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What bootable "live" images of useful tools? (feddit.nl)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've repurposed a 32 GB M.2 SATA SSD as a bootable "USB stick" and I'm putting useful tools on it. So far I've got memtest, seatools, gparted live, system rescue, clonezilla, and a live install iso of the distro installed on my PC. What other great bootable tools am I sleeping on?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Not spesifically a tool to put on a USB stick, but Ventoy is worth checking. I've had a bit mixed results with it on older hardware but when it works it's pretty easy to manage your carry-on-tools.

[–] hiddenSin 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I second Ventoy.

[–] Bluefruit 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ventoy is pretty great. Ive screwed quite a few usb sticks by flashing isos and now i can just put all the isos on one drive. Its a good tool.