{"id":8228,"date":"2009-05-18T18:11:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T17:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/build-a-first-aid-usb-kit\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:23:07","slug":"build-a-first-aid-usb-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/build-a-first-aid-usb-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a First Aid USB kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll find this situation familiar: last Saturday I met a group of friends to have dinner and watch the Eurovision contest together. But as soon as I walked through their flat&#8217;s door, one of my friends grabbed me by the arm and begged me to fix his computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2009\/05\/usb-firs-aid.png\" alt=\"Build a First Aid USB kit\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it happens: once your friends find out you work with computers, they presume you can fix whatever problem they have with it, from an unimportant spyware element to a serious Windows Registry issue. And as you can&#8217;t really do anything about it without being rude, you&#8217;d better adapt to the situation. How? Easy: creating a First Aid kit for computers you can carry anywhere with you.<\/p>\n<p>All you need is a large-sized USB memory device (you can buy a 4 or 8 GB memory key for a pretty decent price these days) and load it up with a collection of portable tools you can use to analyze, optimize and fix any computer your friends ask you to. Here are the tools I&#8217;d include in that First Aid USB:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hwinfo.com\/download32.html\">HWiNFO32<\/a> &#8211; Performs a highly detailed hardware configuration analysis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revouninstaller.com\/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html\">Revo Uninstaller<\/a> &#8211; Removes any unwanted applications from the computer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/portableapps.com\/apps\/utilities\/clamwin_portable\">ClamWin<\/a> &#8211; A handy portable antivirus tool<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recuva.com\/download\/builds\">Recuva<\/a> &#8211; Recovers accidentally deleted files<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccleaner.com\/download\/builds\">CCleaner<\/a> &#8211; Powerful system cleaner and optimizer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regdefrag.com\/download-registry-defrag\">Registry Defrag<\/a> &#8211; Portable Windows Registry defragmenter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/system-cleaner.comodo.com\/download.html\">Comodo System Cleaner<\/a> -Complete suite with cleaning and repairing tools<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaryutilities.com\/builds.html\">Glary Utilities<\/a> &#8211; Pocket-sized toolkit for PC maintenance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defraggler.com\/download\/builds\">Defraggler<\/a> &#8211; Portable defragmenter with support for single files and folders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll find this situation familiar: last Saturday I met a group of friends to have dinner and watch the Eurovision contest together. But as soon as I walked through their flat&#8217;s door, one of my friends grabbed me by the arm and begged me to fix his computer. Yes, it happens: once your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/build-a-first-aid-usb-kit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Build a First Aid USB kit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-8228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335552,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8228\/revisions\/335552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8228"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=8228"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=8228"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=8228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}