[KanoakaVirus]

Hey all, i know this sounds like stupid question but I've never ever used a flash drive, not even once, not even seen it be used, if i ever transport data like music pics etc i used Cd's but a I'm wondering if using a flash drive would be faster, cheaper and easier? is it a matter of sticking it in a usb port, looking for it in Devices and Removable Storage, and if I'm correct so far where do i go from there importing data wise, would i just have to find the desired file and either send or drag it to the flash drive?

[SocialWarfare]

Yep you got it in one, drag and drop
Far better than using CD's imo

[KanoakaVirus]

Ah great cheers, i was worried i had to install software and go through a long period before putting data on the flash every time i used it as il be using it daily, thanks again for the confirmation.

[evilfantasy]

kanoakavirus if you have ever messed around with an Mp3 player you will know how to use a flash drive.

SWF check out TeraCopy. It blows away the Windows built in transfer. I have transferred over 2 gigs of music in just a few seconds with it. Very speedy!

TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of features:

• Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.
• Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click.
• Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skips the file, not terminating the entire transfer.
• Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files.
• Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual.
• 64-bit OS support. Shell integration works in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of XP and Vista.
• Full Unicode support.

[KanoakaVirus]

Woah thank you very much Evil.

[KanoakaVirus]

One more question, say if i put 20 pictures and 20 songs onto a flash drive , then took it to a friends house stuck it in one of his usb ports could i just view the pictures and listen to the songs from going into the flash drive via devices with removable storage or to do that would i have to upload them onto the computer first? as one of my friends in particular is untrustworthy. ( i used to mess around with viruses)

[thingie2]

You can play straight off the flas drive, however you need to keep the flash drive connected whenever you are doing anything witht the files

[KanoakaVirus]

Cheers buying 4gb flashdrive of a friend for fiver ^_^

[evilfantasy]

Here is another tool.

Downloads:
Download from Rapidshare - 303kb
Download from Technibble.com - 303kb

Check Flash (aka ChkFlsh) is a small, stand alone, portable utility designed to check the health of flash drives. The most useful part of Check Flash is that it can run a read and write test on the drive. During the read and write test it fills the flash drive up with a temporary file to make sure the flash drive is the size that it says it is. This is an issue as many fake flash drives like the cheap ones available on eBay are hacked to report to Windows that they are 8GB or so, but are really only 64mb.
Check Flash also has a “drive map” section which will show you any bad sectors on your flash drive.
Check Flash can also run a readability test on the drive and save/load an image of the files on the drive for backup purposes.

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[KanoakaVirus]

Jesus is there nothing you don't have software for Ef lol , thank you very much , will come in handy especially for a second hand flash drive.