While many of us have moved our entire lives to the cloud, flash drives continue to represent one of the most convenient physical ways to transport data. Whether it’s for local backup or to boot an ...

Flash drives only look like disks. In fact, nothing works the way you'd think. Flash is really different from magnetic recording, and those differences have a big impact on flash drive performance.

I'm finding that I'm carrying more and more of my life on USB flash drives. There seemed to be something so wrong about storing data on something which, if I lost, could give someone else access to my ...

A flash drive makes it a cinch to back up files, photos, videos, and more, or transfer files between your smartphone and computer, and the best flash drives for iPhones are uniquely compatible with ...

As our digital lives jump from one device to another, be it a PC at work, a Chromebook at school, or a smartphone or tablet at play, you want data storage that fits your specific needs. The current ...

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The overwhelming majority of USB flash drives you buy are going to come in one of two formats: FAT32 or NTFS. The first format, FAT32, is fully compatible with Mac OS X, though with some drawbacks ...

According to a report issued by data recovery specialist Payam Data Recovery (PDR), cases of faulty USB flash drives are on the rise, growing at an even faster rate than unit sales themselves. PDR ...

MOST of us think of them as cheap, utilitarian doodads that are about as aesthetically striking as thumb tacks and binder clips. But a new breed of flash drives those matchbox-size storage devices ...

Flash drives offer convenient memory storage in a small stick that fits in your pocket. They connect to a computer through the USB port and typically hold several ...