I continue to put together a survival library that will be second to none. The goal here is to have everything on a large flash drive – possibly 128 gigabytes. Insert the USB drive into a laptop and a menu will pop up. Super easy to use and accessing all the information will be a breeze. Well – that is the goal.
Most everything will be PDF – plus lots of video’s. The drive should also work on a Windows-based tablet as long as there is a USB port available.
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Favorite superhero: Batman
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For some reason been thinking a lot about survival back in the 80’s. I remember certain products, magazines, books, and guns that were popular back then. For those old enough to have been into preparedness back in the 80’s there were some pretty cool stuff back then. This was all before the Internet and folks were fairly sure who the enemy was – the Soviet Union.
Think I’ll write up an article about 80’s survivalism.
Until then here is a sampling from the 80’s:
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Hope everyone’s week is going fantastic!!
I’m older than everyone so my entries were Tappan On Survival and Survival Guns by Mel Tappan.
Tappan is a legend in the survival community.
John, I’ve written before about doing the same with my digital library. I have a laptop but am looking at relying on my 10″ tablet to view my material, I’m up to about 50.5 GB with more being added daily. My thinking is that I can never remember most of the information so I want it available to quickly look up and read it over then turn off the devise when not needed. I figure a tablet will be easier to recharge with my small solar panel charger when needed. I too was going to store everything on a flash drive but, since I’m wanting to use a tablet, I found out that not all tablets recognize the flash drive. I have since put everything onto a 64 GB micro-sd card that works great in my tablet. I’m guessing that I’ll eventually need to have multiple 64 GB cards because my tablet doesn’t support larger cards and all of the great videos I’m storing take up a lot of space. Just wanted others to know that if their intent is to use a tablet then an SD card might be the only way to store your data. Just my 2.5 cents worth, Myke
USB Flash drive? I recommend a few things. First of all, contrary to popular belief. When you remove a USB drive from a computer by just pulling it out. Instead of closing any open windows accessing the data and ejecting it. It Does shorten the life of the USB drive and/or will corrupt it. So basically, you go to plug it in, when you need the most…boop…no drive. USB drives also have a finite number of read/write times, but that’s in the thousands. Secondly, get a reliable brand. Not just because it’s at Best Buy or what not. I recommend Micro Center branded USB drives. You can get 128GB for $26.99. You can order them online if your not local to one.
As far as working on Tablet, pc, or what not. You can format the USB drive to FAT32 which is readable on Windows/Linux. You can “Youtube” that stuff for direction and testing before putting your data on it.
http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/06/0624-safely-remove-100040783-orig.jpg
Good stuff Capt. For a tablet I very well may use mini-SD cards. Backups will certainly be present so when I have my final library on USB I’ll probably offer it up to readers and varying formats. I would like to be semi-complete by January 1st as I will have a few days off during Christmas and hope to work on it. Material can always be added but what I have now needs to be organized.
I’ve never had a USB drive fail but know it can happen. I have washed them and still had them work. Being so cheap multiple backups certainly make sense.
I do USB and backup drives.. precisely 2 x each. More often than not I lose them or wash them.. or crush them working (leaves a bruise BTW). If you use FAT32 on larger than 32GB USB you have to create multiple partitions.. per Google.. If you store on SSD’s in a phone greater than #@ you almost have to use the format the Android version requires. I’m up to about 100GB, and increasing. I prefer some of the videos to augment writeups. picture.. 1000 words and all that.. ck out youtube downloader in Firefox.. provides multiple file types and resolutions. works better than the others I’ve tried…
it’ll be interesting to see what the next iteration of prepping is..
Thanks GG58.
I use Gskill Micro SD cards. They come with limited, but lifetime warranty. Basically, if they break or stop working due to failure. Not human fault. They will replace them. Me personally, I use the 32GB’s. Only because all my other devices…except the cell phone, are limited to 32GB. That way I can use them on multiple devices.
Yes, I agree GoingGrey58. FAT32 is limited on size. Rourke will need to determine compatibility vs size. Meh. But I think between the both of us and others he has good support assistance. 🙂
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231577&cm_re=gskill_Micro_SD-_-20-231-577-_-Product
I just received my first Amazon fire hd tablet last week and trying to figure it all out even updated with a 64gig sd card. Don’t know why I waited so long to get one. hopefully I did it right so you get credit for it. rourke, those pics from the eighties is blast from the past. I recently found a bunch of pdf file of old survival guide magazines to complement my bookshelf of hard copies. It’s pretty amazing how things really haven’t changed except for the technology. Even back then there was this threat of economic collapse,pandemics,war,martial law,and peak oil.
What kind of gun is that? That’s sweet!