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What's On Your Thumbdrive?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the portable-software dept.

Broue Master asks: "Nowadays, we need to support not only people at the office, but friends, family, friends of the family, family of the friends... you name it! They all run Windows to a degree and there are many tools to help you when assisting. Personally, I have a thumb-drive with removable memory cards. One of them has a small bootable Linux, the other one is filled with ready to use Windows utilities (CPU-Z, Ultra-Edit32), DOS utilities I've been collecting over the years, and Unix-style utilities (ps.exe, kill.exe, and others) ported to Windows, without the need for a layer like Cygwin. I also have a copy of the install files for AVG, Spybot, Sygate and the likes. But, even though I think I have many great tools, I'm sure I do not know about a lot of great others to help diagnose and solve problem. So I ask you, what's on your thumb-drive?"

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  1. Everything by oskard · · Score: 5, Funny

    My girlfriend bought me a laptop hard drive in an enclosure. Its 100 GB with a 5400 RPM disc, and supports USB 2.0. I literally store everything on it, from schoolwork to movies to backups of video games. I take it everywhere with me just incase I find some software (say on my school's network) that I'd really like to take home. Or if I need to access my schedule or project documents, or maybe my voice communication client.

    So, technically its not a thumbdrive, but it fits in my pocket.
    EVERYTHING.

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    1. Re:Everything by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You obviously missed the real "shiney". Grandfather starts by saying My girlfriend...

    2. Re:Everything by masterzora · · Score: 5, Funny

      Good point. In that case, it should be modded +5, Funny.

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  2. Book 'em. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "So I ask you, what's on your thumb-drive?"

    Fingerprints.

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  3. No Hassle Rewards. by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny
    What's On Your Thumbdrive?

    My Capital One card.

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  4. Re:Porn.. by talkingpaperclip · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously it was a joke... a thumbdrive has nowhere near the storage capacity necessary for the average /.er's porn collection.

  5. Re:Here are two excellent resources... by MLease · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever considered switching to decaf?

    -Mike

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  6. Chicken and egg problem ;) by PontifexPrimus · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...Windows 98 generic USB flash driver...
    So... you've got the driver... for the USB stick... on the USB stick?
    I foresee interesting problems in your future.
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