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10 great ways to hack and trick-out your USB flash drive

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LifeHacker has a nice piece called LifeHacker Top 10: USB thumb drive tricks. Some of the instructions could be a little better, and they should include some more screenshots, but this is definitely worth a look.

The tricks are:

  1. Boot an operating system
  2. Encrypt your drive
  3. Make a portable MP3 player
  4. Speed up or lock down Windows Vista
  5. Run a logoff message to unplug the drive
  6. Quick launch your workspace
  7. Assemble a PC repair kit
  8. Put on the DemocraKey “computer condom”
  9. Sync your data
  10. Assign custom icons

What are some other cool tricks you can do with a USB flash drive? Join the discussion.

Jason HinerJason Hiner is the Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. Previously, he worked as an IT Manager in the health care industry. You can find him on Twitter, LinkedIn and at JasonHiner.com. To see the gadgets and personal tech he uses, view his gdgt profile.

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Best ways to trick out a USB flash drive? Jason HinerTechrepublic Moderator | 09/19/07
Portable Apps Neon Samurai | 09/19/07
Security? tmdowling@... | 09/20/07
i keep hold of it like a third arm Neon Samurai | 09/20/07
Color me frustrated d.esposito@... | 09/21/07
try the System Rescue liveCD Neon Samurai | 09/21/07
update, found a link for pc repair Neon Samurai | 09/21/07
Thanks for the suggestion d.esposito@... | 09/24/07
I had the same problem; boooo Neon Samurai | 09/24/07
Here is a link to a torrent for it.. dsimp@... | 09/24/07
Thanks!!! d.esposito@... | 09/26/07

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