| Pen drive is the ideal for people who are looking | | | | operating system. But for Windows 95/98/98SE, |
| for bigger space to store their data and want an | | | | you need to install the drivers manually. These |
| easy-to-operate storage space. Transferring large | | | | pen drives are most popular amongst system and |
| quantity of data from one computer to the other | | | | network administrators. They can load them with |
| has always been a problem, mainly due to lack of | | | | information about configuration and software that |
| suitable data storing device. Storage mediums like | | | | can be used for the system`s maintenance, |
| CD, floppy and e-mails have always failed us in | | | | recovery and troubleshooting. They also enjoy |
| urgent times because of their shortcomings like | | | | noteworthy success in the field of PC repair as a |
| small storage and large time-consumption for data | | | | mean for transferring recovery as well as |
| transfer. Pen drive is the best solution to end this | | | | antivirus software to infected computers, and also |
| problem. These USB flash drives are integrated | | | | allowing a segment of the data of host machine |
| with a USB interface. They are small, removable, | | | | to be archived for emergency cases. Pen drives |
| lightweight and rewritable. Their main advantages | | | | act as Application carriers and are utilized to carry |
| over other storage devices are that they are | | | | applications for running on the host computer |
| faster, more compact, can hold more data and | | | | without installation. Some applications that use this |
| are much more reliable thanks to their durable | | | | technique are U3 and airWRX. An open software |
| designs and lack of moving parts. It is the | | | | platform, Portableapps also allows similar |
| revolution of pen drives that more and more | | | | functionality on non-U3 drives. But undoubtedly the |
| computers are being made without the floppy | | | | most common use of pen drive is for personal |
| drive while the USB port has to be present on | | | | data transportation you can transport and store |
| almost every mainstream computer and laptop. A | | | | your personal files like documents, videos and |
| pen drive consists of a printed circuit board | | | | pictures. You can also store certain medical alert |
| generally in a metal or plastic. The memory | | | | data on Medic Tag flash drives to be used in case |
| storage of pen drives range from the usual to | | | | of emergencies and for preparation of disaster. |
| 250MB to 2GB or more. It is as small as a | | | | Apart from this, pen drives are used in Audio |
| key-ring. For the pen drive to work, both the | | | | players. Pen drives present a considerable security |
| computer should be USB-compatible systems. Pen | | | | challenge for big organizations. Their ease of use |
| drives are faster to use than downloading data | | | | and small size allows unsupervised guests or |
| through e-mail and easier than using dozens of | | | | unscrupulous staff to smuggle off confidential data |
| floppies. Pen drives can store data, video and | | | | with little or no chance of detection. To avoid this, |
| audio files, with plug and play ease. The best | | | | some flash drives have features like encryption of |
| feature of a Pen Drive is you don`t need any | | | | data stored on them. This is a preventive |
| software to make it work thus simplifying your | | | | measure to stop an unauthorized person from |
| work of copying or transferring. Moreover, it also | | | | gaining access to the stored data stored. Newer |
| does not require any type of battery. These | | | | pen drives support the biometric fingerprinting for |
| features make the pen drive totally portable. You | | | | confirming the user`s identity. This process though |
| don`t need to install pen drive for Windows 2000, | | | | costlier is a better way to protect sensitive data |
| XP or ME as it is done automatically by the | | | | from leaking out. |