Flash
Disk atau bisa disebut juga USB Flash Drive, USB Thumb Drive atau
Removable Drive, merupakan suatu alat untuk menyimpan data selain
Harddisk atau Memory Card dengan kapasitas mulai dari 128Mb sampai 16Gb
bahkan sekarang akan diluncurkan dengan kapasitas 32Gb (masih dalam
tahap test).
Semakin kita bergantung pada USB Flash Drive, semakin menuntut kita
dalam hal alat atau aplikasi untuk memfasilitasi transfer file,
keamanan, perbaikan (repair) bahkan alat ini juga bisa menjalankan
sistem operasi yang tentu saja dengan menggunakan software pendukung
dan drive dengan merek tertentu juga. Jika USB Flash Drive ini sangat
berperan penting dalam pekerjaan sehari-hari, berikut beberapa software
atau tools untuk USB Flash Drive yang mungkin akan membuat Anda
tertarik.
Synchronization And Backup
Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager – Backup and Restore USB Thumb Drive Data
Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager allows you to backup and restore
presentation, pictures, songs and applications from and to USB Flash
Drive devices and take them with you. Use USB Flash Drives to store
personal data, to keep your network configuration and to share
information with your friends. Microsoft USB Flash Drive .
xPortClone – Backup Removable Devices
xPortClone is a simple but effective tool that allows you to backup
files from a removable device to your hard drive. It can be used with
iPods, USB drives or even CDs or DVDs.
Toucan – Sync, Backup & Secure
Toucan is a small utility allowing you to synchronise, backup and
secure your data with more options than the built in suite utilities.
It is split up into 7 tabs, allowing you to easily find the function
that you want.
SyncToy – Synchronizing Files and Folders
SyncToy, a free PowerToy for Microsoft Windows, is an easy to use,
highly customizable program that helps users to do the heavy lifting
involved with the copying, moving, and synchronization of different
directories. Most common operations can be performed with just a few
clicks of the mouse, and additional customization is available without
additional complexity.
Recovery Tools
Roadkil’s Unstoppable Copier – Recovers Files from Disks
Unstoppable Copier is useful to
copy files from any damaged media sources,
like portable thumb drive as it recovers files from disks with physical
damage. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a
file and put the pieces together.
Undelete Plus – Data Recovery
Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to restore accidentally
deleted files. It can also recover files that have been emptied from
the Recycle Bin, permanently deleted files within Windows using the
Shift + Delete, and files that have been deleted from within a Command
Prompt.
Recuva – File Recovery
Recuva is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been
accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied
from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been
deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or thumb drive.
It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes
and viruses!
SoftPerfect File Recovery – Recover Accidentally Deleted Files
SoftPerfect File Recovery is a tool to recover accidentally deleted
files from hard disks, USB flash drives, CF and SD cards and other
storage media.
Portable Platforms
PortableApps.com Suite and Platform
The PortableApps.com Suite and Platform lets you
carry your favorite computer programs along
with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them
on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.
As soon as you connect your thumb drive into a computer, Portable Apps
will open up automatically.
U3 Smart Drive – [b]Store Data & Carry Software Applications[/b]
U3 smart drive allows you to carry your software on the same flash
drive that carries your files. You can plug it into any PC and work,
play a game, message friends, send email, edit photos and more. When
you unplug it, it leaves no personal data behind.
PStart
PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications.
Designed to run portable applications (like portable Firefox &
Thunderbird), you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or
removable disks.
CodySafe – A Simple Data Carrier
CodySafe is a software tool that turns any portable drive from a
simple data carrier to a computer-on-stick. Carry your computer
programs with you, manage them, launch them on any PC, and leave no
footprint behind.
The management of your portable documents, multimedia files and pictures has never being that easy.
Mojopac – Turn USB Thumb Drive into A Portable Computing Environment
MojoPac, a friendly technology that allows you to take you entire PC
on any storage device. MojoPac turns any USB 2.0 storage device, such
as iPods, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, USB-enabled cell
phones, and USB-enabled digital cameras, into a portable computing
environment.
XAMPP – Portable Web Server
XAMPP is a Web Server package that contains Apache, MySQL, PHP and
Perl. XAMPP enables it’s user to host a Website, Blog, CMS or try out
PHP code and test MySQL database structures all from a testing or
production environment.
Security Tools
Dr.Web CureIt
Dr.Web CureIt is a standalone anti-virus and anti-spyware scanner
that scans your PC for viruses, trojans, adware, spyware, hack tools,
rootkits, and other malware. The program does not require an
installation and can be run from a USB drive.
Portable Antivirus
Portable Antivirus is a FREE portable antivirus application that is
capable to remove certain variants of virus, Trojans, ad-ware and spy
ware from your computer.
ClamWin Portable – Antivirus
ClamWin Portable is the popular ClamWin antivirus packaged as a
portable app, so you can take your antivirus with you to scan files on
the go.
PC Repair System – Assemble a PC repair kit
PC Repair System provides a variety of free and/or open-source tools
for file recovery, anti-virus, anti-spyware, system info and system
maint. There are 37 applications in total.
Eraser Portable – Scurely Erase Data
Eraser Portable is a secure data removal tool that runs directly
from your iPod, USB thumbdrive, portable hard drive or any other
portable media.
TrueCrypt – USB Encrytion Tool
TrueCrypt encrypts an
entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.
FreeOTFE – USB Thumb Drive Encryption Tool
FreeOTFE is a free, open source, “on-the-fly” transparent disk
encryption program for USB thumb drive and PC. These disks operate
exactly like a normal disk, with the exception that anything written to
one of them is transparently, and securely, encrypted.
KeePass – Secure USB Thumb Drive Data
KeePass Portable is the popular KeePass Password Safe packaged as a
portable app, so you can securely carry your email, internet and other
passwords with you. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod,
portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving
any personal information behind.
Crypto Anywhere – Encryptor
Crypto Anywhere is small enough to fit on a single floppy or USB key
chain drive and is very easy to use. If you run Crypto Anywhere from a
floppy disk or USB drive, you can encrypt your email without even
installing software on your workstation.
File & Folder Unlocker – Lock Your Thumbdrive
File & Folder Unlocker is a powerful yet easy-to-use system
utility that gives you complete control over the locked files and
folders on your computer.
Blue Micro USB Flash Drive – PC Logon Admin
Blue Micro USB Flash Drive turns your existing pendrive or flash
drive into a key to logon to your pc. This makes it easier for users to
manage their computer account passwords. This software creates a
encrypted code on your pendrive, only understood by this software. This
software can be installed on windows xp or 2000 only.
Operating Systems
Damn Small Linux
DSL was originally developed as an experiment to see how many usable
desktop applications can fit inside an USB thumb drive. DSL has a
nearly complete desktop, and a tiny core of command line tools. All
applications are chosen with the best balance of functionality, size
and speed.
Puppy Linux
With Puupy Linux you’re able to install and run the OS off of a USB
flash drive. Applications such as SeaMonkey, AbiWord, Gnumeric, and
Gxine/xine are included.
Slax – Your Pocket Operating System
Slax is a modern, portable, small and fast Linux operating system
with a modular approach and outstanding design. Slax provides a wide
collection of pre-installed software for daily use, including a well
organized graphical user interface and useful recovery tools for system
administrators.
Crunchbang Linux
CrunchBang Linux is an Ubuntu based distribution featuring the
lightweight Openbox window manager and GTK+ applications. The
distribution has been built and customised from a minimal Ubuntu
install.
Mac-on-Stick
Mac-on-Stick is a project that explains how to load Mac OS Classic
7.0.1 onto a portable device using the minivmac emulator. It takes a
few steps and is more appropriate for the technically-minded, but is
quite an interesting experiment.
Office Tools
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org Portable is a complete office suite — including a
word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and
database.
Tiny USB Office
Tiny USB Office lets you to create rich-text word processing
documents, share files across multiple computers, transfer files,
create MS Excel compatible spreadsheets, comma-delimited database
files, email your contacts, talk to your friends or co-workers on MSN,
create pdf files, or securely encrypt or delete files.
Darik’s Boot And Nuke
Darik’s Boot and Nuke (”DBAN”) is a self-contained boot disk that
securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will
automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that
it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or
emergency data destruction.
Mazzick – Mouse Gestures on Your Thumb Drive
Mazzick is a simple mouse gesture utility that you can carry on your
USB thumb drive. Using Mazzick is simple: just invoke it using one of
the default shortcuts (like holding Shift, for example), then draw the
gesture you want.
VLC Media Player Portable
VLC Media Player Portable is the popular VLC media player packaged
as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along
with everything you need to play them on the go.
TiddlyWiki – Non-linear Personal Web Notebook
TiddlyWiki is a single html file which has all the characteristics
of a wiki – including all of the content, the functionality (including
editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because
it’s a single file, it’s very portable – you can email it, put it on a
web server or share it via a USB stick.
More Tools
USB AutoRunner
With USB AutoRunner you can have applications or documents autorun
when you insert your USB device. When you insert your USB device into a
computer, your chosen application or file will automatically open.
DCoT Menu System – Create USB Shortcuts Folder
A system to create a shortcuts folder at the root of my USB drive.
Flash Drive Reminder – Never Forget Your Thumb Drive
Flash Drive Reminder is an utility that
pops up a reminder if you try and log off Windows without removing your flash drive. This program adds an entry to the AutoPlay dialog that pops up when you insert a flash drive into a computer.
USBDeview – Lists All USB Devices
USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices that are
currently connected to your PC or have been connected to it in the
past. Along with the device name and description, it displays the the
serial number (if available), date the device was added and last
connected, VendorID and other information.
Help! I’m Lost! Autorun Script
A program called “Help! I’m Lost!” on the drive, that a finder just
can’t get around opening. The program opens a message box with your
personal “I’m lost” message.
EjectUSB
EjectUSB is designed to be a simple utility to close all programs
running from a specified drive or folder and then attempt ejection if a
drive was specified.
USB Disk Ejector
USB Disk Ejector allows you to quickly remove USB devices in
Windows. It was originally designed to remove only USB pen drives but
will now eject any USB device. It can be run as a non-visual command
line program or a normal gui program.
Disable USB Drive
Disable USB Drive keeps people from walking up to a PC and copying
data off with a USB key, but allows you to keep your scanner, keyboard,
and mouse working.
BootIt – Flip Removable Bit
BootIt flip the flashdrive removable media bit so flashdrive can be detected by Windows as a fixed disk.
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