So I have this 4GB thumbdrive I basically use for nothing so I'm turning it into a Windows fix-it solution/usability drive to basically help troubleshoot, solve or at least temporarily get some functionality where something may be corrupt.

Here's what I have so far:
Ubuntu Live CD iso so you can boot into Linux from the drive (useful if windows is unbootable and you need to recover files, also has memtest on it to test RAM)

Hiren's boot CD loadable

On the readable partition (rest of the space):

"Portable Apps" (able to run directly from the drive):

7-Zip (to handle rar, zip, tar archives)
CCleaner
ClamWin (antivirus)
Defraggler
Firefox
Chrome
FreeCommander (alternative file explorer)
Media Player Classic HC
MPlayer
VLC
(If I can't play a media file with the above three, chances are it's corrupted)
Notepad++
Open Office
Pidgin
PuTTY
WinSCP
Recuva (recovers deleted files)
Speccy (shows hardware specs and detailed information)
SpyDLL Remover
Sumatra pdf
HijackThis
SysinternalsSuite (various tools provided by microsoft)
uTorrent

Installers:

Ad-Aware
Spybot Search & Destroy
MalwareBytes
Microsoft Security Essentials XP/Vista/7 (32bit and 64bit)


So, am I missing anything? any suggestions on stuff I should add to it?

I honestly figured I would be pushing 2GB of apps but I haven't even pushed 1GB worth yet so I have plenty of room to add stuff I just can't think of anything else immediately useful. I'd like to try and keep it all open source and freeware apps unless something is suggested I feel is absolutely necessary once I hear it.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Last edited by punzada on 11-19-2009 at 08:09 PM

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Originally posted by danimal39
hirens boot from usb

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Adobe Reader? Or does that come in built in firefox?

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Originally posted by Linnets
Adobe Reader? Or does that come in built in firefox?

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ultraiso?

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XNView/IrfanView (image viewer/screen capture)
HijackFree (like HijackThis but more info)
ComboFix (very good at shifting malware)
XVI32 (Hex editor)
Unlocker (removes file locks)
Vaiosoft Recover Manager (recovers flash media)
Universal Extractor (extracts cab, msi, rar, everything!)
Go Open Office (better than the standard OO cos it also supports Microsoft Works and other formats)
CutePDF (PDF writer, not viewer)
GIMP (image editing)
Belarc Advisor (System auditing)
CDBurner XP (nice, small image and disk creating/burning doohickey)
Dial-a-Fix (capable of reinstalling/resetting certain Windows subsystems like WMI etc. Great for PC's that have been been infected and cleaned but left crippled by malware fall-out)

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CutePDF (PDF writer, not viewer)
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Thanks both, those are some good suggestions for me to add as well

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