USB Emergency Kit

Derived from an old Reddit post of mine, this is a list of tools you can have on a single USB flash drive with the use of software like Ventoy. A 32GB drive or larger is recommended. It’s as simple as running Ventoy to create a partition where you can drop bootable images and other files.

• Bootable Linux
  • CentOS
  • Debian Live (use unofficial for non-free firmware) – general OS
  • Fedora
  • Kali Linux – penetration testing
  • Manjaro
  • Tails – privacy
• Bootable Anti-Virus (AV)
  • ESET System Rescue Live
  • Kaspersky Rescue Disk
  • Norton Bootable Recovery Tool
• Bootable Data Tools
  • Clonezilla – cloning, imaging
  • Clover EFI – bootloader
  • rEFInd – boot manager
  • GParted – partition manager
  • Parted Magic – cloning, imaging, partitioning, more
• Other
  • MemTest86+ – RAM tester
  • Windows PE (WinPE) – Windows recovery
• Boot Toolkits
  • Hiren’s Boot CD PE
  • Ultimate Boot CD
• Rescue
  • Acronis Bootable Media (if owned)
  • Active Boot Disk
  • Boot-Repair-Disk
  • EaseUS Emergency Disk
  • Macrium Rescue Environment
  • Rescatux
  • Rescuezilla
  • SystemRescue
• Drivers and Applications
  • LiberKey – portable applications
  • Ninite – application downloader
  • PortableApps – portable applications
  • Snappy Driver Installer (SDI) – driver downloader
  • winPenPack – portable applications