Portable Memory Sticks

Flash drive...? Do you have a flash drive? if yes what kind? I have the sony micro vault tiny. I got the cheepest one it is smaller than a digital camera chip and mine holds 512 mb. but they make one that holds 2 GB!! Please answer! this is a school project. we have to ask a bunch of people a question for a survey that I have no idea what we are going to use it for.

How to keep files between flash drive and computer in sync? I have a computer and a flash drive that both have the same homework files. I take the flash drive to and from school to work on homework, and I have to manually update those files onto my computer. How can I automatically have the files on my flash drive update the files on my computer?

How do I get media from my flash drive connected to my PC to stream to other devices? I can already stream music and videos from my hard drive to my Xbox 360 but want to be able to stream the content from my flash drive connected to my computer (without connecting the flash drive directly to the Xbox 360). I am sure it can be done. I am using Windows Vista.

Can one work on files and folders from within a flash drive? That is, a) are they like minature hard drives where one could reorganise, rename and generally continue with projects stored on the flash drive by doing it on the flash drive itself, or b) would I have to download to PC from it, do whatever I have to do, then reload back to the flash drive? Would be great if anyone could recommend one or two brands. Thanks.

What is the best flash drive for windows vista? All flash drives are NOT created equal! Help! I've tried San Disk cruzer micro usb 2.0 FLASH DRIVE 2GB and just recently PNY Attache HIGH SPEED USB 2.0 DRIVE 2GB 3PK . Any tips? No I will not put XP on my notebook....That what my desktop is for.

How do you transfer music from a flash drive to iTunes? The music on my flash drive is from Windows Media Player, but my Dell doesn't have iTunes. I have an iMac which does have iTunes but which isn't capable of supporting WMA files. How do I transfer music from my flash drive to iTunes?

What is the most secure kind of flash drive to use? I am asking what is considered the most highly advanced usb flash drive that would prevent someone from stealing data from it, whether it be protected by passwords, encryption, or whatever and what about the ones that are "rugged" or waterproof. Which flash drives fits this description? (Also about how many pages of document would 8gb hold?) Thanks !

What to do when my flash drive stops working? I have a Dane Elec flash drive. I have had it almost two years. Today, I placed it in to my USB port, but nothing happened. No lights flashing, no sound to alert me that there was something in the port. I tried it on another laptop, with the same results. What can I do to retrive the info off of this flash drive and/or what can I do to make it work again?

How do you put songs and pictures from your computer on a flash drive? Yesterday I bought an 8 GB flash drive. I have an Acer lap top computer and a Sony regular computer. I stuck the flash drive in the lap top, clicked on my computer, and found the flash drive. But from there I get lost. I am 61 and not computer smart, so could someone tell me in idiot language, step by step how to get the songs on the flash drive and the pictures? I really need help. Thank you so much!

How come my usb flash drive doesnt show up in My Computer or by my clock? My flash drive doesnt show up at all, anywhere in my computer. The light on my flash drive is on, indicating it is running.

What is the differnece between a jump drive and a flash drive? My daughters teacher told them they needed a jump drive. Is a jump drive the same thing as a flash drive?

How can I transfer iTunes files onto a flash drive to I can play it in my car? The stereo in my car has a flash drive plug and I was wondering how I could transfer my iTunes files onto a flash drive so that it would play in my car. Thanks in advance!

How can I back up an iTunes library to a smaller flash drive? Our computer has been having lots of problems lately, and I've been thinking about putting all of my music and pictures onto a flash drive. The problem is, my flash drive is only 2GB, and the songs I need to back up equal over 5 GB... Is there any way to compress the songs so they are able to fit onto the flash drive? If it is possible to convert songs to the information format in order to back them up to CDs, is it not possible to do the same when backing songs up to a flash drive?

How do I remove the U3 function from my flash drive? I just got a flash drive with the U3 function and I don't plan on using it. I do not want to put programs on my flash drive, I just need my flash drive to take homework assignments to school. I tried uninstalling the U3 but when I insert the flash drive, it is read as two drives. When I try to uninstall the U3 it says that it cannot unistall untill I remove the extra drive, but the extra drive is automatically put there. Is there any other way to remove the U3 feature, because it is really annoying. I've already tried formatting the flash drive.I already went to the website and downloaded their uninstaller but the same thing occured. Has anyone had the same problem? What can I do to remove the U3 feature?

How to format a flash drive if the easy way doesnt work? My pendrive doens't work when i insert it to a usb port. When i want to format it says - The disk in ( the drive i inserted my pendrive) cannot be formatted. I even tried scanned the port but my anti virus software but it says that there is no media in my flash drive but the problem is there is! Suggestions anyone? PLEASE

How can I get my computer to recognize my flash drive? I just recieved a new laptop and i wanted to transfer my iPod to the laptop. I was planning on saving my songs to the flash drive then plugging the device into the laptop. When I inserted the flash drive into the computer that already held my songs, the computer didn't recognize it! Like it wasn't ever plugged in. How can I get my computer to notice the flash drive? (I also tried plugging the flash into another computer and that one regognized it. They both have Windows XP)

What is the correct way to remove a USB flash drive from a PS3? When you remove a USB flash drive from a computer you're suppose to right click the bottom right icon and click safely remove. Is there some method like that for PS3? Or do you just eject the flash drive when its not in use?

How will i retrieve data on my damaged flash drive? My flash drive suddenly the light indicator gets off and can not be opened, meaning my computer can not detect that i inserted my usb flash drive. Seems the flash drive is already damaged because the light indicator is not getting lighted anymore.

How long can you keep a flash drive plugged into your computer? I know that some heat is normal when you are using flashdrives and laptops and things like that, but I was just curious how long you can have a flash drive plugged into your computer without it being harmfull. I just don't want to hurt the computer or the flash drive. Thanks!

What kind of flash drive should i purchase if i want to upload halo 3 clips from my xbox 360 onto my computer? I would like to put some of my halo 3 clips together in windows movie maker to make a montage or series or something like that. The thing is, i don't know what type of flash drive i should use. SOMEBODY HELP!

is it okay to install an OS onto a usb flash drive? I am planning to install Ubuntu linux onto a flash drive, but I heard that flash drives have a limited number of read/write cycles? Oh, and it is not a standard installation. I am creating a persistent live usb of ubuntu 8.10, not a "real" install. Will I have any problems with my flash drive failing?

How do i make my flash drive play mp3 files? I am trying to transfer music CD's to my flash drive to play in my car stereo. However, I am unable to convert them to the requested MP3 format. I have tried numerous ways and cannot seem to get it to work. Any suggestions?

How do I transfer my entire hard drive contents to a flash drive? How can I transfer the contents of my PC hard drive to a flash drive, or to an external hard drive, and can I transfer all but certain entries. I want to do this without tediously transfrerring one entry at a time.

Can I use a flash drive to recover files from crashed drive? My drive crashed. Can I upload a file recovery program to save on a flash drive, plug it into the crashed computer and recover some files that way?

How can I save a flash game to my computer or Flash Drive for offline game play? I'm looking to download some flash games to play at school, where most game sites are blocked. I want a way to download the game/s to my flash drive so i can access and play the game easily when at school. Please be descriptive in your directions. THANKS! I study plenty.... I'm not concerned with how to get onto the blocked sites, I want to download flash games on my flash drive for offline game play at school!

How to recover files from a corrupted flash drive? My computer can detect the flash drive but when I try to open it a window pops up with a message saying something like"The disk in drive H is not formatted. Do you want to format it?".

How to install on OS from a flash drive? I need to know how to install an operating system from a flash drive. The Operating systems I am gonna put on the flash drive to install are, Windows 2000, windows XP, and Ubuntu. My optical drive is broken and I need a clean install so my only hope is to install from flash drive. I have a 4gb flash drive and all the cds.

What does formatting do to a flash drive, and how do you do it? I have a mac, and its a 1gb flash drive.

How do I access my USB flash drive on an old computer where the hookup is in the back of the computer? The flash drive isn't showing up in Windows Explorer or in the program from which I'm trying to access it.

How do I start my usb flash drive after I put it into my computer? I just bought a Sandisk Curzer Micro Usb flash drive so I can put all of my school work onto it and I put it into my computer but can't seem to get it working. I put it in the right usb spot but nothing is happening...what do i do?

How can I copy files to flash drive in excel? I am trying to copy files from excel and MCword to flash drive. How can I select the files that I just want to copies instead of doing one by one. I just want to do all at once that I have selected. Please give me an instructions in a very simple way. Thanks!

How can I password protect my flash drive? I just bought a OCZ Rally2 16gb flash drive. Is there an easy way to require a password to view the files on it? I'm sure there are ways that are more secure than others but i'm just looking for something simple and basic that will do the job, not something that will necessarily stop some experienced hacker. Thanks.

What exactly gets damaged when a flash drive is wrongly removed from USB slot? In the normal way, we have to safely remove a flash drive so that no damages take place. So, what exactly gets damaged if we just remove the flash drive without doing anything?

Can a USB Flash drive be used to move saved games/files from one PS3 to another? I am just curious if it is possible, and if it is how, does one use a USB Flash drive to move saved game files from one PS3 to another. Files such as Madden rosters, draft classes, etc. I thought i read somewhere that you need to make some default directories on the root of the flash drive so that the ps3 can read it?

How do I copy files from one flash drive to another? I have a 256 meg secure drive and I want to copy it (including its security features) to my new (not secure) 2 gig flash drive. Is this possible. Do I need additional software installed on my new flash drive?

Flash-drive.? My 2G flash-drive has plenty space in it, however, for some reason i can use only so much of the free space (1/3 approx) because a message appers and tells me that it is full. Does anyone know why this occurs and how I can solve it? Thanks!

How do you save files from a flash drive to your computer? Can you have the file still on your flash drive even after you have saved it onto your computer?

Using a flash drive as extra memory. Is it the same as adding actual memory sticks? I saw on a video a simple way to add memory to your XP machine. Using a flash drive, and either use some or all of the flash memory. Is it the same as adding memory sticks, or is it different? I have an 8gb flash drive. How much more memory would i put in my machine, if i were to use that as the extra memory? Would it be 8gb? I don't think my machine could handle more than 2gb if i added memory sticks. Please clarify this. Is it adding memory, or just virtual memory?

How can I delete everything on my flash drive quickly? I would like to do this so that I can re-use it? Will it tell me the size of the flash drive in the properties folder?

How to run Assembly Language programs from my flash drive.? The problem that I am having is in regard to a program that i had to write in assembly language. I wrote it on notepad and saved it to my flash drive, but when I try to run it from my flash drive I get the error file cannot be opened. What I need is the correct path to reach my file . My assembler is located in drive C. When I am E(flash drive) I type C:masm615make16masm_prog subtraction Can someone help.

How do I install Linux on a flash drive? I need step by step instructions on how to install DSL or Puppy on a flash drive where I can boot my computer from it.

How do you add music to an iPod from a flash drive? The music on my flash drive are wma files. I don't have iTunes on my Windows computer. I do have iTunes on my iMac, but I don't know how to get the music files on my flash drive to iTunes on the iMac. Any help is appreciated.

How I import logos to Fire Pro Wrestling Returns from a flash drive? I want some logos. I have a ScanDisk cruzer micro 1GB flash drive. Will this work if not, what kind of flash drive do I need, where can I get it from and how much does it cost? How do I upload a picture or save from flash drive to PS2/game?

How do you delete files from a flash drive on a mac? My girlfriend keeps interrupting me on my pc every few minutes so she can delete from her flash drive because she says a mac will not allow her to completely delete from a flash drive. This seems ridiculous to me? Any thoughts?

Can I use a usb flash drive to get downloaded saved games to my ps3? See, I just got metal gear solid 4. And the stealth and the big boss face camo look really awesome. So I decided to download a saved game.My question is, can I use a usb flash drive to transfer it from my pc to my ps3?

How to recover replaced files on a flash drive? I was organizing my flash drive files, and hit replace on an entire folder. Is there any way to undo this action, or recover the files? There were about 10 drawings that were copied over, and no way for me to redo them. Thanks for any help.

Is it possible to download itunes on a flash drive? I have a new netbook - which doesn't have a very big hard drive, so I'd like to save my itune songs to a flash drive. Can I do this? Can I download itunes on the netbook, and keep the library on a flash drive? Can you tell me how to do this?

How to add programs to another computer using a flash drive? how do you do this like add itunes to a flash drive then to other computer.

How to launch or open files in a flash drive automatically? "open with" and a list of programmes is pulled down when I clip to open or to explore the flash drive. Can anyone help to solve it. Thank u

How do I get files off a corrupt flash drive? How do I get files off a corrupt flash drive? Does anyone know how to get files off a corrupt flash drive? I have no idea what happened! Its a combined mp3 player/voice recorder I recorded one of my lectures and I can't get the recording off! It won't even let me listen to it on the player! HELP!!!

How do I get my flash Drive Imation 2.0 to receive photos form Adobe Photoshop? I have installed new flash drive but cannot initiate downloading form computer onto it . What do I need to do ?

How can I measure how fast my usb flash drive is transferring data? I have a 2.0 USB port with an 8gb flash drive that advertised as running a transfer rate at 480kb. How can I measure the speed?

How to put a specific program from your computer onto a flash drive? How do you put a specific program from your computer onto a flash drive?

How can you install and run programs on a flash drive? My goal is to run programs and games that require an install from cd from my flash drive on computers that do not have admin access (when typical installation is not possible). I figured that I could install a virtual drive on the flash drive to play without any physical cd's, then install the actual games on the same drive as well.

How do you transfer files stored on your computer to a flash drive? How do you transfer files stored on your computer to a flash drive? Like, how do you duplicate files on your computer so you can have them on the computer and on the flash drive? Oh, and if this makes any difference, I have Windows Vista.

What is a good torrent client that will work good on my flash drive? I have tried installing uTorrent on my flash drive but if I start a download and then have to pull out my flash drive to switch computers in the middle of the download it dissapears. I want one that I can set up to download to a folder on my flash drive and be able to unplug my flash drive and switch computers in the middle of a downlad and be able to finish it on the second computer.

Can I fit a movie or two on a portable usb flash drive? How much space is needed? I was wondering how much memory I would need to download and store a movie on a portable flash drive? Would it be acceptable to get a 1gb or 2gb flash usb drive? Do I need to compress the movies? I basically would like to download a movie and watch it at work through the usb port. Also, anyone know of any good websites to download movies? How much memory does a movie take up?

How t access my flash drive on a computer with no my computer? I have tried to access my flash drive but my school computer is seeing it but i can't access it.

How to transfer microsoft word 2002 from my computer to my flash drive permanently? I just bought office 2007 so when i installed it i installed it so it wouldnt remove my older office so i could keep it. How would i transfer it to my flash drive?

How do I transfer my library on my itunes with a flash drive? I have my itunes library at my Mom's and I want to transfer it to my girlfriends pc with a flash drive. I uploaded about 20 songs to try it first. I can download them to the new pc and import them to her itunes program, but when I remove the flash drive, I get a message that the songs are not able to play because the pc can't find the source of the music file.