Advancements in USB Flash Drives

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Whenever we need to transfer any of our valuable data to or from our computer, we look for several specifications in order to get simple communication architecture. Our requirement may be in regard with a decent speed or a trendy design or a portable size or even an affordable price! Whatever is the requirement – USB flash drives prove to be a boon to the industry. Gone are the floppy drives, outdated are the CDs or DVDs! The era belongs to small and portable USB drives or pen drives, with huge amount of space and fast transfer rate.

Things to Look For in a USB Drive

A recent IT and computer market report says that the segment of USB drives holds millions of dollars. High-end data users are looking for even 256GB and 500GB USB flash drive in the market. To serve the purpose, they may also go for additional hard drives of up to 1TB data capacity and space. But, people prefer going for USBs, as the device is small and portable and needs very less maintenance as compared to sophisticated hard drives.

For data usage, bigger storage capacities like 16GB, 32GB and 64GB are easily available in the market today. But one needs to remember a few things while choosing a USB flash drive:

• Data transfer speed decreases when the storage capacity increases
• Modern day USB drives are compatible with 2.0 specifications for better speed
• Warranty claim with USBs serves as the authenticity of the drive. Most companies offer warranty up to five years.
• Now-a-days, USB flash drives are manufactured as per their compatibility with ‘ReadyBoost’. Usually seen that the read / write speed or the Random Access Time of these USB flash drives does not match with the actual speed of the system / computer or even the herd drives. To serve the purpose, ‘ReadyBoost’ is an added feature with Windows Vista Operating System. It helps the system to match its speed with USB drives.
• Modern day USB Flash Drives are comparatively more reliable than the earlier types. One may also opt for water resistant and drop-tested flash USB memory drives.