Read more: What to do with your USB flash drive: Encrypt it We show you how to encrypt your entire USB flash drive to keep curious eyes from accessing your files.
Losing your USB flash drive is not so cool. Yes-transporting files and documents with a USB flash drive is cool. Read more: What to do with your USB flash drive: Maintain Windows Parted Magic is essentially Linux Live, with a ton of useful utilities included. With a program called Parted Magic, you can partition your drives, reset your Windows password, clone your hard disk, and more.
Windows computers can be maintained easily with a variety of tools, right from your USB flash drive. Read more: What to do with your USB flash drive: Run Linux This is a great way to give Linux a try without actually altering your system. Have you ever wanted to try Linux but were too afraid? Linux Live media allows you to boot to and run the entire OS from the CD/DVD, or in our case, a USB flash drive. Here are six cool things you can do with your USB flash drive, in our series roundup of 'What to do with your USB flash drive.' Each item is linked with step-by-step instructions. If you think they're cool because you can store and transport files with them, wait till you see what else you can do with them. What do you use your USB flash drive for? Perhaps you store work documents, photos, music, or movies on them.