| USB Pen Drives or Pen Drives are a removable | | | | They can store a lot of data in them and are a good |
| external device that is used for transferring data from | | | | alternative for data back-up for your PC. |
| one PC to another PC. | | | | Buying a pen drive is a big task and as a buyer, you |
| Remember the day when you had to depend on a | | | | should know a lot of things. Take a look at the |
| floppy disk or CD to store data and transfer it to | | | | following buying tips which can help you purchase a |
| another PC? It was not only disadvantageous but also | | | | good pen drive. Here they go: |
| restricted to the presence of a floppy disk or CD | | | | Know Your Needs: What will you use a pen drive for? |
| driver in the PCs. The process of burning content into | | | | If you are going to use it only for transferring a small |
| the CDs or copying the data unto the floppy diskettes | | | | amount of data on a regular basis, a 512 MB pen drive |
| was a pain in the neck. Then again, it was an | | | | should do well. Pen drives are available in different |
| excruciatingly time consuming process as well. Not to | | | | storage capacities starting from as small as 32 MB to |
| mention about the little storage space that was never | | | | as big as 10 GB. Pen drives with high storage capacity |
| enough for the users to copy enough data. So they | | | | don`t cost you astronomically; however, they can be |
| had to use multiple CDs or floppy diskettes to copy a | | | | extremely handy for backing up the huge amount of |
| large amount of content. | | | | data in your PC if you consider formatting your PC. |
| Thanks to the constant innovations in the Information | | | | However, many people use pen drives with 1 or 2 GB |
| and Technology, the Pen drives have come as a relief | | | | storage capacity as they can store a fair amount |
| for the many users and they are being used | | | | audio files, video files and other data. |
| predominately for copying and transferring data. | | | | Password Protection: Adding to the convenience of |
| Here are some advantages of USB Pen Drives: | | | | pen drive users, modern pen drive manufacturers |
| They are dust-free and shock-free. So, you don`t need | | | | have come up with use features such as password |
| to worry about cleaning them once in a while. Also, | | | | protection. Now you can password protect some of |
| you are free from the fear of shock as they are | | | | your files and folders in your pen drives to ensure |
| shock-free. | | | | safety and security. Hence, if you think you need this |
| They weigh way too less in comparison to the other | | | | feature in your pen drive, then specify your search |
| external storage media. | | | | criteria so that you will be able to buy a pen drive with |
| They transfer data from your PC pretty soon and | | | | this feature without having to spend some extra bucks. |
| therefore, are efficient for work. | | | | |