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Dropout Is Portable Desktop USB And Dropbox Search Tool

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Everyone likes to keep their important files on portable drives and in cloud storage directories, such as, a Dropbox folder, so that data can be easily accessed across multiple computers. This means that a lot of data is continuously changing and is not indexed immediately by Windows. Windows Search can miss out files during a search query if the file is not indexed or belongs to an unknown file type. If you often require locating files using Windows Search and find it hard to locate files from a USB device or a folder which keeps changing, then a solution can be to use Dropout. It is a portable indexing tool that creates its own index inside a constantly changing folder to provide quicker search results. Read More

Protect Your PC From Virus Infected USB Devices With Antirun

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Antirun is an application that brings a number of protection options for securing your system against threats which may occur from removable media devices such as USBs, SD Card, External hard drives, digital cameras, phones, etc. Antirun automatically scans devices which are plugged into your computer and informs you when a threat is detected. These threats are identified by the attributes of external media files (such as the ones which may be trying to activate themselves). Once a virus is detected, Antirun provides an option to remove the identified threat. All external devices connected to the computer are displayed in separate tabs which makes it easier to manage different external devices. Read More

FlagSync – Sync iTunes With Portable Media Player, Backup Data On FTP / USB

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Job-based synchronization and backup utilities are generally hard to configure as users often require setting up options to schedule sync/backup operations and one-way or two-way incremental and decremented modes before specifying source and target locations to run jobs. If you want to create and run sync jobs without having to configure such complex options, try out FlagSync. Read More

ProEject Ejects & Cleans Your System From Changes Made By USB Drives

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ProEject is a portable,  open source application which allows you to safely dismount a removable drive by closing those applications and windows which are running from the external storage medium. It also cleans the registry changes and folders' traces which USB drive might have left behind. It is designed to erase traces of programs in the MRU (most recently used) sections of Windows Registry, as well as, entries created in Run Dialog box or Startup key. ProEject also checks for shortcuts created in areas such as the Quick Launch and Pinned items menu. Read More

USBFlashSpeed – Test USB Flash Drive Read & Write Speed With Graph Plotting

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It can be quite difficult to determine the optimum read & write speed of your flash drive. While sometimes the transfer rate may appear to be as much as 25MB, at other instances it doesn’t seem to give that high read and write speed. In such a case, it can be worth checking out the optimum potential of your USB drive, in order to determine whether the data read/write rate is being affected due to other factors such as a PC running many backend processes or not. USBFlashSpeed is a portable benchmarking application which tests your USB’s read write rate at different data sizes. The test includes calculating the USB’s read and write level from e.g. 15MB to 1KB of data. During the test, read & write data is continuously plotted on the graph to check  read and write speed of the USB at numerous data transfer levels. Read More

How To Make Your Dropbox Portable With DropboxPortableAHK

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Synchronizing data with Dropbox on multiple computers can indeed have a lot of privacy issues. While one may think that their Dropbox data is safe and secure on their office computer just because it is not a shared system or they have a Domain account, there is just one issue they might have overlooked, i.e. the privilege of the System Administrator. If you think that is not an issue, then think again. Being a former system admin, I know state it with experience backed up by plentiful facts that "Nothing is safe" - in fact, quite far from it. In such a case, it is far more practical to keep your Dropbox data on a USB stick, instead of saving it on office computers. Read More

Move And Keep Track Of Media Files In iTunes Library On Multiple Drives

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Are you running out of disk space due to a large iTunes music library and want to move music tracks to external drive to save some precious disk space? TuneSpan is an media manager for Mac which lets you move iTunes library items to external hard drives, USB drives, and network drives without disturbing the iTunes library list. All the items that you move to convenient locations will still be accessible from iTunes. It first moves (spans) the selected music collection to specified location and then update the source paths of moved tracks in iTunes playlists, so you can easily play them in iTunes and sync them with your iOS devices. TuneSpan was primarily designed to span your music tracks in iTunes library across different drives and network locations without removing them from iTunes library. Read More

How To Mount Asus Eee Pad Transformer SSD On Linux Mint

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Over the past year, Linux Mint has become one of the most used Linux distributions out there, perhaps particularly because of its Ubuntu base and full compatibility with Ubuntu apps. In the Android tablet world, the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is currently the undisputed king, and has become the most favoured Android tablet by enthusiasts and casual users alike. When it comes to handheld devices like phones and tablets, accessing their storage from your computer for transferring files often comes handy. For the Transformer owners running Linux Mint on their computers wishing to mount their Asus Transformer for accessing its content, there is a very handy and quick solution available, thanks to XDA-Developers forum member rootblock. Want to learn more about it? Read on after the jump. Read More

Monitor Local And External Hard Drive Health With Easis Drive Check

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Disk Errors often occur due to negligent use of systems which we all seem to have become accustomed to. This ranges anything from canceling setups, force shutdowns to manual system power off. We all know that Disk errors often can result in permanent damage to the hard drive. For this reason it is always a good idea to run a S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) supported application to check your hard disk health. This is so because S.M.A.R.T is a known standard to monitor track sensitive values from your drive to prevent hard drives from complete failure. Read More

Liquesce Is Windows Drive Pooling Software Similar To WHS Drive Extender

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Multiple drives can be often hard to manage as important pieces of data are scattered in a series of separate hard drives. Drive pooling is a good mechanism in such cases to view system drives, partitions and folders in a unified format for better management. Liquesce is a drive pooling application which has functionality similar to the Windows Home Server based Drive Extender. It allows merging hard drives and directories into a single representation within Windows Explorer. In other words, you can manage all your system drives, partitions and directories within a unified virtual drive with Liquesce. The supported drive formats for the storage pool include SATA, IDE, ESATA, FIREWIRE and USB. Read More

MS Standalone System Sweeper Is Recovery Tool To Remove Malware And Rootkits

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Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper is a malware removal utility by Microsoft. It can help you create a bootable USB, CD or DVD for reclaiming a system from viruses and other malicious agents. This can be quite handy for people who might not be able to boot from their system due to a malware infection. System Sweeper thoroughly scans and removes viruses from such computers by booting itself (from a media device) at system startup. To use it , you will require saving the app on a media device such as a USB, CD or DVD. Just Launch System Sweeper, select a media device (CD, DVD or USB) and click Next. You can also choose the ISO option to create an ISO image of the app which can be burned to a CD or DVD later on. Read More

Can’t Format USB Or Any External Drive? Try Using Any Drive Formatter

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It happens so often that Windows is not able to format your external hard drive or USB drive if it gets corrupted. In most cases you will get an error saying “Windows cannot complete the format”. To fix this issue you can head over to Disk Management, delete the drive partition and then create a new format. Or you can use Any Drive Formatter, which is a new tool developed especially for this purpose. Read More

Reveal Files Hidden By Malware (Using System Attributes) In USB Drive

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Certain types of malware can hide your files and folders on a USB drive, resulting in data loss. Unhiding these files can be quite a hassle as the attribute is set as system instead of hidden. USB Hidden Folder Fix is a portable application, designed to thoroughly scan folders on a USB drive to unhide them. This can help you to regain access to your data and scan with your default anti-virus suite (i.e. if it fails to scan them in hidden form). Hence fixing the problem of hidden folders with infected files. Read More

Switch USB Drive To Read-Only Mode With Wenovo USB Disks Access Manager

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By default, read and write permissions are enabled for USB drives. This often results in the activation of malware, when a USB is plugged in to a system. Therefore, if you want to check the content of a suspicious Pendrive, it is better to change the settings to read only mode (to prevent your system from getting infected). Windows does not have a native option to switch to read-only mode, this is where  Wenovo USB Disks Access Manager comes handy. It is a portable tool to set a USB to function in read only mode. Read More

Control Android Apps And Services From Your Computer With LazyDroid Web Desktop

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There is always a demand for apps that provide comprehensive integration of mobile devices with computers and vice versa. While Motorola took the concept to a whole new level with the Motorola Atrix and its Webtop capability, not all of us can afford such expensive devices. LazyDroid is a free app for Android that allows you to control your device from your computer via a simple web-based interface. The app does so through both WiFi and USB, making it quite a versatile tool. For more on this wonderful application, read on! Read More

Create Bootable USB From Windows Installation DVD Using WinToFlash

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WinToFlash is a powerful utility to copy Windows installation files from DVD disc to flash drive, SD Card, or external HDD, so you can install Windows faster on your system without a DVD disc. It not just copies Windows installation DVD content to any location but makes the external storage medium bootable as well. While supporting a wide range of OS, including, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, and Windows 7, it allows you to transfer live CD/DVD, such as BartPE, to flash cards with a single click. Unlike other Windows installation cloning software, it comes with extremely simple usage. The wizard includes just 2 steps to select the source and target location to copy Windows installation files and to make the USB drive bootable. Along with easy wizard mode, it has an Advanced Mode for power users to customize the cloning process with a slew of options. The Advanced Mode allows you to change different options for transferring Windows XP, 2003, Vista, and 7 to USB drive and create Windows XP/2003 emergency bootloader, MS-DOS USB drive, and Windows XP/2003 recovery console. Read More

Enable External USB Drive Support on Motorola XOOM

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Although, the Motorola XOOM comes with a built-in microSD card slot, it is currently not usable for the end user till the planned software upgrade in the second quarter of 2011. Not that the 32GB on board memory available is any less in terms of storage, but if you still want to have more, if a friend has brought over a video on a USB storage device that you immediately want to see on your tablet or if you just want to copy off a song to a friend’s mp3 player, we bring you an easy method to enable external USB drive support on your device. Read More

How To Fix Unrooted HTC Desire USB Brick

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If you are stuck with a USB bricked HTC Desire that isn’t rooted, there is good news for you as XDA-Developers forum member leinad has posted a solution for this problem to get your unrooted Android phone out of its USB bricked state and we are bringing the method here for you in form of a complete guide. Read More

Create Multiboot Windows And Linux USB Drive With WinSetupFromUSB

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There are many tools available out there which allows user to create bootable USB drives, but what if you need to create a multiboot USB drive which can keep more than one bootable installation packages, lets say,  Windows XP, Windows Vista, Ubuntu and Windows 7? WinSetupFromUSB can create a multiboot setup, allowing user to keep a range of bootable ISO files on single drive. The application comes with support for OS including,  Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Parted Magic, and Ubuntu,G4D. Just specify the OS installation directory to create multiboot USB drive with a single click. Read More