| Having USB flash drives or pen drives is very | | | | Tip four: Transfer 2 copies |
| common, these days the capacity to store a good | | | | When you delete the file & then transfer the |
| amount of data in a secure manner has made these | | | | same file again giving same size & name, it may |
| drives popular among consumers, these days. | | | | get written to the same area & may not work at |
| However, it is also true that a flash drive cannot be | | | | all. However, a different name & size will get |
| safe and secure forever. | | | | written to a different area & will definitely work. |
| Jerks and other types of damages cannot bring any | | | | Hence, it is recommended to transfer 2 copies of your |
| significant hazard to flash memory. However, it is also | | | | file. |
| true that these USB pen drives can also get corrupt. | | | | Tip five: Drivers CD |
| There are many people who tend to suffer from | | | | In case, you want the presentation to function well on |
| various corrupt pen drives even after purchase them | | | | older PCS such as windows 98, you need to take |
| from a reputed brand. | | | | along driers CD to let the computer identify your plug |
| Here are some tips to fix & format your USB | | | | & then play USB drive. You need to keep this CD |
| flash drives: | | | | handy. It is also recommended to keep a copy of |
| Tip one: Precaution first | | | | windows 98 driver. |
| You need to carry out an important precaution prior to | | | | Tip six: check & scan |
| getting started. You must not remove the pen drive | | | | In case, you see your flash drive data getting |
| while the data is being transferred. Make doubly sure | | | | corrupted, just go to my computer & then right |
| that you always remove the pen drive after stopping it. | | | | click the removable drive. Now, go to properties> |
| Now, go to 'safely remove hardware' & then the | | | | tools and run errors checking & scan for error. |
| USB derive as soon as it says that it. Thereafter | | | | Any files that are already corrupt may not work. |
| remove it. | | | | However, the latest transferred files will definitely work. |
| Tip two: Always check: | | | | Tip seven: Format |
| Make sure that you check via opening all your | | | | In case, everything fails, the last option is to format |
| important files prior to an important presentation, it | | | | your drive. Here, you need to right click removable |
| won't work there also. | | | | drive & then select & format the drive. Now, |
| Tip three: Transfer | | | | it is time to scan & fix all types of errors. This will |
| In case, your file does not work, try transferring | | | | fix up all the bad sectors & your drive will function |
| another copy of the file with a different name. This | | | | as new. |
| trick works sometimes. | | | | |