With the onset of cloud based storage solutions, geeks everywhere are starting to collect large stores of USB flash drives, including promotional flash drives like those handed out by businesses and at trade shows. There are many uses for the flash drives you have laying around that will make them more than drawer filler. Any true power user will find the idea of reusing old technology to be fun and useful. Here is a list of six of the best projects you can do to make use of an aging USB stick:
1 – Install A Portable Operating System – There are several Linux distributions that fit perfectly on a USB flash drive. You can even go as far as installing Windows or OSX if you have sufficient space on your drive. The caveat here is that it makes the stick a one trick pony.