I know u can use an SD memory Card to save files for the Wii. At IGN it says you might be a able to use an external USB hard drive and that most go for under $100. i wanna know if an external USB hard drive is the same thing as a flash drive. In middle scholl my teacher told us to by some instead of floppy disks and the flash drive has the USB thing so you can plug into comuters and stuff and save videos pictures and stuff.......the Wii has USB slots so is an external USB hard drive the same as a flash drive and can u save games on to a flash drive?
2006-11-19 13:09:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
no.
a flash drive uses eprom, it does not require any additional power source.
and a hard drive uses magnetic storage. typically it will require a power source to spin the disks.
2006-11-19 13:16:55 · answer #1 · answered by mikesheppard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If my choices were an external hard drive vs Multiple USB flash drives I would go external drive, more space, no swapping multiple USB flash drives so saves time as well. The better option is to transfer files over the network or use a crossover network cable. Way cheaper, a 100GB External HD would be about $100, a 2GB Flash drive would be about $10, a crossover cable would be about $5 Transferring over the network can be done in 1 step rather than 2.
2016-03-29 02:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the main difference is that a flash drive is more portable. You can fit it in your pocket usually, and they only have a fraction of the storage of a USB hard drive.
Think of a flash drive as an over size floppy disk, something you might put a few photos on to bring to a friend, or put a paper on to bring somewhere to print.
In terms of backing up wii data, I am not sure how big your files would be, but think of it this way - the hard drive will probably hold the equivalent of multiple flash/jump drives. ON the other hand you can by a flash/jump drive for around ~$20USD. I would start with one of those and if you fill it up go find an external hard drive.
Look somewhere like Best Buy or CompUSA, they usually have 1GB flash drives on sale for about $25 USD
2006-11-19 13:18:20 · answer #3 · answered by Scooby T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they are not the same. The SD card is a flash drive and flash drives have limited capacity. An external USB hard drive is essentially a hard disk but which is one that you can connect via USB port.
Both flash drive (or thumb drive) and external hard drives can now be plugged to your PC. If you have a lot of stuff, better use the USB hard drive. One plus point for the hard drive, it's portable.
2006-11-19 13:16:06 · answer #4 · answered by TumBa 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
USB hard drives and USB flash drives are different...
USB hard drives are simply hard disk casings with a hard disk inside... It emulates an IDE adapter... Be aware that most USB hard drives are sold as casing only and you have to buy the hard disk separately... Most USB hard drives have external adaptors to maintain power... And some use two headed USB cables to get power from another USB slot. So if you have only ONE USB slot, you'll have a problem.
You may only be buying a USB hard drive casing with the price under $100. While flash disks (or thumb drives) are compact pocket size storage media... You can already use it as soon as you buy it.
In your desktop PC, when you plug in a USB hard drive, Windows sees it as another IDE hard disk... When you plug a flash drive it will be seen as Removable Memory Storage...
In terms of usage, there is no difference between USB hard drives and flash drives. You can save any type of file in each as long as it will fit the drive.
2006-11-19 13:29:24 · answer #5 · answered by Rey Arson II 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not the same thing,
An USB Hard Drive, is a Hard Drive (a common external hard drive) with a USB interfase with the computer (it connect to a PC using the USB port).
And, a flash drive, is another type of storage device, based on flash memory (mostly memory chips).
2006-11-19 13:20:44 · answer #6 · answered by Culebrin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u should be able to save games on the flash drive...however a flash drive and a hard drive are not the same thing....the flash drive uses what is called flash memory...outside of that the only difference between a flash drive and an actual hard drive is the fact that a hard drive is slightly faster.
2006-11-19 13:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by J-Jay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. An external USB hard drive uses read only memory (ROM) while flash drive uses random access memory (RAM). As a rule, RAM is faster than ROM.
2006-11-19 13:20:37 · answer #8 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both or more or less similar. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-19 20:32:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a hard drive is a hard drive. a flash drive uses memory cards called flash...
2006-11-19 13:11:58 · answer #10 · answered by Shawn B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋