Difference between revisions of "USB flash drive"
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| − | # Open Disk Utility (Applications-->Utilities-->Disk Utility) | + | # Open Disk Utility (Applications-->Utilities--> |
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# Insert the flash drive into your USB port. | # Insert the flash drive into your USB port. | ||
# On the left-hand side pane of Disk Utility, your flash drive should appear. | # On the left-hand side pane of Disk Utility, your flash drive should appear. | ||
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# Rename the flash drive. | # Rename the flash drive. | ||
# Click the Erase button. | # Click the Erase button. | ||
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Revision as of 13:19, 18 January 2007
A USB flash drive, also called thumb drive or USB key, is a storage medium for data such as Microsoft Word documents, pictures, music, etc.
How to Use
They plug into the USB port of any computer and act as a small hard drive that you can copy and save files to.
Size
They come in various sizes all the way from 16 megabytes to 4 gigabytes in the consumer market.
Other names
- thumb drive
- pen drive
- flash drive
- USB key
- flash stick
How to format a flash drive
Mac OSX
- Open Disk Utility (Applications-->Utilities-->
Disk Utility)
- Insert the flash drive into your USB port.
- On the left-hand side pane of Disk Utility, your flash drive should appear.
- Click it once to select it.
- On the right-hand side, find the the Erase menu, click it once.
- Choose MS-DOS File System.
- Rename the flash drive.
- Click the Erase button.