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Top 10 USB Thumb Drive Tricks

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 12, 2010

“What can you do with a few gigabytes and a USB port? Quite a
lot, with the right software. Learn how to encrypt your work, run
whole systems, rescue Windows, and customize your thumb drive with
these USB-geared tricks.

“Note: Gina previously rounded up 10 thumb drive tricks in April
2007, and we’ve borrowed a few of those ideas here. But many of the
apps have updated, some have been replaced with better offerings,
and a few totally new cool things (Chrome OS! XBMC!) have made
their way into this mix.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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