why do more and more people prefer to use USB flash drive than diskettes?

Answer 1

USB is smaller in physical size and now having a bigger memory.

Answer 2

Optical storage (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW),: USB flash drives are more robust and portables than optical storage devices, coming in smaller packages and not susceptible to surface scratches, which can damage the stored content. USB drives can be re-written many times, unlike some of the "-R" varieties of optical storage that can only be written once
Floppy Discs: USB flash drives are generally faster and can hold more data than floppy discs. They also do not require an internal drive- just a USB port.
External hard drives: these are best suited for back-up and storage of large amounts of data, up to several hundred GBs. USB flash drives are substantially smaller and because they have no moving parts, tend to be more durable than HDD-based solution.

Another key advantage of a USB flash drive is that they can maintain data for as many as ten years, far greater than the lifespan of most hard drives

and because diskettes are more prone to getting virus

Answer 3

Ease of use. It doesn't get much easier than putting something in your usb port and copying files.

Size. The are smaller and easier to carry with you whereever you go.

Storage Space. You can fit between 200 and 2000 floppies on most flash drives.

Compatibility. You can use them on more computers since many don't have floppy drives anymore.

Popularity. The more popular they become the more people use them.

Answer 4

Universal Serial Bus (from hereon as "USB") was devised as a key component in the trajectory towards a legacy-free PC, i.e. the idea was to let go of all older serial and parallel ports on personal computers since these were not properly standardized, and required a multitude of device drivers to be developed and maintained.

A USB system has an asymmetric design, consisting of a host controller and multiple daisy-chained devices. Additional USB hubs may be included in the chain, allowing branching into a tree structure, subject to a limit of 5 levels of branching per controller. No more than 127 devices, including the bus devices, may be connected to a single host controller. Modern computers often have several host controllers, allowing a very large number of USB devices to be connected. USB cables do not need to be terminated.

Because of the capability of daisy-chaining USB devices, early USB announcements predicted that each USB device would include a USB port to allow for long chains of devices. In this model, computers would not need many USB ports, and computers shipped at this time typically had only two. However, for economical and technical reasons, daisy chaining never became widespread. To reduce the necessity of USB hubs, computers now come with a large number of USB ports, typically six. Most modern desktop computers have up to half of their total complement of USB ports on the front panel, to facilitate temporary connection of portable devices.

USB was designed to allow peripherals to be connected without the need to plug expansion cards into the computer's ISA, EISA, or PCI bus, and to improve plug-and-play capabilities by allowing devices to be hot-swapped (connected or disconnected without powering down or rebooting the computer). When a device is first connected, the host enumerates and recognizes it, and loads the device driver it needs.


A USB hubUSB can connect peripherals such as mouse devices, keyboards, gamepads and joysticks, scanners, digital cameras, printers, external storage, networking components, etc. For many devices such as scanners and digital cameras, USB has become the standard connection method. USB is also used extensively to connect non-networked printers, replacing the parallel ports which were widely used; USB simplifies connecting several printers to one computer. As of 2004 there were about 1 billion USB devices in the world. As of 2005, the only large classes of peripherals that cannot use USB, because they need a higher data rate than USB can provide, are displays and monitors, and high-quality digital video components

Answer 5

All of the above plus: You need a flash drive with its own software, so you can really use it in any computer to open your files even though the host computer may not have your programs such as a compatible word processor. Go to
"jumpvault.com "

Answer 6

1. Smaller size
2. Faster Data Transfer
3. More Capacity
4. No issue of bad floppy disks, or dirty heads!
5. Less computers now have floppy drives.

Answer 7

Its much faster and easier than setting up a burn to a CD. To burn, you have to open burning software, select files, select burn, and wait for the process. With a flash drive, just right click on the file and select "send to." Its on the flash drive in a flash!

Answer 8

They are smaller and have a bigger capacity.

But since they're a little expensive, a rw-dvd is a good choice too.

Besides, everyday less computers come with the floppy disk drive (a had to get one separately)

Answer 9

Easier to carry, no environmental issues with trash, except the info saved.

Answer 10

all of the above, and they are much more durable. if you step on one, or drop it, or anything like that, they still work. the floppy is vulnerable in so many ways.