There is no difference. Flash drive, pen drive, and thumb drive are all interchangeable terms.
the diffferance is in the name
Yes, you can.
a flash drive or pen drive, or possibly a USB key
because the first pen drive was made like a pen
It is also called, thumb drive, power drive, and pen drive.
Go on My Computer.. And its shown.
only the name is different
NO, becasue it's original name is flash drive or USB flash drive. As we connect flash drive to the USB port of a PC or laptop, it flash its content (files and folders) instantly. That is the reason it is called USB FLASH DRIVE.As far as name PEN DRIVE is concern, USB Flash drive came in different shapes and one of the shape is PEN. That's why some people specially people coming from Indian region call it PEN drive. Same like they call Photocopier as Xerox machine (as well know that XEROX is the name of the company only)..Ans:A USB flash drive or simply flash drive is a type of removable storage medium.The flash drive comes in various shapes and sizes (both bulkyandsmall) like watches,wrist bands, ikura sushi,swiss knives etc.Some USB flash drives had shapes like pen which were very popular and thus people remember these drives as pen drives rather than USB flash drives.A pen drive is a popular name not the official name of this storage medium.
Test it on another computer and test another flash/pen-drive on that computer. Then use Google to find some flash-drive recovery programs. Finally, most likely, time to buy a new drive.
Yes, there are quite a few different names: Thumb Drive Flash Drive USB Drive Stick Drive Pen Drive Memory Stick All are essentially USB Flash Drives.
the first "pen" or "flash" drive was made in 1987.