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Saved by 35 people (10 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-04-27
- Kyertech about 2 hours ago - Tags USB
- Mtoledo about 19 hours ago - Tags Tecnologia
- Badiettrich about 23 hours ago - Tags flash_drive
- Rodmitch on 2008-04-25 - Tags toread , 2007
- Tpa_sunshine on 2008-03-26 - Tags USB , lifehacker , thumbdrive , tools , tricks
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When I bought my first USB stick years ago (a Viking 512MB), I use to stream MP3s from it at work. I "broke" 2 usb sticks within a couple of months doing this, and the company RMAed me a replacment both times. After removing the USB stick at the end of the day, all data would be corrupted on the stick. I could see my files, but they would mysteriously start disappearing.
Like I said, this was years ago, but since then, I don't run much stuff off of my USB sticks.
Does this sound like a fault on this particular manufacturers USB sticks? Is there a Do's and Don'ts list for USB sticks? Whats the average lifespan?
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I used the tutorial at http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/usb/
to install Wordpress on a usb drive that I use as a personal journal. Works great.
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Mike Panic pointed to a Lifehacker post about lost thumbdrives and a nifty solution. This whole thread (that the LH thread pointed to) was an interesting read:
http://www.dailycupoftech.com/have-your-lost-usb-drive-ask...
Also, JrezIN, I think you are on to something with the partitioned thumbdrives. The first to market a drive with simple partitioning (not those lame "security zones") would make a mint. Truecrypt could then encrypt one partition while leaving the others alone, etc.
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Personally, I enjoy using the "Webserver on a Stick":
http://www.chsoftware.net/en/useware/wos/wos.htm
It's great because I can test and deploy code, databases, etc. to the portable webserver without having a live internet connection (ie, on the road, on the plane, or in a not-so-free hotspot). Then once I get to my live connection, I can copy the files up on to my 'real' webserver. Plus, it's a small footprint.
The older version was huge, but now, you can pick and choose what packages you want installed. Me? I stick with Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
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Wikipedia has a nice comprehensive list of a ton of portable apps, and not just the ones listed at portableapps.com.
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I run InstantRails on my thumb drive, which really comes in handy as I shuttle between home and work. And because I can't stand Notepad, I also carry around a copy of Notepad2 on the drive, and use it as my editing environment when I'm on a friend's computer.
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on 2007-09-19 by vahidm