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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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What is the difference between SanDisk cruzer micro and SanDisk cruzer micro skin?
nothing functional. just the casing. plastic vs metal, and smaller form factor.
What are auxiliary storage devices measured in?
Depends on the size, but today they are usually measured in Gigabytes, although older devices might be measured in Megabytes.
How do you protect files and folder on a USB Hard drive?
You have a few options. You could either make a password protected folder within the HDD and place your files in there. You could also encrypt the entire HDD with encryption software such as truecrypt. There are many options available for File protection / Encryption.
You can try to use third party software to lock the flash drive, for example Kakasoft USB security
Why do they have Braille on drive-through atms?
ATM machines with Braille are standard, these are located at all locations including drive-through, and also you blind people can get there money out to just because there blind doesn't mean they can't have a bank account
Download movie clips to flash drive?
First you have to download the movie to your computer. Once you have done that, open your flash drive. Use the Launch Pad(if applicable) to open your Flash drive or find it on one of your Removable Disks in Computer on your system.
Once the Flash application is open, select Explore (to open flash contents folder), then drag and drop the movie clip into the folder. You should see the movie clip copying into the Flash drive folder.
When the movie clip has been successfully copied to the Flash drive, follow safe removal instructions for the Flash drive before exiting. If you do not SAFELY remove the flash drive, contents on it may be damaged.
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What is the best antivirus for a USB Flash drive?
There are a few antivirus applications available that will do this. Wikipedia shows both ClamWin Portable, and Rootkit Revealer. You can go to their list of porable applications here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_software#AntiVirus There is one more I found that is a virus cleaner - it is Avast! Virus Cleaner. If you want to look at that, you can go here: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
it depends on the program but if you copy it onto the computer it should work regardless,its worked for me the times I've tried it with downloaded programs like limewire,itunes,etc.
Talk to your Technical Advisor at your company to get flash drives unlocked for you.
What is an extruded disk injury?
In an extruded disk, the fibrous wrapper has torn and the NP has oozed out, but is still connected to the disk.
How large of a flash drive do you need to download 500 plus pictures?
The size of picture files can vary immensely depending on the dimensions of the pictures and the type of compression (if any) used. A picture direct from a camera could be 1000KB or more but it could be reduced to around 40KB. Even if extremely large files a modest 2 or 4 GB flash drive should be more than adequate.
How many megabytes does an average movie take up if i save it on a 4gig flash drive?
700 MB (700 megabytes) --- SatheeshBangalore
How do you take old things off your flash drive?
You first need to plug the flash drive into the USB port in your computer. Then, there are instructions for two types of computers, so follow along to your computer:
PC (Windows): Click the start button on the bottom left hand corner of the screen. Then, go to 'Windows explorer'. Then, click on computer. If you have Windows XP, go to Windows explorer first, but if you have Vista home premium, then click start and go straight to the computer button. You should see a list of drives in your computer, but your flash drive should either be 'Removable disk G' or 'Removable disk H'. Double click on either drive to find your flash drive. Then, to take items off, just drag the item off of your flash drive, and into the trash. Another way is to right mouse click and click 'delete'.
Mac (Any mac software, e.g., tiger, leopard, etc.): Watch the desktop, and you should find a white icon pop up on your desktop. Your flash drive could be named, or it could not be named, it doesn't matter. After finding the white icon, which is your flashdrive, double click on it. What's in your flash drive should appear, and you could either right mouse click and press 'move to trash' or 'delete', or you could just drag the item you want off of the flashdrive into the trash.
Important Note: The flash drive will remember the trash, meaning the trash takes up space on your flash drive, even though you moved it into the trash. You must permanently delete the item by emptying the trash. Otherwise, the flash drive will just take up space just remembering the trash, which means it is still taking up the same amount of space on the flash drive. DON'T FORGET TO EMPTY THE TRASH!
If you've seen the "Safely remove hardware icon" before, but it no longer appears, this method may work.
Under Windows XP, right-click on the system tray (where the clock is).
Ensure that "Lock the Taskbar" is not ticked.
Select "Properties" and the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" window is displayed.
Under the "Taskbar" tab, check the "Hide inactive icons" box.
The "Customize..." button is now active.
Click "Customize..." and the "Customize Notifications" window is displayed.
Scroll down to the "Past Items" group and you should see the "Safely Remove Hardware" option.
Set this to the required value, then click "OK.
The method described above may not work if the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon is shown as a folder rather than the correct icon. Try this fix:
1) With a USB drive inserted right click on the drive in "My Computer" and select "Properties" then "Hardware"
2) Click on your hardware in the list and select "Properties" again.
(Alternatively you can double click on the drive in Control Panel>System Properties>Device Manager>Disk Drives)
3) Click on "Policies". Normally the "Optimize for quick removal" button will be active - but don't change this. Instead click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" link in "Optimize for performance"
4) Again select your hardware and click "Stop". Click "OK". This will stop your hardware and it can now be safely removed. This is a work around for the missing icon but you should not need to do it more than once - the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon should now appear normally in the Notification Area whenever ANY removable device is reinserted - hopefully for good.
5) Make sure that the icon is not hidden in "Customize Notifications" as described above. This has worked for a USB flash drive (thumb drive) in XP but might work for other removable hardware as well. (e.g. use this procedure with a USB drive to fix the missing icon for removable CD / DVD drive on a laptop)
6) Take a look at any download software that has installed connectivity applications as part of the package eg iTunes, Ovi Player. Uninstall (add/remove programs) and then reinstall (from the web site) and just re-enter your account details. Clearing any corruption with these can bring back the USB support.
7) Another possible reason to lose the icon is that the TCP/IP stack is corrupted and needs resetting. Search Microsoft for their utility for doing this. It's all done over the web (very painless).
How do I know what volume format to use when erasing a flash drive?
Use FAT32 to be safe. You can store anything with that file system.
Can you put command prompt on a USB?
Yes you can put command prompt on a USB. I tried it out. Al you have to do is copy and
paste it, just like other files. It was only 2 KB.
How do you transfer music from Real Player to a USB flash drive?
Not all video files are downloadable. You will discover which after Step 2 below:
Step 1. Right hand click on video.
Step 2. From menu that appears select "Download this video to RealPlayer"
(This brings up the RealPlayer Downloader and automatically starts the
download timeline status bar but only if the video is downloadable.
If no download timeline status bar appears the video is not downloadable.
After the video is downloaded the timeline status bar automatically disappears)
Step 3. When download finishes put cursor on video title in the RealPlayer Download Box
and select "Copy to".
Step 4. Right hand click on "Copy to" and from the menu select "Locate File ON Disc".
Step 5. Right hand click on the highlighted file and select "Copy".
Step 7. Go to My Computer and locate your memory stick drive and open it with a double left hand click.
Step 8. Right hand click in the OPEN memory stick drive and select "Paste" and you're done!
What are the common sizes or storage capacities of USB flash sticks?
The common sizes of USB flash sticks are less than 30gm and are made into commonly carried items. The storage capacities can go up to 256 gigabytes as of the September 2011.
How do you remove Windows ready boost from your flash drive?
If you've got Windows 7 or Vista, open the properties of the drive, go to the Readyboost tab and change the settings.
If you've got XP and some git has done it to your drive and then given it back to you, you're stuck. If you can't get access to a Win 7 or Vista machine to fix it, try a Linux live CD
