Never Forget USB Drive Attached To Your Work Computer

USB-Guard

Have you ever accidentally left an important USB drive sticking out of the back of your work computer or friend’s computer? Here’s an easy way to make sure you never forget again. USB Guard is a standalone tool that will alert you in case a flash drive (or another external drive) is attached during the [...]

How Fast is Your USB Flash Drive? Test it With USBFlashSpeed

USB-Flash-drive-test

The read and write speed of USB flash drives vary between make and model. If you are planning to buy a new USB flash drive, it is very useful to know its read/write speed. In addition, if you know the read/write speed of your USB flash drive, you will get an idea how much time [...]

Boost USB Storage Performance in Windows 7 by Increasing Maximum Transfer Rate

Boost USB Storage Performance in Win 7

Microsoft has released a new hotfix update (KB 2581464) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 to boost the performance of USB storage devices. This hotfix enables you to increase the maximum transfer size of a USB storage device from the default 64KB to 2MB, which will increase the performance of some USB devices.

How to add USB boot support for PCs that doesn’t support USB booting

Looking a way to boot an operating system, for example Ubuntu, installed on a USB flash drive from your PC that has no USB boot support? Some old motherboard doesn’t support USB booting. But you can add USB boot support for such PCs with the help of a small program called Plop Boot Manager.

An Easy Way to Stop Copying Contents From Your PC

MK-drive-access-control

As pen drives or USB devices are extremely handy, anyone can easily copy or steal data from your computer, even your OS completely without your knowledge. In order to prevent such things you have to implement some sort of protection on your computer. The freeware utility MK Drive Access Control might be a good free [...]

Recover hidden files from your pen drives

USB-show

Vanishing files without your knowledge from your pen drive is common nowadays. Even if you enabled the option ‘Show Hidden Files’ in your Windows, still you can not see your file. The main culprit behind this is malware infection to your drive. Don’t worry; you can safely recover your file very easily.