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USB Flash Drives

Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drives are currently the most common form of portable data storage device. Questions about USB drives belong here.

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Which stores sell a usb flash drive 16gb?

16gb flash drives can be purchased from too many stores to list them all. One could go to a local electronics store, where they should have these in stock at most times. Then there are the online stores, like Amazon and Overstock. At eBay one can find new and used flash drives, and probably the best deals are found here at any given time.

How much data can flash memroy hold?

Common flash memory chips can hold anywhere from 256 MB to 16 GB. In Secure Digital (SD) cards, any size greater than 2 GB utilizes SDHC technology (Secure Digital High Capacity) to allow the file system to hold a single file of 4 GB or more. A typical USB Flash Drive at 4 GB costs about 8 or 10 USD. Common flash memory chips can hold anywhere from 256 MB to 16 GB. In Secure Digital (SD) cards, any size greater than 2 GB utilizes SDHC technology (Secure Digital High Capacity) to allow the file system to hold a single file of 4 GB or more. A typical USB Flash Drive at 4 GB costs about 8 or 10 USD.

What can i do if my usb ports won't recognize flash drives or anything?

Assuming you have no guarantee left, you can buy a controller card (PCMCIA for laptops, in case you have a free slot). A very unlikely scenario is that someone has played a prank on you and disabled the USB ports from the BIOS, in which case they can be re-enabled.

Can your wireless usb device be traced?

Not at this time due to technology departments privacy issues in maybe a year or two we will be able too

What is eSata?

eSATA refers to a SATA port located externally near other onboard ports. Hard drives, SSDs, and optical drives can be connected to this.

It is a SATA port on the outside of the case.

This port is commonly found on cable DVR boxes as well in order to add additional storage capacity to the DVR cable box.

How do you organize files on a flash drive?

1. Plug the flash drive into your USB port.

2. Once the computer recognizes it, go to My Computer (or Computer in Windows 7 & 8) & click on your flash drive's icon.

3. Once inside your flash drive's folder, follow these steps to organize them:

3a. Right click inside the window of your flash drive's files, hover over New & click Folder. Name the folder (optional), & it's simply drag & drop the files you want from their locations into the new folder.

3b. Repeat to make multiple folders inside your flash drive.

Why is recommended not to remove the usb device directly?

If the computer is writing to the USB drive at the moment when you disconnect the device, then you could have, for example, a file on the drive with a beginning and no end. Also, if the computer is dependent on things that are stored on the USB drive, then it needs to know before these files disappear. Before you remove a USB drive, the operating system needs to check with all of the running applications to make sure that it is OK. -DJ Craig

Is it legal to load PC games onto a USB device?

In most Countries it is Legal to make a backup of your games onto any kind of media. But if you sell the game you have to delete your backup. You also must not lend or sell your backup.

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What does ''USB'' stands for?

Universal Serial Bus connector/device. An innovation devised by the engineers at Intel to standardize how electronic devices (mainly computers and "peripherals") are connected to and communicate with one another.

What is the best sounding USB turntable?

There is one "audiophile" USB turntable- the Pro-Ject Debut III USB. It is regarded as an "introductory level" audiophile turntable at $500. Good audiophile turntables cost $10,000 and more. At the other end of the spectrum are the ones you normally hear about- Ion Audio, Sony, Crosley and Audio-Technica (among others). These run around $100 (or more if they have additional features, like built-in CD burners). You will not get the best sound from these "consumer" USB turntables but they are affordable. To get the best sound quality, avoid the "ceramic cartridges" that are so prevelant on these $100 USB record players. These will muffle the high and low frequencies and wear out your records quicker. Another tip is getting a USB turntable with anti-skate adjustment. This ensures the needle stays in the center of the record groove, where it sounds the best. It also allows you to upgrade the cartridge to something that sounds better.

You want to set up your desktop system to use a solid state drive but the only solid state drives you can find are 2.5 inch drives intended for laptops. what do you do?

The easiest method is to use a solid drive inside an external enclosure, and plug into the desktop using a USB cable. This means the original internal hard drive is not affected and can still be used.

If the solid drive is to replace the internal hard drive, then the main points are: ensure the power and data plugs pulled off the hard drive will fit the sold drive - probably sata type. Also, the smaller size (2.5) doesn't matter as it can be held in the rack by various means, a special fitting, or simply laid in the rack without fasteners (a desktop is not usually moved as a laptop would be).

Why was the USB flash drive ban from some countries?

Some countries or US states have totally banned the use of flash drives (and other removable media) by governmental organizations.

Can you transfer files using a flash drive and still have the files left on your computer hard drive?

I guess if you copy the files or option drag the sites

Certainly. Copy the files and paste them to the flash drive. They stay on your hard drive.

How do you turn off your write protection on your centon datastick sport?

You send it back for replacement. Lots of people have this problem (including myself) and this was the only solution.

How do you transfer your Pokemon saved file on my computer to your R4?

Plug your R4 card into your computer and find the saved games folder. Find your saved game file on your computer and just drag and drop it. If its a different file format, you might have to google different format converter or just rename the file and see if that works.

How flash drives have affected your society positively and negatively?

Positively to be able to sucessfully transfer information without the help of the internet. I'm not really aware of any negatives?

How to boot toshiba nb255-n250 with usb flash drive?

On normal start up, IE pressing the power on button, then tap the F2 button when indicated at the bottom left of the start up screen. This opens up the BIOS screen. Move across to "Boot Options". Go down until "boot from USB is selected. Using the allocated buttons, move the selected "boot from USB" to the top of the list. press F10 to save and exit. the computer then continues start up sequence, if there is a USB stick in the port, and it has an ex/OS on it, it will run the program.

I run Android 3 in this manner.

Why is it that after installing a usb drive that after several PC on and off's it needs to be reinstalledIt starts out with drive letter G and then there isn't one?

Chances are your USB drive is still being recognized, but it has the same drive letter as another device (CD, DVD maybe). Perform the following steps: 1. Right-click on My Computer icon (on desktop) 2. From menu that pops up Left-click on "Manage". 3. From left pane of the resulting window choose "Disk Management". 4. In the right pane you will see all Disk devices, find your USB drive and Right-click on it. Left-click on Change Drive Letters and Paths. 5. Change the USB drive's assigned letter to something further up the chain (Like "U" for USB) or whatever you would like. Just make the assigned letter high enough that any future installed devices do not conflict.