Tag: USB

Have a program on your USB flash drive that you want to launch every time you plug that drive in? USB AutoRunner is a little utility that will create an Autorun.inf file on your flash drive to let Windows know you want to run your portable web browser, office application, virus scanner, or any other applications installed on your flash drive. You can also use USB AutoRunner to select documents ...

Like any normal human being with a computer, you probably use your USB jacks, and according to OS market-share statistics, you're machine is probably some flavor of Windows. So you're probably familiar with having to click that annoying little icon to bring up the SRH (Safely Remove Hardware) dialog box when you need to disconnect a USB device, but it's possible to make the disconnect process a ...

digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/02/04/flipping-the-linux-switch-damn-small-linux-not/"; Last week we took a look at Puppy Linux, a small Linux distro optimized for installation on a flash drive. There are (many) others, of course. One of the most well known, Damn Small Linux, has been around for quite some time. Over the years, the developers of Damn Small Linux (DSL), have ...

It used to be that a USB thumb drive was used mainly for transporting files to and from computers. Now, however, more people are using thumb drives to house portable applications. When you sit down at a computer that doesn't have Firefox, for example, and you're simply unwilling to double-click that Internet Explorer icon, just pop in your thumb drive, double-click your portable Firefox ...

Who says there's no truth in advertising? Case in point: a piece of software called USB Disk Ejector. What does the software do, you might ask? It ejects disks that are connected via USB. Feature-wise, the USB Disk Ejector program is very similar to USB Safely Remove. One of the main differences is the price: the USB Disk Ejector is available as a free download (though donations are requested). ...

There are a million Linux distributions out there that are designed to be run from a bite-sized USB thumb drive, but what about Windows? Windows may seem like a less obvious candidate for running from portable storage, but having a full-fledged, bootable copy of Windows in your pocket can be a lifesaver if you find yourself with a non-booting PC, which, if you're a system administrator, might be a ...

MojoPac has the ability to transform your personal storage device into a powerful private PC. Your iPod, phone, USB hard drive, and your USB flash drive can all now be the only item you need to carry around to get the job done. With MojoPac installed on your device, and applications and files loaded, you can automatically launch your environment onto any host PC running Windows XP. Music, games, ...

Over at sourceforge.net, my favorite FTP client, Filezilla (portable) 2.2.27 has been released for download. I love the desktop based FTP client that does a great job on a quick and dirty basis. The portable edition is even better than the desktop installed version for a mobile pro on the go. It is small enough to fit on any USB flash drive (Filezilla portable edition takes up a whopping 3MB), and ...

In my opinion, selling software on a USB drive is a fantastic idea, and Merriam-Webster has taken it and run with it with their USB Dictionary & Thesaurus. It's a 256MB flash drive that includes MW's dictionary and thesaurus software, plus phonetic spelling correction, a grammar guide, and a "Confusables" function for correcting mistakes like their vs. there vs. they're. It also includes ...

Awhile back we linked to a tutorial on making the Opera web browser portable, i.e. modifying it so it can be run from a USB drive. It wasn't a perfect tutorial (and some people don't want to go through 16 steps no matter how easy they are), though, but and today something better came along: OperaUSB is a portable version of Opera 9 for Windows that you just need to copy to a thumb drive and you're ...

Do you carry all of your essential apps with you on a keychain USB drive? Wouldn't it be nice if you could pop your drive into a USB port and launch all of those apps with the click of a button? Lucky for you, Lifehacker is running a great tutorial called Quicklaunch your USB workspace. It's a quick and easy guide that will show you how to set up Autorun and a batch file on your flash drive to ...

While many have been satisfied with Portable Gaim for their take-it-with-you IM needs, some people are stuck on Trillian (and not without reason). What are those people to do if they want to be able to take a complete Trillian install with them on a USB drive? Trillian Anywhere poses a solution. It's not a portable version of Trillian you download, but rather an "online wizard" that will guide you ...

We've seen a number of portable app round-ups, but the one I'm bookmarking is Wikipedia's List of portable applications article. As with everything on Wikipedia, it's user contributed and nicely comprehensive. The portable apps are broken down by category, from operating systems to office apps to FTP clients, and apps for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X are listed. The page also has a nice collection ...

Ever wanted to take a bootable OS with you in your pocket? AltHack.com has a cool guide on getting Linux running on a USB flash drive, and it looks remarkably simple. It uses the 50MB distribution Damn Small Linux and in about 10 steps you should be up and running. [Via Lifehacker] ...

Why pay $19.99 for TaxCut Deluxe from H&R Block when you could spend $49.95 for the software on a 256MB USB drive? I guess because the software is preloaded, and after rebate the package is under forty bucks... Or not.  I've seen apps on a usb drive, OS'es on a drive, even diagnostic tools on a pocketable FireWire drive, but this seems a little silly. But if you're into that sort of thing ...