Why is bigger better?
Larger capacity drives often have higher write speeds... more
What are the main factors to look out for?
Speed, price, capacity, USB version and weight... more
Do dimensions matter?
Sometimes flash drives can obstruct adjacent USB ports on your computer... more
File system considerations?
FAT32 is more portable but NTFS is both more secure and works with individual files larger than 4GB... more
Why should USB 2.0 Flash Drives be avoided?
USB 3.0 is the future aware choice in today's market... more
What is effective USB Flash Drive speed?
A measure of how responsive a Flash Drive is to typical user access patterns. Sandisk Extreme 64GB ≈ 100%... more
What is the Flash Drive value for money rating?
A measure of real world Flash Drive performance and capacity per unit cost... more
How do you install an OS from a USB flash drive?
Use a utility to create a bootable USB then set your BIOS to boot from it... more
What is incompressible data?
Data that cannot be compressed e.g. most music, video and image file formats... more
What is sequential read speed?
A measure of how quickly large files can be read from a device... more
What is sequential write speed?
A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more
What’s the difference between NAND and V-NAND?
NAND and V-NAND are both types of flash memory which is a class of non-volatile memory that retains data even in the absence of an electrical current... more
What’s the difference between SATA, PCIe and NVMe?
NVMe, AHCI and IDE are transfer protocols (languages). They run on top of transfer interfaces such as PCIe or SATA (spoken, written)... more
What is 3D XPoint and how fast is it?
3D XPoint is the name given by Intel and Micron to their jointly developed, revolutionary storage technology as employed in Intel’s Optane memory... more
What’s the difference between SLC, MLC and TLC?
In terms or write performance, durability and price SLC > MLC > TLC... more
What is sustained sequential write speed?
A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more