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Not really, flash drives are used to bring information from one computer to another without using the internet or anything.

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What are the H I and J drives on the C drive?

These are the letters given to additional drives or data storage mediums you might plug into your computer. If you own a laptop, you might have a flash drive or an external hard drive - for carrying around or storing personal things like photographs - that you can plug in via USB. Checking My Computer after this will reveal the letter that your external drive has been given. ^-^


When using a flash drive is the data stored on the computer?

No. It is stored on the Flash drive.


What are the technical specifications of a solid state hard drive?

A solid state hard drive is a data storage device. It is designed to replace a mechanical hard disk, but does not contain any moving parts, storing data on flash memory chips. They differ from flash drives in that they are not designed to be removable, and are designed for speed, and not for low cost.


How do you transfer data from one flash drive to another one?

To transfer information from a flash drive to another flash drive the information must be uploaded to a computer from flash drive A then uploaded from the computer to flash drive B.


What does the computer use when hard drive is filled?

The computer doesn't "use" anything. When the hard drive is filled, no further data can be written to it, and the computer does not magically place data somewhere else. Manual intervention can tell the operating system to start storing data somewhere else, such as another hard drive, floppy disk, USB Flash drive, etc...


What does flash drive capacity mean?

The amount of data/information the flash drive can store at one time.


What is the difference between a flash drive and a flash player?

A flash drive is solid state drive that is intended to store data. A flash player is a software program that plays videos in a flash video format.


Is a flash drive read only or read write?

You can write to a flash drive and read data from the flash drive. It acts the same as a miniature hard drive, just like the one on your computer. It uses flash memory, hence the name flash drive.


How does flash drive works?

There are thin fibers in the middle of every flash drive that help to secure all of the data. The strength of the fibers determines how much data you can hold.


Is a disk drive a optical storage?

No. A disk drive can use one of several methods of storing data, including magnetic, Flash, and optical.


What is a Data Drive?

Data Drive A data drive is a disk drive that is dedicated to storing data, as opposed to parity, Hamming code, or a hot standby. In RAID levels where the data and parity move around, the space equivalent of this many drives is available to store data.


Who provides a service for flash drive recovery?

Flash drive recovery services and professionals are available on the internet through companies such as the Flash Drive Pros and Nationwide Data Recovery. You can mail them the device and they can recover data from them, depending on the type and extent of damage.