Portable Apps?

[Datech]

Heh, one time a naive co-op employee plugged a U3 drive into the Exchange server here, and it promptly crashed. From then on we haven't let a single co-op or intern anywhere near the physical servers.

I have a 4GB Patriot XT and I have that thing LOADED with about 3GB of various portable diagnostic and cleaning software. It is really nice to have when you are sitting at a computer with dial up internet and a Pentium III proc that is receiving Antivirus 2009 popups...

[TheGreatSatan]

Be careful! Antivirus 2009 likes to jump on flash drives and infect the next computer you use it on

P.S. Malwarebytes is absolutely essential for this bug!

[Datech]

So you're saying that when the USB drive is plugged into the computer and you restart it, it fails to boot?

If so, that's a semi-common problem with USB drives and USB devices in general. Some computers wont boot if anything more than a USB keyboard and mouse are plugged in. There is an explanation behind it, but I don't know it and just go by the general rule of, "If you don't need it on boot, don't have it plugged in."

[x88x]

I'd recommend against U3, but portableapps.com has a great menu/etc, and is nice and easy to add your own stuff into their menu.

[Luke122]

Ceedo looks promising too..