In fact, you can even use this USB stick to quickly connect an Xbox 360 to your Wi-Fi network - just select the Windows Connect Now option while setting up a wireless network on your Xbox. You can then use the USB stick to quickly connect to your Wi-Fi network on other computers without typing the password over and over again. Windows includes a feature that can save your current wireless network’s name, password, and other information to a USB stick. But if you’re working with 2 GB of RAM or less, this could cut down on some major slow-load-time frustrations. Of course, since most PCs today pack at least 4 GB of RAM, chances are ReadyBoost won’t make any real noticeable different. If a storage device fails the test, Windows will automatically retest the storage on a regular basis. Windows Vista and Windows 7 automatically test removable storage when attached. The most effective way to determine whether a specific flash drive meets ReadyBoost requirements is to test it. So how do you know if your flash drive has the ReadyBoost power to get you up to speed? According to Microsoft: It isn’t solving a problem, it isn’t meant to be practical or useful. More importantly, why would you be bothered about checking it out or leaving something on it? The answer to that is – because it’s fun (for some people at least). You could end up with scratches on your laptop, a broken USB port, broken USB drive or all three. The downside is that if even one of the hard drives fails, you lose everything - every file would be incomplete.īury it in a wall with its end sticking out.Īs you can see its not very convenient. The performance edge comes from the fact you’re getting massive throughput - it’s like going from one lane to four, since you’re writing and accessing all four drives in parallel. Let’s assume we’ve got a setup with four hard disks. So it’s not especially useful, but it is cool.īasically, RAID 0 is all about performance, employing what’s called striping (where data is broken up into pieces and written across multiple drives). The data is then inaccessible unless both drives are mounted, so the two drives can be given to two trustworthy people and then only used in tandem, kind of like missile keys. You can create a stripe set between two thumb drives, essentially a mini RAID0 array.
Because let’s face it - we could all use a few more missile keys in our lives. After scouring a recent Quora thread calling for useful (and largely unknown) thumb drive tips and tricks, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most painfully brilliant ways to put your flash drive to work.
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