thumb drives
Label that Thumbdrive with your Contact Information
I probably own over a dozen USB memory sticks; it’s just such a handy and useful piece of technology that finally allowed us to rid ourselves of the floppy drive. For just a few dollars I can have a 1GB thumbdrive that is more than adequate to transfer files between computers. As I don’t keep [...]
Fill a Thumbdrive with Random Files (or MP3s)
As a long standing member of the Apple iPod cult I can’t really relate to the problem I am about to speak to. Each morning, I sync my iPod to iTunes to grab the latest podcasts and any new music added to the library. Like most, I also have a number of smart play lists [...]
Using CDs/DVDs like Flash Drives in Vista
Another of the less talked about features provide by Windows Vista is the Live File System. Live File System is a great new way to utilize your blank optical media. Simply, it allows one to use blank CDs or DVDs in the same way a USB flash drive would be used. Files can be copied [...]
Read-only Thumbdrive in One Easy Step
Some USB thumbdrives/memory sticks have a physical switch that can put the drive into read-only mode. When transferring files to an untrusted or compromised machine, a thumbdrive in read-only mode will prevent any data to be written to the drive, or corrupt data already on the drive. Unfortunately, not only are these thumbdrives difficult to [...]
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