Uses for USB Flash Drives

USB flash drives are used by most people today that are looking for a reliable, compact, easy-to-use device that stores information. USB flash drives are very convenient, all you do is click and drag the information that you want to store on there and it is there until you choose to get rid of it. The plastic or metal case that protects the small circuit board is very durable; you don’t need to worry about breaking it if you drop it. Most computers have a USB port which is all you need to plug the USB flash drive into. You don’t need any cords or plugs, it is even small enough for you to put on your keychain or put in your pocket.

The USB flash drive has replaced the unreliable, fragile, bulky floppy disk. Computers aren’t made with a floppy drive anymore and you can be sure that your USB flash drive will always work. Even with the rewritable CDs you need to make sure you don’t scratch it or break it, not to mention how long it takes to download information on it.
The USB flash drive holds much more information and the data will never be corrupted like it can after time on a CD.

USB flash drives are used for many personal uses such as saving home videos, pictures, documents, presentations, and even music that you can listen to on many new car stereos. USB flash drives help you take any of your information to share with someone else on their computer such as putting on a presentation at work that you made at home. Some people may also use a USB flash drive to keep certain information safe, many USB flash drives can encrypt the information stored on it for security purposes.

Network administrators often use a USB flash drive to load them with configuration information and software used for system maintenance, recovery, and trouble shooting. They can also be used to transfer recovery and anti-virus software to infected PCs, considering their size this means they can just be put right in someone’s pocket rather than carrying around multiple CDs to do the job. USB flash drives are also used to carry applications that run on the host computer without requiring installation. Since the USB flash drives can carry applications, they are now used to carry the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor application developed by Microsoft. COFEE is a set of applications designed to search for and extract digital evidence on computers confiscated from suspects. Many small businesses even use a USB flash drive as a backup either at closing time or throughout the day to save data regularly.

USB flash drives are also inexpensive, they range from $10 to $20 and you can find one that holds 4GB in this price range. Because USB flash drives are inexpensive many companies even give away flash drives as a promotion or free with a purchase of a different computer product. The uses of a USB flash drive are endless.

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