Make Your Dropbox Portable, Bring It Everywhere You Go

By | May 17, 2011 | 6 Comments

dropboxportable-logoWe have covered tons and tons of Dropbox tips and tricks. The latest addition to our Dropbox library is to make it portable and bring it everywhere we go, on a USB drive.

When it comes to accessing our Dropbox folder, there are many ways to do it. You can install the Dropbox desktop client on all your computers, open the browser and access the web version of Dropbox, or if you are on the move and own an Android, iPhone or Blackberry, you can download the app and access it on the move. If none of the above work for you, one last way is to carry your Dropbox on your USB drive and bring it everywhere you go.
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Disk Drill: Free Data Recovery Tool For Mac

By | October 11, 2010 |

diskdrill-mainYou know the drill to keep your files safe: backup, backup and backup. But we all know that accidents can happen and even your backup hard disk can crash. Disk Drill is a disk protection and recovery tool that aims to protect your Mac from losing data in the event that it crashed. Disk Drill supports HFS/HFS+, FAT, NTFS and other file systems and it can protect both internal and external drive. That means, if you plug in your USB drive, you can also use Disk Drill to protect it or recover data from it.
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Prayaya Virtualizes Your Windows OS And Make It Portable + Free Giveaway

By | October 1, 2010 |

prayaya-logoUpdate: the giveaway contest is now closed.

Portable apps can be very handy if you only need a few applications. Portable Virtualbox enables you to bring along the whole OS in a thumb drive, but it can be slow and often take up a big chunk of your USB storage space. What if you can have the best of both world – a lightweight and portable OS that contains all the applications you need?

Prayaya V3 creates a portable Windows operating system on your removable storage device such as USB drive, iPod, external hard disk etc and allows you to install your own applications (and games), customize your own settings and even manage your own bookmarks. You can then bring the storage device around in your pocket and use it on any Windows computer.

Note: We have free giveaway for this great software. Read on for more detail.
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How to Sync Folders Between Multiple Computers With a USB Drive

By | September 18, 2010 |

sync-foldersThe biggest problem with managing multiple computers is with the data saved in the respective hard drives and accessing them. Imagine you have to work with two computers daily – one in your office and the other one in your home. You have to keep the important files and folders synced from both computers, if you want to access them from either location.

That’s when online sync services like Dropbox and iDriveSync comes handy, these services use the internet to sync data between multiple computers you own.

The disadvantage of using an online sync service is that they take some time to upload the files from the host computer and then download them over at the client computer. So if you have really large collection of movies or photos, online sync seems to be a tedious option. Moreover, all these sync services are not entirely free and to upgrade for more space, you have to pay a monthly fee.

But what if you do not have internet access at home or office? What if you need a simple utility which can sync data between multiple computers using a removable drive?
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How to Lock Your Windows PC Using Your USB Drive

By | April 30, 2010 |

lock-pc-with-usbHave you ever watched geeky movies in which some tech guy uses a USB stick to log in and out of his PC? Wasn’t that great? So much like you I also fascinated to do something similar on my office PC as there is always someone who keeps peeking when I’m not at desk. Predator is a free tool that can be used to lock your PC while you are not on the desk and yet continue to keep the Windows session running.
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How to Install VirtualBox in Your USB Drive and Run any Operating System

By | January 2, 2010 |

virtualbox-logoAs we walk in the year 2010, Operating systems are not machine specific anymore. Google chrome OS has launched which marks a new era in the beginning of cloud based Operating system. But sometimes the cloud can be a little difficult to maintain, especially when you prefer using a USB stick for doing your day to day tasks with the computer, taking backups, moving files and working in multiple computers like in Office, home or may be some other place.

Thus sometimes you may need an operating system that would be portable, so that you can run it from your removable drive and from any computer. We have covered Mojopack earlier, which lets you carry a “self made system environment” in your USB drive. But Mojopack is not any operating system and it depends upon the host computer where you would be using it.
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Mojopack Allows You to Carry Your Windows XP In An USB Drive

By | December 25, 2009 |

mojopack-usb-xpSuppose you are going to cyber cafe due to disconnection of your home internet connection. You must know that there are not enough installed programs in cafe computer to make your job smooth. If you need 2-3 extra programs then you can use the portable versions of any software, available at Portable Apps.com. But to use a bunch of programs along with an Windows XP environment, Mojopack from Ringcube. This software provides you a parallel Windows XP interface with program installation facility. You can install a lot of programs in it and can access from any computer.
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Remove Write-protection Error from USB drives or Pendrive

By | December 16, 2009 |

remove-write-protection-error-pen-drive One of our readers has asked for this solution and hence as the post title says we will be trying to fix a very common error faced by many USB Drive users. This post includes four different solution sets for removing the write protection error for USB drives or simply pendrives.

Primary Checks

Prior to fixing your error, you need to do some basic checks

1. Make sure the write-protection latch of your drive (if it has any) is turned off.

2. If you are using an updated antivirus, try scanning the drive for viruses.
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How to Create a Mac Snow Leopard USB Installer Disk

By | October 8, 2009 |

sl-installerAll Macs come with a DVD drive that you can use, so in most situations, you won’t have the need for a USB installer disk. However, there can be times when your DVD ROM is spoilt and you need to reformat/upgrade your OS. This is where an USB installer disk comes in handy. In addition, with this USB disk, you can also use it to install Mac OS on a machine without CD-ROM (i.e netbook).

In this tutorial, we will go through the way to create a Snow Leopard USB installer disk.

Requirement

  • An existing Mac with functional DVD-ROM
  • Snow leopard installer DVD (upgrade set or box set)
  • A USB thumb drive of at least 8GB in size

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How to Easily Mount Your iPhone As An External Drive in Ubuntu

By | September 30, 2009 |

iphone-usb-hard-driveFor those who own an iPhone/iPod Touch and at the same time is an Ubuntu (or Linux) users, here’s is a good news. You can now easily mount your iPhone in your Ubuntu without having to jailbreak your phone.

In the past, the dirty but effective way to access the iPhone from your Linux system is via SSH. This requires you to jailbreak your phone and it voids the warranty. With iFuse, you can now mount your iPhone/iPod Touch under Linux with just a USB cable. You can also view/edit/cut/copy/paste the file just like any USB disk drive.
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