What do you keep on your USB toolkit?

I have USB with a Linux distro on it (Linux Mint), and then I keep a USB with a bunch of utilities like Firefox Portable, 7zip, and Ccleaner

PuppyLinux

MSE Installe

Portable Firefox

Portable Sketchbook Pro

Malwarebytes installer

Ccleaner

This is a great thread, something I've been wanting to do for a while too.

I'll try and make a few USB's like this, a portable Win 7 sounds like a good idea.

Why you need TFTS's Admin Control Panel of course! :D

 

but in all seriousness I'd definitely add Luke's Setup Assistant in there for sure.  That's like a USB toolkit in itself!

http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/72---easyboot---a-grubdos-multiboot-drive-that-is-easy-to-maintain/e2bv1

then add hirens and falcon4s i also have crunchbang (my current favorite linux distro for grabbing files from windows drives) and you be golden ;)

  • Puppuy 4.3
  • Wary Puppy 5.2
  • Trinity Rescue
  • FuguIta

I need to get a larger USB drive and redo it someday. Maybe add Hirens.

-ccleaner

-cpuz

-foobar2000

-Hyperterminal

-Irfanview

-RealTemp

-SpeedFan

-VLC

-7Zip

- Firefox and Chrome

-Ubuntu 12.04.3

I can not even explain how useful Hiren's BootCD is.  The link that I provided has a list of everything that is in it:  http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

Seriously.  This is the only thing I run on my toolkit, mainly because I can boot up a Mini Windows XP with ALL of the utilities that I ever need in a couple of seconds.  

Not only can you boot into that, you can also boot into GParted, a Linux distro (if memory serves me), and also Memory Checking and stress testing. 

Hands down, if you need an All In One USB tool kit, Hiren's BootCD can not be beat :D.

I personally keep 1 64MB flash drive, dedicated to just having spinrite installed(old but ensures that I will never repurpose it).

Other than that, I have a few other flash drives which have different linux distros with persistence. I then have then configured to connect to my home VPN server.

This is largely because sometimes I will have to use a public computer, and I do not trust the network, so I will boot into a linux distro which will automatically connect via opnvpn to my server, thus allowing more secure network access, and also avoiding some of the malware on the system.

other than that, I do not being much with me, if I will be working on a couple systems for repair work, I will examine the situation, then bring the appropriate tools in addition to a bunch of other common tools.

My main usb drive is filled to the brim usually.. and it's 30gb

but one thing I like to keep in my toolkit is Ketarin.

It checks a download link that you specify for updated versions of a program.

You can create a list of download links and it will save them to an xml file. So it's easy to edit later.

I keep a list for myself, and different purposes.  And then I keep one list where I just list every single program (and some common drivers) I can think of that anybody would ever want.  that way any program is just a few clicks away, instead of hunting it down the internet.

It can also be configured to install, but I opt to do that manually.

 

http://gegeek.com/

This toolkit has a ton of tools, something for everything.  It's also got links to a ton of internet resources.

I use Hiren's bootcd (installed on USB) and a USB for random tools and other files.

I've just got my ve-300 from zalman (the hdd case that can hardware-mount isos), and it is as useful as it seems, I now have about 15 bootable cd/dvds on my drive, and can use them directly, so, dart 6, 7 and 8 are on the batch, also clonezilla, kali, open suse, linux mint 32 & 64 bits install cds, windows 7 and 8 x64, and other stuff, 'cause I can, in short, this is a very good case for an usb toolkit ^^

SpaceMonger is a must for a USB toolkit, it shows you a graphic representation  of storage usage. It will actually let you see where all of the storage is being used on any drives in the computer, it is so much more useful than the stupid pie chart windows gives you.

First USB- Konboot (allows bypass of windows logon) for most versions of Windows even 64bit.  When repairing computers lets me work without hassle of finding the person to get admin access.  I also fix computers by people who don't speak much english frequently.

Second USB- Kali Linux Distro

Third USB- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Fourth USB- Diagnostics Programs:

CCleaner  http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner


Malwarebytes  http://www.malwarebytes.org/


PC Decrapifier  http://pcdecrapifier.com/download


Defraggler  http://www.piriform.com/defraggler


EMET TrustedSec guide  https://www.trustedsec.com/july-2013/emet-4-0-security-strategy-and-installation-step-by-step/


Belarc Advisor http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html


Hijack This http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/


7zip portable http://www.7-zip.org/

 

I also bring an Alfa Wireless USB adapter AWUS036H as it works in Linux without drivers.

I keep a 32 bit version of Bodhi Linux on my key chain at all times. I always use some Ubuntu variant so i can painlessly set up persistence and already have everything I need.

As far as utilities go.

TFTPD32 is a must. A bad ass utility.

Copy of 7Zip portable

Copy of TestDisk. Works on all platforms

Defraggler

Service packs for XP (sp3) and 7 (sp1) since no one where I go uses Vista. (Enterprise environments.)

A separate USB with BartPE on it. For touching windows installations.

With a little know how one doesn't have to use anything else these days. Five years ago it was a giant list of utilities.

I work with a lot of embedded products that came from somewhere else or have been configured wrong. Dealing with Hospital IT staff is a hassle. With help desk tickets and all. I quit asking. For things Like IV pumps with drug libraries on them that need to be on the network but are locked out of The only way to get the IP is from the DHCP server which would involve getting help from someone in IT. That's where TFTPD32 is KING. It lets you push whatever IP address you want to devices temporarily so you can either telnet in or use the GUI config  (if the devices are new enough) to make the changes required such as setting static leases or the correct encryption. Resetting the device user and password if they have been set incorrectly. It does far more then that but I don't feel like typing anymore.

 

I have a tiny USB stick with a multiboot system. I keep installers for a few distros (gentoo, debian, suse, FreeBSD), dban, memtest, seatools. Apart from that I run a linux os on there that I use for partitioning, clamav, network testing and other things. I also have a exFAT partition where I have windows specific tools: hijackthis, ccleaner, malwarebytes.

That usually cuts it for me.

+1 to puppy linux,

I also like to keep unetbootin and any .iso files on my portable hard drive.

As a student learning Java and VB and currently looking for a job in IT this thread is excellent if I get a IT support job and just useful programs in general. I am downloading allot of these right now, thanks guys :)