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THE EMERGENCY KIT
What I actually carry. Two options per category, never more — a wall of links means nobody chose anything.
DRAFT — Antonio to confirm exact models. Affiliate links pending Amazon Associates approval.
🔌 Main USB drives
32–64 GB is the sweet spot: big enough for a full working library, small enough that FAT32 formats without drama.
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.2
Metal body, fast, survives years of booth abuse. The default answer.
Check price →🎒 The backup that lives in your pocket
Buy two of whichever main drive you pick. Identical drives, identical exports. That's the whole trick — redundancy beats recovery every time.
☔ Worth adding
- A small hard case or keyring capsule — crushed and wet drives are half the lab jobs.
- A USB-C ↔ USB-A adapter — the booth laptop never has the port you need.
Drive already failed? Recovery route → · Full prevention system: Never again →