Say Dr Skip, can you
run MPLAB 7.4 on your flash drive?

--Bob

Bob Axtell wrote:
> I owe Dr Skip a long round of applause for this one.
> Thanks, Doc!
> - - -
>
> I have to haul around personally owned files, such as
> PCB layout tools, invoice writers, password manager,
> documentation editors of several types. I consult on
> product designs, like many of us here. Dragging around
> a laptop was the normal way to do this, but  carrying
> it around my neck would be better.
>
> So, I decided to use a USB Flash drive for windows
> XP, since all my clients use that O/S.
>
> I purchased a U3-compatible 4GB Flash Drive. It
> works adequately but there is no security... what if
> I LOST the flash drive, and an evil person (or my
> wife) got it?
>
> What I decided was needed was a U3-like setup that
> could be folded up and tucked away between uses.
>
> Dr Skip suggested the use of a TrueCrypt container
> to hold all of the applications and working files. This
> means that when you no longer need any file from
> the container, the container is encrypted properly
> into background noise. Then  if your flash drive
> falls into evil hands, NO damage is done.
>
> I've been testing this for several days at home and
> at two offices, and it works GREAT. Even better,
> it is sourceforge and FREE.
>
> I built the 3.5GB container, then filled it with portable
> applications (www.portableapps.com) (apps that will
> operate within the flash drive and not spill over into
> other areas.). Not everything can operate from a
> flash drive, but my PCB layout software and most
> everything else will.
>
> BTW, I stripped U3 out of the hard disk before I
> went to TrueCrypt; its another bloated $MS thingy
> and I decided it wasn't for me.
>
> And thanks again, Dr Skip!
>
> --Bob Axtell
>   

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