USB flash drives are a cheap and convenient storage medium, but for a variety of reasons, are far from ideal for storing important data long-term.

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USB flash drives are an efficient way to physically move data between devices, but aren't ideal for backing up vital data because the devices have a substantial chance of getting broken or failing.

USB flash drives were once the easiest way to transfer files between devices. But over the past few years, they have lost ...

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For a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today ...

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