USB Flash Knowledge Base
What's the best way to store usb flash drives that are used in a computer lab? Does anyone know of a good way to store usb flash drives that are used in a middle school computer lab? I have 25 kids in my computer lab and want a secure way to store usb flash drives? I'd prefer a way to file them rather than having them be all thrown into one box. I've looked online, but haven't come across a storage system.
How would I be able to view usb flash documents without the usb? Hi, I've noticed that there are some documents that have been viewed from my computer, and I'm wondering if there's any way I can view them without the usb flash. I don't have it, and I really need to see what was being viewed. If you know how, and if there is a way, could you please tell me what to do and how to do it? Thanks so much!
How do you use a usb flash drive or external hard drive in safe mode? My computer constantly crashes when I start it up normally, but in safe mode, it works fine. I'm trying to save all of my data before reformatting my hard drive. The problem is that my computer doesn't detect the usb flash drive or external hard drive in safe mode. How do you use a usb flash drive or external hard drive in safe mode? Thanks.
How do I enable 8GB USB flash memory on Windows Vista home laptop? I bought an 8GB USB flash memory stick from Microcenter in Georgia. However, my Lenovo laptop with Windows vista home would not recognize the drive when it is connected through USB port. Why is this and how do I enable the use of it on my laptop? Should I update the windows vista to use 8GB memory falsh drive? The memory stick itself didn't come with any driver to install.
How to use an USB flash memory on a PC that banned it? At the place I work to avoid entering the viruses and also to stop us from taking home a part of our work they banned the use of USB flash memories. What can be done about this? Is there any way to still use these devices even if they were banned? I also want to tell you that we are not the "owners" of the PCs, an administrator is in charge of the network.
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?
What is the best way to duplicate a USB Flash Drive? I am in the process of indexing 3000 documents contained within a 14GB USB Flash Drive. I want to make a copy (or two) of the flash drive so that I can have more than one person 'indexing' different sections at the same time. Thanks for the suggestions
Where is a good place to get customised USB flash drives? We want to get some USB flash drives for our business but would like something a bit different than the standard models which appear on many websites. Can anyone recommend a reliable supplier for a customised shape? We're a sports merchandise company and would like the USB's in shapes of footballs, rugby balls and cricket bats!
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?
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 to make XP automatically open USB flash drives? My Windows XP computer has this annoying problem - when I insert any USB flash drive or plug in a USB hard drive, the drive's folder does not automatically open, instead I have to open it manually via My Computer. This doesn't happen on other XP computers I use. How can I fix this? I have already tried getting properties on the drive and changing the autoplay for everything to open the folder, but that didn't make any difference.
How do I update my PS3 system with the USB flash drive? I am trying to update my ps3 to the current software version 1.93. I downloaded it and it says its a .PUP file. I put it on my USB flash drive and plugged the flash drive into my ps3 but when I try to run system update from storage device, I get nothing. No update files detected. The USB drive is detected but no files on it are.
How to upload photos onto the Facebook from a USB Flash Drive ? I have about 20 photos in JPEG files format on a USB flash drive. Now I do not know how to upload onto the Facebook. When I get a Prompt from Facebook to BROWSE for photos how should I direct my PC to BROWSE for the photos on the USB flash drive. P.S .. I do know how to upload photos to Facebook from the Hard Disc Drive.
Is there a universal USB Flash Driver driver that I can install for Windows XP? I got a retarded usb flash drive and it won't work. Don't try to help me I already posted for help and everything that people reply to me it doesn't help. I know its my dumb ass computer because the flash drives work perfectly fine on others. I just need a software that will allow my WINDOWS XP to recognize my USB Flash drives. I tried going to their websites but those are only for WINDOWS 98 and won't allow me to download them.
How do I make my computer recognize the USB Flash Drive I bought? I keep getting a message that it does not recognize the device. I called the tech support for the flash drive and they took me through some steps and then said that I don't have a driver in my Windows XP that will recognize it and to call Windows support. I can't find a support number or email for Windows and I have tried to find a downloadable driver for the USB but can't find anything. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
How can I transfer recordings from my DVR to my usb flash drive? I have a usb port on the front of my DVR, and have been told by a cable guy that he has heard of people transferring their recordings from the box to a usb flash drive. But, of course he couldn't tell me how to do it. I would like to be able to watch my shows on the computer while my wife is watching the TV. Does anyone out there know how to get this done? Thanks
How do I copy pictures from my pc to a USB flash drive? I have an HP Pavillion with USB ports for flash drive on front. I have Windows Vista and an HP Photosmart All-in-One (if that matters). I want to copy pictures from pc to flash drive but I don't know how and can't seem to find any instructions in my help files. Can anyone help?
How can I transfer recordings from my DVR to a USB flash drive? I have a USB port on the front of my DVR, and was told by the cable guy that he has heard of people transferring their recordings from the box to a USB flash drive. But, of course he couldn't tell me how to do it. I would like to be able to watch my TV shows on the computer while my fiancée is watching her shows on the TV. Does anyone out there know how to get this done or is it impossible.
How to transfer a Visual Basic file on a USB flash? I made a prank virus on Visual Basic and I pressed on publish and now I have 2 files one an .exe. I can clik on them and it will run the prank virus but I tried getting it onto another computer via USB flash but for some reason it didn't work. Any tips? Any help is greatly appreciated!
How to set up password for USB flash drive? I'd like to set up a password for my USB flash drive. But I don't want to protect only the files inside. I don't want anybody to save files into the flash drive or copy files from it unless I do it myself. So I want to protect the whole flash drive with a password. Is there a way to do this? Is there a program that can set a up password to protect the flash drive?
How to install a cd-rom bootsector to a usb flash drive? I want to install windows xp via a usb flash drive but I need to boot xp setup from it. I've tried extracting the boot sector and use mkbt to install it to a usb flash drive but in vain. Now I have to reformat my ufd because it damages the file system.
How to run linux on a usb flash drive easily? I want a quick easy way to run linux off of a usb flash drive. That allows me to switch back and fourth between linux and windows. While the file still has to remain relatively small under 1 gig.
How many pages can a 4GB USB flash drive hold? I am wanting to scan in my paper files on private clients in order to reduce the amount of paper I am carrying around in folders. I bought a 4GB USB flash drive, but know nothing about it. I am curious in general how many pages it would hold?
Can I reformat my hard drive using a usb flash drive? I have a windows xp Toshiba Satellite Laptop PC. I got the bad news "blue screen" the other day. I have the recovery disc for it, but my disc drive isn't running. Can I copy my recovery disc onto a usb flash drive, and then reformat the hard drive? If so, how do I get it to boot using the flash drive?
What should i do with my broken usb flash drive? I have a usb flash drive that got damaged and now when i plug it in the computer says it can't be recognized. Is their any way to fix it or any thing else i could do with it? Thw warrenty is past and i didnt have any important data i lost, it was only 64mb.
How to format a USB flash drive so that its contents can't be copied? Is there a way to format a USB flash drive so that its contents can't be copied or pasted elsewhere? Let's say I put something on there like an application. Is there a way to make sure no one can copy it or paste it on their Hard Drive for example? They are permitted to use it but not duplicate or transfer.
Is there a way to remove the ubuntu user from the usb flash drive ubuntu? Recently I created a boot-able usb flash drive ubuntu. Its working fine. The only problem I face is it auto loging with the user ubuntu. I tried change the setting of the login window. Now it stops autologing. But I am unable to remove the ubuntu user, in which anybody can login. :-( Thanks in advance.
Is there a way to monitor use of USB Flash drives on office laptops? My company has recently prohibited copying official information on USB flash drives. We in IT dept need to monitor any unauthorised use. We cannot disable USB ports as mouse, scanners, printers & plotters are also used. Are there any softwares available to monitor usage/copying of data on USB drives by any employee?
Is there any free virus removal software I can run from a USB flash drive? I am getting something that pops up that says virus alert and it won't let me access the internet without purchasing this spyware stuff. I have another computer that works and has access to the internet. Is there any FREE virus removal software that I can download, copy to my USB flash drive, and run on my infected computer? Thanks in advance for all your help!
Whats the biggest amount of space you can have in a USB flash drive? Is it 32GB flash drive thats the most? I wanna get a really nice USB flash drive memory thing but i want the best of the best one haha. And would it be cheaper if i buy it off something like ebay or should i might as well get it from a local radio shack store or something?
How can I get to my USB Flash Drive in my College's computer? I'm using a college computer using Windows XP that has 2 USB ports. However, when I plug in my USB drive, nothing shows up. There's absolutely nothing on the desktop except for Internet Explorer 6 and the Start Menu only has the Log Off and Shut Down options. Can I somehow tweak something so I can open the USB flash in the PC?
Where can I buy a lot of USB flash drives for cheap or through wholesale? I need a lot of USB flash drives for a marketing project. I dont need a lot of storage at all. Is it possible to buy 8mb or 16mb usb drives? Any wholesale companies? I need really cheap and low memory flash drives. The quality does not concern me. I just need to get as many flash drives for as cheap as possible.
How can I copy a dvd movie to a usb flash drive? I want to copy dvd movie's onto usb flash drive's to watch on my eee pc for oversea's travel. I have divx and quicktime player installed but none of them seem to want to rip the dvd to the usb. Can anyone help!
What is a good portable USB flash drive that won't bend in the port? I just bought a 2 GB flash drive generic brand at Target and everytime I stick it in my laptop and barely touch it the usb part bends back and forth and its about to break. Does anyone know FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE of a good flash drive that is made well and won't bend in the port like this?
Inserting a USB flash drive makes my computer die. How do I solve this? The PC just won't work with a USB flash drive inserted to it. This has been happening since I reformatted my PC with a new OS (Windows XP Home). I have tried inserting it in all the other USB slots, same effect. USB-connected printer, modem, camera work well enough. The flash drive is not a problem in other computers.
Is it possible to make a pagefile for virtual memory in a USB flash drive and use it like extra RAM? I have an USB flash drive and I want to make windows create a pagefile in it. As USB flash drive is faster than hard disks I think it would do windows faster. I tried to set the pagefile in the flash drive but windows always uses the hard disk. Any suggestion or advice? So, what tedious steps could help me to improve my system speed with my available flash drive Any trouble with use the flash drive, I mean what would my USB flash drive's life expectancy be
How to boot from USB Flash Drive with no BIOS support for it? I've created a bootable USB Flash drive with Windows XP on it, however my laptop (Gateway M520) doesn't have an option to boot from USB. I've also checked and there is no BIOS upgrade available from Gateway. Also, the main reason for this maneuver is because my CD-ROM drive is broken. However, I do have a floppy drive available. Is there anyway to boot from a floppy disk that will allow the computer to read from the USB drive?
How can I repair my USB Flash Drive? I have a Emprex 4G Flash Drive. When I plug it into the USB drive and click on My Computer, it is listed, but when I try to click on the Drive F Removable Storage icon, it tells me to please insert a disk into Drive F. My computer is Windows Vista. Does anyone have any tips to get this thing working again??? Thanks! When I right click, I get the same message that I need to insert a disk into drive F. And, yes, I always click on safely remove hardware!
Can a USB flash drive be used to saved games for a PC? I play a lot of RCT and want to back up my games if possible. I have a Dell Inspirion2200 it is a great laptop for what I need but I do more than just games. I have a lot of programs & was wondering if my games can be backed up & or played on a USB flash.
USB Flash Drive is write protected - How do I remove it? While transferring files from my PC to my USB Flash Drive. I received an error message - The Disk can not be written because it is write protected. Please remove the write protection from the volume in drive \Device|Harddisk1\DR5. How do I do this?
if i return my usb flash drive will they accept it? i purchased a usb flash drive from Target by a gift card. the device is not working, so i wanna return it. but i went to the website and they said something about not being able to return or i get a deduction or something. if i return the device, will they accept it?
How do I transfer files into a USB flash drive? I bought a USB flash drive from Best Buy a couple of days ago. I tried to transfer my pictures and files into it but everytime I would do that a message would pop out saying that it was write-protected or something. Please help me!! Some people are telling me to drag and drop the files. That is what I'm doing, but like I said, that message keeps popping out. I also tried formatting it but another message pops out saying that it's write-protected.
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