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What is a USB Flash Drive?

A Flash Drive is portable hard drive that uses the USB port on your PC & is used to store and transport data safely and easily between computers. Lightweight and compact, flash drives are incredibly small and can fit into your pocket. They require no cables, power supplies or batteries.

USB Drives are the easiest way to store and transport data. They come in size capacities ranging from 64MB up to 16GB making them the ultimate storage solution that in the palm of your hand. Anyone that uses a computer will find a use for a USB flash drive. Many uses can be found for a USB Flash Drive by computer users.

   

What are the advantages of USB Flash Drives?

  • USB drives work across all platforms - Microsoft, Apple, Linux.
  • USB drives are portable and a great solution for today's wired-world.
  • USB drives can be used with the new ReadyBoost technology to speed up computers.
    • Flash Drives vs Floppies:
      Flash drives can hold enormous amounts of data. One 64MB flash drive can hold the same amount of data as 44 standard floppy disks. Also USB drives are much faster than the old floppy technology.
    • Flash Drives vs Optical Storage (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW):
      USB flash drives are more robust and portable than optical storage devices. USB devices are more compact and not susceptible to surface scratches as a CD could be which can damage the stored content. USB flash drives can re-save and re-upload data many times, unlike some of the "-R" varieties of optical storage that can only be written to once.
    • Flash Drives vs External Hard Drives:
      Hard drives are best suited for back-up and storage of large amounts of data, up to several hundred GBs. USB flash drives have smaller storage capacities but because they have no moving parts, tend to be more durable than HDD-based solutions.
   

Why are Flash Drives an ideal promotional product?

USB Flash Drives are one of the most popular technology gift items available today. They are so easy to use and so small they go where ever the user goes. Most times they end up on key chains, in pockets, or even worn as wrist bands or necklaces.

Most drives also allow for two imprint locations - so many users will have a logo on one side and a web address or phone number on the other.

Drives can also be used to distribute any kind of data imaginable; drives can be preloaded with spec sheets, catalogs, web sites, videos, presentations, or music making the USB drive the perfect delivery system for large amounts of data.





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