SO BEWARE I AM NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAMILY PHOTOS OR THAT DOCUMENT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST WEEK BEING ACCIDENTALLY DELETED, I SUGGEST YOU BACKUP YOUR DATA!! (copy to your hard drive)
Now do a quick format on the default settings and label your drive - ie: Toms usb apps or Dave's apps - you get the idea;
click start and wait for the format to finish, When this is done go to the next step.
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As a computer tech, I'd be basically lost without my USB stick(s). My main diagnostic stick has:
- a combination of apps from PortableApps.com (mostly I use 7-zip, WinDirStat, Firefox, ClamWin, Notepad++, PuTTy);
- the Geek.Menu fork for a program manager (geek-menu.sourceforge.net/);
- DailyCupOfTech's PC Repair System (www.dailycupoftech.com/usb-drive-systems/3/) provides a nice suite of stuff to work with;
- a cherry-picked variety of stuff from portablefreeware.com;
- a bootable repair disk based on Hiren's (info on how to do this is at www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd-on-usb-disk, but you need to find the ISO yourself);
- the contents of the Sysinternals suite (technet.microsoft.com/en-au/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx);
- a customized console based on Portable Apps' Command Prompt (portableapps.com/apps/utilities/command_prompt_portable) but customized with new paths, the Win32 Unix Utilities (unxutils.sourceforge.net/) and the perl command processor;
unxutils.sourceforge.net/ - a selection of AV, support program and service pack installers.
I'm currently eying off Portable Ubuntu (portableubuntu.demonccc.com.ar/) as an addition to the 'stick.
It's my plan to expand on the bootable part; currently I've got it booting knoppix, two differerent PE environments, Memtest86 and Seatools using Grub4Dos (sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos/), however the boot process isn't reliable and requires too much memory. If I get things working better I may expand it into an instructable...
And one thing to remember is this: once you've got your ideal multi tool working, back it up!