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Kaye wants to know more about external hard drives
Hi. Thanks for a great newsletter! I’ve been seeing more and more ads for external hard drives lately. What’s your opinion of external hard drives and why would I need one. What are the advantages over a USB flash drive? What are the disadvantages of [...]
Did you know you can use a USB flash drive to lock your computer? You can. And unless someone has access to that flash drive, they can’t start or logon to your computer. It will turn any USB flash drive into a key to your computer. So if you want to secure your computer so no [...]
Netbooks don’t come with optical drives (CD/DVD) drives – so how are you going to reinstall Windows if you need to? You can install it from a USB flash drive that’s how. But even if you don’t have a netbook, did you know that installing Windows from a USB flash drive is much faster than [...]
USB flash drives are small, portable, and have many uses. Here are two uses for USB flash drives you probably didn’t know.
1. Use your USB flash drive as an MP3 player
Yes you can. All you need are speakers or earphones, Windows Media Player, and a USB flash drive loaded with your favorite [...]
Rohos Mini Drive
Rohos Mini Drive is a program that creates a hidden, password-protected partition on USB flash drives. It’s a 3MB download, and it’s free. Here’s more about today’s freeware..
I picked up one of EB’s flash drives the other day, and you won’t believe what I found. She has a Swiss bank account [...]
Installing Windows 7 from a flash drive – faster and more convenient
Did you know you can install Windows 7 from a flash drive? Putting the Windows 7 installation on a USB flash drive has a couple of big advantages: A flash drive is more portable than a DVD, and Windows 7 will install [...]
