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

08/16/2011 By 6 Comments
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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 [...]

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

08/14/2011 By Leave a Comment
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.

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

08/22/2010 By 10 Comments

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.

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An Easy Way to Stop Copying Contents From Your PC

03/25/2010 By Leave a Comment
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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 [...]

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Recover hidden files from your pen drives

03/07/2010 By 23 Comments
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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.

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Microsoft’s new article about safely removing devices

01/15/2010 By 1 Comment

Most people know how to remove USB devices safely from their computer, but few of them are still unaware of it. This new Microsoft’s article will certainly give you a clear idea about unplugging a storage device, such as USB flash drives or external hard drives safely from your computer

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