Store And Transfer Data Using Flash Drives

Flash drives offer an inexpensive way to store and transfer data from one computer to another

. While these small drives were initially expensive, the price has dropped remarkably to the point that smaller drives are often offered as free gifts by advertisers.

The drives, also known as thumb drives, simply plug into any available USB port on your computer. The powered USB drive supplies the necessary power to run the drive, so no batteries are required. Some drive are larger than a USB port and can block the ports adjacent to where the drive is inserted.

While data can be stored and erased on the USB drives many times, you should know that eventually the drive may fail. Thus, USB drives are not the best choice for backing up data. If you plan to use the small drive for such a purpose, you should have more than one copy of critical data.

While called drives, these devices contain no mechanical disk. Data is stored in memory that is installed inside the drive. The data is accessed and stored just like any other disk from the point of view of the computer user. One major difference is the ease of moving data from one machine to another simply by ejecting and removing the disk to plug it into another drive.

Before removing the USB drive from your computer, you should use the option to safely remove hardware. This will ensure that the computer has finished with all the data transfer and protect your drive. If you simply unplug the drive to move it to another computer, you may lose important data and could cause the drive to fail prematurely.

For an easy way to share digital photos or videos, consider a thumb drive. Large amounts of data can be added to the small drive and hand delivered or snail mailed to friends or family. Once they plug the drive into their computer, the data can be accessed almost as quickly as if it resided on their hard drive. Transfer from the thumb drive to the hard drive is a very simple matter.

For an inexpensive way to move or store data, consider a flash drive. While the life of the drive is not infinite, it normally makes a reliable way to move data. You should always make sure that you keep a copy of critical data in more than one location, so do not delete the data from your computer until you are sure that it has been stored on another.

by: Burdon P Tennyson

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