External Hard Disks
Long Term Data Backup: USB Flash Drives
Backing up your data files has not only become common practice in today’s technology filled world, but has become a necessity. Almost every business in the world in some form needs to keep records or backups of their information for later use, but unlike 100 years ago, we have so many different ways to backup [...]
2010 Year in Review: What happened in the Promotional Flash Drive Industry?
With a New Year right around the corner, one can only wonder what 2011 will bring for the promotional flash drive industry. Will we see the rise of some new medium for flash drives or will we see USB 3.0 prices fall and mass adoption begin? Well while 2011 is shaping up to be a [...]
Hard Drives vs. Flash Memory: Cost Per Gigabyte Explained
If you are like me, you have often wondered what the best solution is to store backups of your favorite or most important files. On one hand you have relatively inexpensive backup solutions such as CDs, DVDs, and hard drives that give you a wide variety of data capacities, but the cost per GB [...]
USB Flash Drive Myths Busted!
Did you know that plugging in a broken USB drive into a computer will result in it magically fixing itself? Ok that statement is about as believable as saying unicorns and trolls exist, but USB myths are everywhere. You hear myths from family members, from friends, coworkers, and sometimes from people we consider to be [...]
A-Data Internal (External) Hard Drive with USB 3.0 Capability!
Having trouble making the big leap to either a Solid State Hard drive (SSD) or a USB 3.0 flash storage, well why not get both at the same time?! A-Data recently announced they have begun selling a 2.5” Solid State Hard drive with SATA II and USB 3.0 capability!
Their new hard drive allows users to [...]
