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 ...

Windows 8.1's File History feature enables you to back up your libraries to a USB flash drive, but you can't specifically choose to only back up your Documents library. That means large Pictures, ...

Concerns are always present when organizing your digital life, and the same is true of file safety on a USB drive.

Q. In "How to Store Your Digital Photos Safely," which included information about computer storage on USB flash drives, you mention that those devices are not ...

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 ...