Bit rot and cheap NAND—why I actually trust USB thumb drives for my 3-2-1 backups ...

External drives like USB drives are extremely helpful for copying files to and fro a PC or a laptop. You can then transfer these files and use them on any device or carry them even when you are ...

I've made the long overdue decision to keep backups on an external USB drive, but should I go with NTFS or exFAT for the drive? We have an all Windows household here, and although I fiddle with Linux ...

Both Microsoft Vista and Intel's new Santa Rosa chipset can use flash memory to speed up the system. Although the sustained transfer speeds for flash memory aren't that good compared to those of hard ...

I’ve been arguing with people (besides my children) lately, this time about backup options. Primarily, some of the vendors of the new USB 2.0 hard drives are mad because I don’t think they make a good ...

A USB drive can support several different types of file formats, depending on your needs. Here's what those formats mean and ...

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