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Tech Tip of the Week: Save the Day (and Windows) Using an Ubuntu Flash Drive

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On May 27, 2010, 4:54 AM

The latest version of Ubuntu has been out for nearly a month now and if you're anything like us the peaceably-named operating system is now sitting untouched after you gave it a quick go for a week or so. Ubuntu 10.04 may not have convinced you to send Microsoft packing, but don't scrap your bootable USB drive just yet, it may come in handy the next time Windows goes haywire.

Being prepared by having another environment to troubleshoot your PC helps tremendously. We will cover a few ways an Ubuntu boot flash drive can save your tail when disaster strikes like resetting a forgotten Windows password, clearing malware and retrieving lost data.


If you don't have a bootable USB drive, check out our guide on creating one with an Ubuntu LiveCD.

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  1. May 28, 2010 3:57 AM
    lataak said:

    I am a fan of Ubuntu. It saves me from worrying of being infected with virus, angry b/c Windows is busy for no reason, too much consumption of RAM or CPU (I have 2GB of RAM but my Ubuntu never consumed more than 1GB at the highest), etc. Anybody who cares about his data should use Ubuntu at any time.

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  2. May 28, 2010 11:00 AM
    Badfinger said:

    I use KeePass Pass Safe for all my passwords, have for years now, and it's free.

    You can use a master password and/or a keyfile with it.

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  3. June 3, 2010 11:03 AM
    Guest said:

    You can also use it to replace deleted dll's back in your system32 folder.

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  4. July 14, 2010 2:22 PM
    superty12
    superty12 said:

    TOS

    The password section of it is against the TOS!

    Reply
  5. July 14, 2010 3:42 PM
    jobeard
    jobeard, TS Ambassador, said:

    sure is! this was debated at length some time ago

    Reply

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