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What’s the Difference Between Memory and Disk Space?
Let me clear up a common mix-up between RAM, hard drives, SSDs, and flash drives, what each does, how they differ, and why knowing matters when buying or troubleshooting your computer.
Is It OK to Leave a Thumb Drive Inserted All the Time?
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.
Should I Use FAT32 or NTFS on a Flash Drive? The Differences, and a Third Alternative
File systems are commonly formatted as FAT32, NFTS, or exFAT. Which is best for your thumb drive?
How Do I Password-protect a Flash Drive?
There are several approaches to password-protecting a flash drive, one of which might be designed for exactly the task at hand.
How Do I Create a Bootable USB Thumb Drive from an ISO?
If you don’t have a CD or DVD drive, you may be able to turn that ISO image into a bootable USB thumb drive.
Can a flash drive that has a Linux install on it become infected?
Depending on the format of the drive, how the malware finds you, and how you access Windows, you may or may not have a problem! Does that sound vague enough for you?
How risky it is to run Ubuntu from a flash drive?
Having a bootable version of an operating system like Ubuntu on a USB flash drive can be very handy for a variety of reasons. Since flash memory can wear out, however, it’s important that you back up.
