Comments on: 5 Awesome Apps To Make Things Easier On A USB Drive

By: Data Protection

Data Protection — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:22:05 +0000

I find great benefit from USB Disk Eject. I usually have several USB drives plugged into my PC, so when that screen comes up asking me which drive to remove, I sometimes pick the wrong choice. I have been lucky that my thumb drives have not been damaged by this, but I would rather not try to figure out how many times I can get away with it. I like this program because it displays the unique name, which I assigned to each USB drive to keep them separated.

By: mark

mark — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:05:10 +0000

i rarely give comments,but a great article well done

By: Nischal Shetty

Nischal Shetty — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:12:04 +0000

Nice app list for usb’s you got here. I would love to give the “autorun maker” a try

By: Devicepedia

Devicepedia — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:03:06 +0000

I really need that thumbscrew because im frequently using my usb in cyber cafes and always got infected by various viruses, thanks shankar!

By: milla

milla — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:56:03 +0000

use i-kill prog for best secure usb
thanks

By: chocol8stardust

chocol8stardust — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:51:44 +0000

Ever heard of http://www.portableapps.com? check out the different apps you can use on your usb. they have all the cool stuff there.

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By: Clive

Clive — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:49:05 +0000

Here’s another way to protect the data on your thumbdrive. Not only from foolish removal before using ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ or ‘USB Disk Eject’, but also system crashes & power failure.

1. Open ‘My Computer’.
2. In the ‘Devices with removable storage’ list select a thumdrive by right clicking on it.
3. Select ‘Properties’
4. ‘Hardware’ tab
5. ‘Properties’ button
6. ‘Policies’ tab
7. Un-tick ‘enable write caching’

By: Shankar Ganesh

Shankar Ganesh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:41:24 +0000

They’re indeed some good tools. Thank ya!

By: Shankar Ganesh

Shankar Ganesh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:39:10 +0000

Thanks, everyone. I’m really glad you guys came to know about these new apps

By: Aibek

Aibek — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:48:03 +0000

As always, great article Shankar. I only knew about Synctoy and DeskDrive.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:46:09 +0000

Can we get a link please

By: Zia

Zia — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:47:22 +0000

Two other tools worth a mention: ozSync: a neat back-up utility and NeoCrypt: Encryption solution

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:19:37 +0000

USB Disk Eject: “But have you ever thought it’s too cumbersome and the list confuses you more than helps you remove that particular device?”

Yes, very much so… if you right-click on the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ icon. Left-click on it and it gives you a list of your drives with drive letters. So while USB Disk Ejector looks nice, I’m personally not going to run yet another program just to do what Windows already does. What could be useful to those who use a USB menu application (for running things off their drive) is its command-line options (mentioned on its site).

By: mmhan

mmhan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:10:56 +0000

Great set of tools. Been using most of them, except for Desk Drive.

As for syncing, I’ve been using Toucan portable which also allows me to encrypt the files.

By: James P

James P — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:28:26 +0000

Windows is the longest path from Linux to Linux.

1: Right click a drive in KDE; choose read only. Installed by default.

2: Unmount (Safely Remove) drives: Right-click – Safely Remove.

3: KDE, xfce4 and GDM all do this. By default.

4: KDE has functionality to build a great autorun program. On Windows? It’s a security risk.

5: rsync. ‘Nuff said.

All these things I thought were standard. =/

By: Petrie0129

Petrie0129 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:21:29 +0000

Allway Sync is really good for synchronizing between 2 folders, and it can be set up to automatically synchronize the jobs you’ve set up.

I want to give that Thumbscrew a try though. Thanks for the list. Great article.

By: website design

website design — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:46:02 +0000

truly awesome. most are new tools to help you get more out of your USB thumb drive.

By: Rockstar Sid

Rockstar Sid — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:58:57 +0000

Sticked to the point..Excellent article buddy!

By: Madhur Kapoor

Madhur Kapoor — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:45:52 +0000

Great article Shankar. I have never used any of these.

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Safely Remove USB Hardware — Online Diary — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:40:52 +0000

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By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:32:25 +0000

Most people carry around one of these little devices to make file transportation easy; however, everyone can further extend a thumb drive’s usefulness with any one of the apps on your list. Great post and probably an often overlooked topic.

By: Pallab

Pallab — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:17:26 +0000

Awesome article shankar.
The only app that I had heard of and used is Thumbscrew.

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Apps if you use a USB drive « Later On — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:35:25 +0000

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By: Keith Dsouza

Keith Dsouza — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:29:47 +0000

Quite an awesome list Shankar. I have never even known about most of these tools