flash memory

Should I Back Up to an SD Card, USB Stick, or SSD?

I see the appeal of slipping a little SD card into your computer for backups, but the safety of your data on that card has me worried.

The difference between the various things we could call “memory” is a fundamental computing concept. I’ll review the basics.

Leaving a flash drive or USB thumb drive plugged in all the time runs a small risk of prematurely wearing it out. We’ll look at why, and what to do.

While the technology continues to improve, flash memory has a limited number of times it can be written to and can, in fact, wear out.

Constantly writing to an SD card will shorten its life. The question is how much? That’s going to depend on several factors.