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It’s likely that nearly everyone who reads this has at least one USB flash drive within easy reach, with possibly several more cluttering up a junk drawer. Technology advances rapidly, and the era when having a 512MB flash drive was viewed as a luxury is long behind us. Nowadays, USB flash drives are available in various forms and sizes, with many companies and organizations even distributing them for free. As USB sticks become increasingly common, you may be curious about what you can do with those extra flash drives gathering dust.
One of the most beneficial uses for an extra USB flash drive is to assemble something similar to a USB survival kit. Just load a collection of executable tools, applications, and utilities onto an older USB flash drive, and you’ll be prepared for any computing problem, tech emergency, or simply ready to get work done wherever a PC can be found. The tools and applications mentioned are all entirely free, and having them stored on a spare USB flash drive will help streamline your life a bit. Who knows, they might even elevate you to the status of the family hero with everything you’ll be able to achieve using them.