Comments on: Fellow Geeks: What’s On Your Flashdrive?

By: Joe the Wizard

Joe the Wizard — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:26:32 +0000

My Avid and Final Cut settings, power, magic, lunch.

By: Ryder Step

Ryder Step — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:04:32 +0000

Whatever I need at the moment. They get formatted in between uses every time.

By: vL

vL — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:28:03 +0000

#1 Backtrack 4 pre on a 2GB
#2 Apps from portableapps.com on a 512MB
#3 Multiple live Linux distros on a 16GB as described by hak5.org
#4 SystemRescue CD on another 512MB

Bob

By: gamerchick02

gamerchick02 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:49:51 +0000

I have a copy of Ubuntu on my 1 gb drive. On my 4 gb, I have lots of portable apps to show people the virtues of free and open-source software.

I have a smaller one (64 mb) that I use for quick file transfers. Mostly, I prefer dropbox for file sharing.

Amy

By: Steve Buchheit

Steve Buchheit — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:06:20 +0000

Writing backup, including current iterations of what I’m working. In case I have a few minutes waiting at work and can crank out a few lines. Also the sneakernet files (both local and to home).

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:47:53 +0000

I currently have the Ubuntu Netbook Remix image on my USB drive, but I’ve been meaning to set up GRUB2 with a variety of ISOs on it including Knoppix, BT3, etc.

By: Bill Childers

Bill Childers — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:48:50 +0000

Yeah, I need to update Billix badly. I got totally sidetracked with work and other things, but I do PLAN on getting an update out.

By: MWT

MWT — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:50:00 +0000

Mine’s pretty boring. I use it to transfer files between computers that won’t
talk to each other any other way. At the moment it’s probably filled with personal files I ported from my work computer to home.

By: WendyB_09

WendyB_09 — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:35:04 +0000

Mine lives in my daily commuting bag and is a backup of my harddrive plus the files I need from work for the home projects. So mostly a bunch of legal research and reference materials. It will get cleaned out the first of the year.

By: Vince

Vince — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:35:23 +0000

Tools I need for working on client computers that have problems, including CCleaner Portable, Malwarebytes Portable, Revo Uninstaller Portable, Windows Sysinternals, AVG Free, Spybot Search & Destroy, etc.

By: highfructose327

highfructose327 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:13:27 +0000

First USB: my windows “tool kit” and Open Source *.exe’s I install frequently for others. Keepassx, text files, and other random files that change.

Second USB: will be what ever live distro I am trying out at any given time.

By: Jimmy the Geek

Jimmy the Geek — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:03:57 +0000

I’ve got a 1GB with a Unetbootin-installed Xubuntu on it, another 1GB with PING (Parted Is Not Ghost) on it for imaging & backups, and probably another one laying around with who-knows-what on it.

By: Konstantin

Konstantin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:52:58 +0000

All sorts of digiart related stuff, 3d projects, photoshop fonts and brushes, and school work.

By: Topher

Topher — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:19:13 +0000

I don’t use mine much. Maybe a couple times a year. Right now it has Linux Mint on it, loaned to a windows friend.

By: bpx

bpx — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:06:45 +0000

Type your comment here

Shawn Powers : backtrac billix and knoppix are all on thier own bootable drives, the 250 is just a file store bpx: Do you have them all bootable? If so, with a custom menu?

By: Holzster

Holzster — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:06:41 +0000

Sean – try LinuxLive USB Creator (unfort. Window$ only)

one step bootable creator – with the persistent option!!!

By: Holzster

Holzster — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:03:48 +0000

USB #1 – 16 GB empty to Bu clients files

USB #2 – 16 GB common files (AV software, updates, etc…)

USB #3 – 4 GB Linux Mint bootable

USB #4 – 4 GB Ultimate Boot CD for Windows

Yep i carry 4 everyday

By: Shawn Powers

Shawn Powers — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:02:54 +0000

bpx: Do you have them all bootable? If so, with a custom menu?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:01:09 +0000

Mostly I have pictures on my flash drive. It’s a USB key-chain, so it’s always with me. My Sony camera uses a memory card that only my Sony laptop can read, so pics first go there. Then they’re transferred to the USB drive so I can put them on any (or all) of the 3 computers at home, or take them to work. Sometimes I have time at work, and shrinking and croping gets done then. Plus, if I ever want to share them with someone else, if there’s a computer available, I can just copy them to their computer. I don’t have anything bootable, though.

By: bpx

bpx — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:01:08 +0000

Backtrack 3, Billix, Knoppix and the Ubuntu NBR installer for netbook converts. Plus a pocket 250g for various apps, movies, music and stuff.