it is a transportable storage device like a floppy disk, but you can hold a lot more information on a flash drives. which is part of the reason floppy disks are out dated. Flash drives also allow you to easily access the information from any computer with out having to do any thing special to the files or the drive ( like reformatting the floppy disks before you can save any thing to them). For instance you want to bring pictures of you grand kids or family to show to a friend you just up load your photo's to the flash drive and take it with you, when you arrive you plug it into there computer and have instant access to those photos. The SD cards work the same as a flash drive but they need an adapter to use them due to the fact that they are almost paper thin, and are for more specific uses such as a digital camera, or cell phones.
--- On Thu, 10/23/08, clean_boost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: clean_boost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] question about flash drive To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 3:46 AM I know nothing about flash drives. But I was thinking it should be something I should learn. (I'm 65 almost, not born in the computer age.) What is a flash drive? What does it do? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
