You can't just take an existing Windows installation and move it to a pen drive, but thanks to the intrepid work of a few foolhardy experimenters, it is possible to create custom installations of Windows that boot from a USB drive.
The folks at Ngine.de have done exactly that, and they document how to do it by modifying the Windows XP installation CD, with additional hints in their forum for those who want to run Windows from a USB flash drive.
One major limitation to installing Windows on a USB drive using this technique is that it will only boot and run on the system it was installed on -- it isn't transferrable to another PC, which seriously limits its usefulness. But it's still possible to do some clever things, such as use it as an emergency recovery environment if BartPE doesn't prove to be flexible enough.
Maintain A Standalone Password Repository
I hate passwords. I hate having to come up with them ("Sorry, this password must be at least ten characters long and have at least one digit"), I hate having to remember them, and I hate trying to recover them. That said, passwords are still going to be used for a good long time to come, and many times they're the easiest way to secure something. Since a USB drive carries your data and goes where you go, it makes sense to use it as a password store, too -- one that is itself protected against unauthorized use.
  KeePass maintains all your passwords in a single repository using well-documented encryption algorithms. (Click image to enlarge.) |
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