High Capacity, Reliable, Cheap Flash Drives Make Data Backups A Breeze
If you are looking for a way to backup and move files and data around, the great news is that there are excellent cheap flash drives available on the market today.
Not too long ago, the only way to accomplish backups and transportation of your files was to use CDs, external hard drives or zip drives. However, flash memory has been getting cheaper over the years and now it is possible to buy high capacity flash drives for a lesser price than you could buy a 1GB flash drive in 2005!
Flash memory has definite advantages over traditional external hard drives, DVDs, etc. In the first place, there are no moving parts in a cheap flash drive. This makes the storage medium far more stable and reliable than older hard drives.
Data can be stored much more reliably on flash memory than on HDDs.
Apart from that, flash drives consume much less power than drives with moving parts. This makes them greener and less expensive to use.
Since these drives are smaller and lighter than external hard drives, they are easier to carry around too.
You should get an idea of the size of the USB drive you need to buy. The capacity depends on what you plan to use it for.
If all you need to do is to move a few files around or port some media files from one computer to another, a smaller capacity drive would be sufficient for you.
On the other hand, if you want to back up a lot of files on your computer or if you want to move many large media files (videos, photos, audios) around, then you should consider getting a higher capacity flash drive.
If that is the case, consider getting a drive with a minimum of 128GB storage capacity. There are even higher capacity drives available on the market, including for purchase online.
Flash drives have been getting cheaper and bigger all the time. It is quite amazing to think that just a few short years ago, a 1GB pen drive was considered big! Now we are moving into the terabyte range and beyond.
Because technology is getting cheaper by leaps and bounds, you can look at buying cheap flash drives that have a higher capacity than you might need right away. That way, you future-proof your investment – and these drives can serve you for years reliably.
When buying a flash drive, try to get one that is USB 3.0 compatible. Then you are assured of data transfers at far higher speeds on the ports of USB 3.0 enabled computers.
You could look at purchasing a solid state drive as well (SSD). SSDs function like traditional hard drives in computers, except that they are made entirely of flash memory. Because of this, SSDs are far faster than normal hard drives, consume less power, are silent and significantly more reliable than their older counterparts.
The downside is of course, the cost. SSDs are still relatively expensive, though this is expected to come down in the years ahead. Pen drives still have the advantage of lower prices. That’s a key reason why many people prefer to use thumb drives over these new versions of hard drives.
In fact, when you look at cheap flash drives, we recommend that you look at USB 3.0 compatible external solid state drives as well. There are some available at reasonable price points these days.
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I often need to transfer photographs and videos from one computer to another. I like to use these USB drives since they are so easy to carry around. Unfortunately, most on the market do not have enough storage capacity for my needs.
So I generally use portable hard drives for such purposes. Of course, this is not to deny that memory sticks will be perfectly adequate for most folks.
There is one negative about these drives you should take into account, though. If you happen to use them to transfer files to and from public computers (such as at an Internet cafe or even some libraries), be careful of virus and spyware infections. It is all too easy for many kinds of nasty stuff to get onto your home or office computer from public computers via these flash drives.
Other than that, there isn't really any huge downside to using this storage media.