03-13-2012, 02:49 PM
Is a 32 gig USB 2.0 Flash drive spacious enough to use as an emergency boot drive?
Hi everyone,
I’ve been thinking... I’d like to use a flash drive as an emergency boot drive. The drive will have the basic OS (Disk Utility, Mail, TextEdit, Safari, etc), a disk repair app like TechTool Pro, DiskWarrior and Drive Genius and maybe one or two other useful productivity apps.
Is 32 gigs large enough for an OS 10.6.x or OS 10.7.x installation and the aforementioned apps?
I’m also thinking of using a similarly configured flash drive for use as a boot drive to run some apps that don’t work under OS 10.6.x and 10.7.x. Same quesiton... Would a 32 gig drive do the trick?
I know there are 64 gig drives for under $70 but in this case, cost is a factor and I don’t want to go with standard hard disk drives due to cost and storage (no place to keep them on my desk. Flash drives are much smaller than even portable drives.). If 32 gig drives will do the trick, then I’m set since I can get them for less than $25 each. If not, I’ll have to go with a 64 gig drive now and grab another one at a later time.
I know the flash drives aren’t going to be speedy since they are USB 2.0 but I think they’ll do the job. What do you think?
Thanks,
Robert
Hi everyone,
I’ve been thinking... I’d like to use a flash drive as an emergency boot drive. The drive will have the basic OS (Disk Utility, Mail, TextEdit, Safari, etc), a disk repair app like TechTool Pro, DiskWarrior and Drive Genius and maybe one or two other useful productivity apps.
Is 32 gigs large enough for an OS 10.6.x or OS 10.7.x installation and the aforementioned apps?
I’m also thinking of using a similarly configured flash drive for use as a boot drive to run some apps that don’t work under OS 10.6.x and 10.7.x. Same quesiton... Would a 32 gig drive do the trick?
I know there are 64 gig drives for under $70 but in this case, cost is a factor and I don’t want to go with standard hard disk drives due to cost and storage (no place to keep them on my desk. Flash drives are much smaller than even portable drives.). If 32 gig drives will do the trick, then I’m set since I can get them for less than $25 each. If not, I’ll have to go with a 64 gig drive now and grab another one at a later time.
I know the flash drives aren’t going to be speedy since they are USB 2.0 but I think they’ll do the job. What do you think?
Thanks,
Robert