weaknesses of USB flash drives?
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1 : Easy to lose the drive it's self and/or the cap.\n2 : You carry so much data that if you lose there may be problems with other people looking at data they should'nt see.\n3 : If you lose a 99 cent floppy so what, if you lose a $30 flash drive, well...\n\nBut I still recomend you get them, because now FLoppies are basicly obsolete technology.
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If you are talking about a specific USB pen drive then format it, and try using it on another computer. If that fails then the pen drive is dead. This happens after a certain amount of read/writes.\nIf that works then windows is acting up. Get hold of service pack 2 and install it, even if you already have. This replaces all the USB drivers.
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USB 1.1 is slow.\n\nUSB 2.x is much, much faster.\n\nI'm not a computer geek, but it sounds like you would have to replace the 1.1 card.
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Hope you are talking about flah/jump drives...\nI think it will depend on what exactly do you want. For example you will find a few 1GB which are smaller than other ones. Some could have integrated mp3 players, etc. About brands I've used Kingston(better reputatin in my opinion), and Sandisk(real tiny flash drive). Both have worked perfectly. So I say do not worry, as long as they have a nice warranty (which most do).
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USB External hard drives are very affordable and have the advantage of being portable. Another alternative is copying your data to a DVD(s). Then store them offsite in case of a fire or other disaster.
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Flash Memory Thumb Drives and USB External Hard drives.  That's where it's at today.   Double Layer DVDs are cool, but don't come close to Flash and hard drives for quick access, transportability and awesome backups.\n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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commonly called pen drives\n\nis it something like in pictures below,\nhttp://www.memorysuppliers.com/usbflashdrives.html\n\nused 4 data storage and data transfer pc - pc\n\nget a good idea about it,\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keydrive
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a 250 gb external hard drive usb 2.0 / firewire should be cheapest solution starting $ 80\n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=136&\n\neasiest & fastest option too
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no problem.  i always leave a flash drive in the usb port whenever i shutdown or startup.
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Leave it alone for a few weeks, if there aren't screws on it, then your going to end up cracking it open. Actually if you don't use it for a while and it dries up on its own, your drive probably will still work, I've had several electronics that got soaked but I let them dry for a few weeks and they usually ended up fine. Some people run over flash drives as well, and they still survive.
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Do you mean a memory card that plugs into your USB port? If so that is flash memory, and yes it has a shelf life. It can only be rewritten so many times, then it gonzo. Look up MRAM in google. it is the newest thing comming out. It will be better then what we have now.
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As long as you have drivers for it, but that's old technology. You can get a larger storage thumb drive that works easier and faster for less than $50
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Only computers that run Windows are vulnerable. The USB drive may have the virus on it, but the drive is unaffected. Viruses only infect Windows. Get a Mac.
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if u wnt web site thn go for blogger.com but ur requirement is to store information of your disk then my suggestion is to busy USB Pan drive of 1GB cost u 1000/- only. you can keep ur valuable data in pan drive in similar format as in ur disk. \ni not advice u to keep the data in web site which flow with the wind.
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you dont need drivers for a flashdrive unless you are using it on a windows 98 machine. Many people ruin the flashdrive by removing them HOT not clicking the safely remove hardware and clicking stop, if you do that you prohbably ruined it time to buy a new one, with care flashdrives are very durable
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How much storage and portability do you need. If it's up to around 2GB go for the flash, otherwise you're in HDD territory.
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There are NO good USB ones, they are too slow!  Quality sux!  Buy a desktop and get an ATI ALL IN WONDER Card.  This is what the professionals use.