External drives like USB drives are extremely helpful for copying files to and fro a PC or a laptop. You can then transfer these files and use them on any device or carry them even when you are ...

If you want to format a write-protected USB pen drive on Windows 11/10, here is how you can do that. There are three methods to format a write-protected USB flash drive, and all of them are built into ...

This article will walk you through how to format your USB key on a Mac, Windows, or Linux PC. USB keys will sometimes display less memory than is actually available, even after the drive has been ...

USB flash drives are easy to lose if you don't keep track of them. We'll show you how to encrypt your USB flash drive so that if it gets lost or stolen, its contents will be safe and sound. Ed Rhee Ed ...

So you’re dealing with a corrupt USB flash drive. You’ve lost your files; you can’t access them, or when you plug the drive into your PC it’s not even recognized. Understandably you’d be forgiven for ...

Some time ago, ZDNet’s George Ou wrote an innovative article for TechRepublic about using USB flash drives or compact flash (CF) cards to upgrade a router. This week, I want to take that article a ...

Today’s tip shows how to format a USB flash drive with NTFS using Command Prompt and PowerShell commands. Command Prompt This example shows how to “quick format” a memory stick mounted on D: drive to ...

Hewlett-Packard's USB Disk Storage Format Tool is a utility that you can use to format removable flash drives and other external USB hard drives. One benefit of using this tool is that you can create ...

CDs are a thing of the past. Their fragile jewel cases, scratchable surfaces and often high prices simply don't fit in with our high-speed lives. But downloads, even with accompanying art and liner ...

You'd be forgiven for thinking the humble USB flash drive had shuffled off to the tech graveyard, but these thumb-sized data sticks are still incredibly useful in ...