Flash Drive Guide

The development of USB flash drives has been tremendously useful for anyone who wants to be able to copy files from a computer and carry them around in portable form. The USB flash drive is a common and efficient piece of kit and consequently most of us have one. This guide is dedicated to the humble flash drive and you’ll find all sorts of useful articles offering tips and tricks and potential uses for this diminutive hardware. Whether you want to use your flash drive to transfer photos, back up your PS3, or as a bootable Windows 7 drive you’ll find instructions here. You’ll also find help with selecting which USB flash drive to buy next.

15 Office Gadgets You'll Want Hoping to find office gadgets that will improve your work environment, help keep you organized or just look cool on your desk? Look no further! We've found 15 of the coolest...	Encrypt Your USB Flash Drive Encryption plays a major role in the security of any organization. One of the biggest nightmares IT personnel face is the use of flash drives. These thumbdrives (flash drives)...
Memory Sticks versus Flash Drives In the battle of memory sticks versus flash drives, both sides win. These storage devices are not interchangeable in terms of functionality. This article delves more into why memory...	Encrypted Flash Drives In Linux Security is a major concern with flash drives - small and easy to lose, they can be the cause of serious headaches. However, there are several free, open source solutions out there...

Transferring Photos Via USB Flash Drive

There are several ways to transfer photos from one computer to another. We discussed how to email photos in part one of this series. This article will look at the benefits of using a flash drive to transfer...

Undelete Files in Ubuntu Using Foremost

Although there's no common "undelete" command for a Linux EXT3 file system, you can recover many types of accidentally erased files, including documents, graphics, and system files using the...

Automatic Incremental Backup in Windows 7

In Windows Vista, it was necessary to set up a schedule in Task Scheduler to automate incremental backups, and even worse, full backups were not available in the Home versions of Vista. Windows 7 brings...

Fixing Hard Drive Errors Using the Debian-based Knoppix Distribution

The Knoppix CD serves as a rescue disk that allows a computer user access to applications and utilities that allow him to fix hard drive errors. The graphical user interface makes the hard drive tools...

Transferring Photos with Windows Easy Transfer

In the last article of this series on how to transfer digital photos from one computer to another, we’ll explore the option of using Windows Easy Transfer....

Ten Excellent Cheap Jump Drives

Jump drives are excellent ways to save, backup, and transport data at a really cheap price. Here are ten excellent and cheap jump drives with a review and price comparison....

How to Create a Bootable Windows Vista or Windows 7 Flash Drive - Booting from Flash Drive

Installing Windows from a CD or DVD that can't be read by ROM? Experiencing slow Windows installation! Gone are the days when you had to install Windows using CD or DVD...