I've always used my hard drive in my computer to store important documents/datas/pictures. Now I am thinking of transferring all those important documents into a flash drive. Are those tiny portable usb flash drives safe and reliable as regular hard drives in my computer? If so, I am thinking of transferring everything into the flash drive and erasing it from my hard drive in my computer. I have about 1 gig of important documents & pictures.
2007-11-24 18:45:37 · 7 answers · asked by mane 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
both are reliable.. but you never know what's gonna happen so backing up your stuff or keeping it somewhere safe (such as a flash drive) is a GOOD idea.
2007-11-24 18:52:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flash drives are very reliable. Since they have no moving parts (hence their alternate names of "solid state storage"), they have far less greater chances of failing/crashing.
Flash drives are getting cheaper every day, but a 2 gigabyte drive (which is what you will need) will still run you about $40-50.
The larger capacity flash drives (eg 250 GB) can run you about $140-160.
You probably don't need to know this but, make sure if you ever have to format the drive that you use FAT32, and not NTFS. NTFS is recommended for larger drives, not the small portable thumb ones.
2007-11-24 18:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by Artisan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is only one GB of data then the flash drive is better hands down, hard drives have mechanical parts that wear out and cannot be safely moved around, flash drives may have a limit on the times you can read/write from them but i have yet to see one that wore out, and i had the same flash sticks for 3 years now that are in frequent use
2007-11-24 18:52:38 · answer #3 · answered by gnarldroot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's best to always have two copies of your data. That way, in case something happens to one, you have the other. This applies only to personal files (probably eveyrhting in your "My Documents" folder, as programs can be restored.off of the install discs / internet.
The flash drives should be, ive never experienced any problems. Like I said above, if yiou want them off your computer, make two copies first.
2007-11-24 19:14:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flash drives are more resistant to impact shock, but hard drives are more resistant to rewrites (if you rewrite a flash memory location 10,000 times or so, that location dies).
Your best best is to have THREE backups. That way, at least one will survive.
And remember to take the possibility of fire, theft or lightning into account. (Lightning will FRY anything it comes into contact with, even if it has a surge suppressor on it).
2007-11-24 19:03:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DONT DELETE IT DONT DONT DONT!!!! YOU CAN LOSE THE FLASH DRIVE IVE DONE IT BEFORE AND IVE BEEN HATING MY SELF FOR IT FOR YEARS!!!! HARDRIVES ARE ALLLLLOT BETTER. YOU SEE, ALOT OF MY COMPUTER BUDDYS, HAVE BEEN GETTING MAD BECAUSE WITH THE FLASH DRIVE YOU CAN VERY EASILY ERASE STUFF OFF IT WHILE A USB EXTERNAL HARDRIVE YOU CANT ACCIDENTLY ERASE SOMETHING OR LOSE IT:)
2007-11-24 19:03:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
simpler way. upload ur docs to ur yahoo account as an email attachment, then store them. your pictures, upload them to flickr which is a part of yahoo too. on the flickr account, make the pictures private.
2007-11-24 18:51:03 · answer #7 · answered by agello24 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋