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Universal USB Installer creates a "Live", or bootable Linux distribution without installation, on an external USB drive. A long list of distributions are available organized by the major groups including Ubuntu, Redhat and SuSE, as well as specialized distros for system management, rescue, security and more.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch Universal-USB-Installer-X.X.X.X.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) |
What's new? | See: https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/#Changelog |
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webfork
on 2020-10-24 19:44
@JudyGarland: Have you tested on WinXP? I ask because sometimes we list "system requirements / runs on" rather than "supported". For example, a lot of tools here on the site were built before it came out, but we'll list Win10 if it's functional in testing.
JudyGarland
on 2020-11-01 11:39
@webfork: I copy and paste from 'basic (system) requirements' section:
webfork
on 2020-11-03 23:24
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@JudyGarland: thanks for the additional detail. As usual, billon sorted it out. |
USBDeview lists all USB devices plugged into your computer, both current and past. Information on devices includes name/description, type, serial number (for mass storage), the date/time that device was added, Vendor ID, Product ID etc. The program also allows you to disconnect currently connected USB devices as well as uninstall previously used USB devices.
The program will also allows you to execute a command from EXE/CMD/BAT file in every time that insert a USB device to your system, and USBDeview includes a read/write speed test for your USB flash drives.
Functional on remote computers, as long as you have an admin login to the destination machine.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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Download the ZIP package and extract a folder of your choice. Launch USBDeview.exe. Optionally, to show the vendor name and product name of your USB devices, download usb.ids to the same folder. |
Similar/alternative apps: | USB Oblivion |
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Midas
on 2015-12-11 21:32
@MIKLO: USB Oblivion (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2287) does precisely what you mentioned...
MIKLO
on 2017-05-25 14:30
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@Midas thank you & I have used Oblivion before it is a very good App and works great, I do like better than USBDeview although it also is a very good App. Again that's @Midas for your help and info here and on many other Apps or Software on this site :) |
SoftPerfect File Recovery helps you recover accidentally deleted files from floppy disks, hard drives, USB flash drives, CF and SD cards and other storage media. It supports the popular file systems such as FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 with compression and encryption.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch file_recovery.exe. |
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Andy
on 2007-04-06 23:41
Hi guys. I am a developer of this free tool. Let me clarify the 'hard drive' recovery. The software is able to restore accidentally deleted files from built-in hard disk drives as long as two the following conditions are met:
hudson
on 2009-08-22 01:20
Excellent product. Recovered two files from flash memory. Simple and efficient, and no installation
Rolf
on 2011-02-05 19:04
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Odd The download says it is Version V1.2.0.0 |
DriveLetterView allows you to view the list of all drive letter assignments in your system, including local drives, remote network drives, CD/DVD drives, and USB drives - even if they are not currently plugged in. It also allows you to easily change a drive letter of USB devices and remote network shares, as well as to delete a drive letter of USB device that is not plugged in.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administration rights (for changing letters) |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DriveLetterView.exe. |
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Rufus, or Reliable USB Formatting Utility (with Source), is a small and fast utility that helps create bootable external drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks etc. The program is ideal for use with installation media from ISOs (Windows, Linux etc.) for working on a system without an OS, flashing device BIOS or other firmware, or you want to run a low-level system utility.
Functional on 64-bit systems.
Rufus Portable also available.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" rufus-X.Xp.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases |
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PapaiMark
on 2022-07-02 20:15
Use v 2.x on machines older than 2011 (core, core2, quad) to make bootable usb.
Midas
on 2022-07-10 12:17
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@PapaiMark: as there is both a changelog link and a dedicated forum thread, changes info like what you posted are better suited for the later, thus avoiding drowning any user comments in the steady stream of updates. |
Back4Sure is a feature-rich backup solution for typical backup use. The program can make a backup to hard-disk, USB drive or network and can also be compressed using high or low compression settings to a ZIP or 7-zip file of various compression levels, as well as encrypted for security.
Other features include filters to backup or exclude specific file types, a cleanup mode to remove old archives, and creation of one or multiple zip files (separated by directory structure). Backups are saved by directory structure either inside the archive or inside the directory for easy restoring. Users can also use multiple settings profiles, or "job" files.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Back4Sure.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://ukrebs-software.de/english/back4sure/changelog.html |
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ihateyou
on 2013-12-15 18:36
what you should know:
romulous
on 2015-01-11 06:52
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It's a crying shame that you can only backup folders with this tool, and not individual files within those folders (yes, I know you can set filters, but unless you know in advance what files you want from each folder, this is not practical to use). |
UNetbootin allows you to create a bootable operating system on a USB drive without burning a CD. Can use regular ISO files or download from any of the major Linux and FreeBSD distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, NetBSD, etc.) as well as bootable system utilities for repair, recovery, testing and more.
Also available for Mac and Linux.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download unetbootin-windows-XXX.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Universal USB Installer, Rufus |
What's new? | Code changes at https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin/commits/master. |
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h3kt0r
on 2020-11-15 04:00
Latest version won't launch under windows XP.
mukhi
on 2021-10-30 09:04
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v702 failed to create a bootable USB drive with the official Ubuntu 20.04 ISO. Rufus succeeded though. |
HDDScan is a feature-rich disk diagnostics tool with a variety of low-level tools. It supports IDE/SATA/SCSI hard disk drives, RAID arrays, SSD drives, external USB/Firewire hard disks, flash cards and can scan the surface, view SMART attributes, adjust AAM, APM (Power Management), monitor temperature etc.
Note the program shouldn’t be run from a read-only device/media.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Avoid starting program from read-only device such as a CD or write-protected flash device. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch HDDScan.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PassMark DiskCheckup, CrystalDiskInfo |
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Ruby
on 2010-12-10 06:56
@hugh_h You can try GMER http://www.gmer.net/ Scroll to the downloads there's also and mbr and userland rootkit detector.
nunz
on 2013-06-16 22:30
Latest official link:
webfork
on 2016-01-12 22:43
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This program worked beautifully in testing an old external hard drive that was behaving strangely. Instead of relegating it to a secondary backup drive, it now looks to have plenty of life left. |
Portable Start Menu is a program launcher that allows you to organize your programs via a simple menu system and launch them through a tray icon. If you are running from an USB memory stick, Portable Start Menu can be configured to automatically close all launched applications when it terminates.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | ASuite, PStart, SyMenu |
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starshakur
on 2017-04-06 16:56
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psmstart.exe may be essential to launch 64-bit applications (psmenu.exe doesn't start with either missing), but that doesn't change the fact that psmenu.exe is a 32-bit application. |
No Autorun prevents a USB storage device from auto-running, preventing annoying or malicious programs from automatically starting on your machine. When a USB disk is inserted, the program not only locks the autorun.inf file, but also locks all the autorun-related program and other suspicious files.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. 2. Paste the following in an empty file called NoAutorun.ini [system] auto_start=0 start_as_task=0 auto_check_updates=0 3. Launch NoAutorun.exe. |
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frantisek
on 2010-11-05 09:47
it does what it is supposed to do. this tool is smart!
Magibon
on 2011-04-27 04:09
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i implemented this on my computer but did it through Windows itself. |