some people tend to usse them as storage, but been told these batteries die, you lose your info
2007-03-21 11:44:46 · 7 answers · asked by theunchaste 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Flash drives acutally write to static memory. This "permanent" modifys the memory and does not need any power to maintain. Sort of like writing to a CDR.
Unfortunately due to this process, flash drives have a limited number of writes/erases. Typically between 500,000 and 1 million writes before they fail.
2007-03-21 11:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by Eric W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no battery inside a flashdrive.
Power is supplied through USB port for flashdrive to operate, ie read or write.
It does not require power to keep those data saved in the non volatile memory.
However, you should follow the steps to safely remove the flashdrives, to avoid accidental damage to the flashdrive and cause data loss.
2007-03-21 12:18:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't have batteries, they only use power when reading and writing, and they draw it from the USB port. The memory in them is non-volatile and doesn't require power to keep data in it.
2007-03-21 11:47:07 · answer #3 · answered by David D 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Matters what kind you have. Some flash drives do not even have batteries.
2007-03-21 11:47:33 · answer #4 · answered by Pauly 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
flash drives don't have batteries... they're like memory sticks or memory cards...
2007-03-21 11:49:34 · answer #5 · answered by miokti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flash drives don't use batteries.... don't worry.
2007-03-21 11:47:55 · answer #6 · answered by mattorodinku 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I remember (it's been a while), they don't use them.
2007-03-21 11:49:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋