As someone who extensively writes about all things Windows, I find myself installing the Windows operating system quite often. Most of the time, these installations are geared toward setting up ...

I'm a senior analyst charged with testing and reviewing VPNs and other security apps for PCMag. I grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley and have been involved with technology since the 1990s.

Apple hasn’t shipped operating systems on physical media in a full decade, but there are still good reasons to want a reliable old USB stick for macOS Catalina. Luckily, it's not hard to make ...

If you aren't happy with those tiny USB drives that always seem to run away when you need them most, you might need a more bulky solution. That way you can spot it on your desk without having to ...

Flash drives spent a good amount of time as the number one way to take your files with you wherever you needed to go. As some of that has changed with Android devices and cloud storage, many of us ...

Installing Windows from a USB flash drive is more convenient and faster than optical discs. Plus, if you have a netbook or another type of computer without an optical drive, you don't have any other ...

Although cloud storage services and wireless local data transfers have reduced some of the reliance on flash drives, they are still going strong. This is because USB flash drives (aka thumb drives, ...

External drives like USB drives are extremely helpful for copying files to and fro a PC or a laptop. You can then transfer these files and use them on any device or ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One technology that's had a significant impact on our computing lives over the past 20 years has been the rise of solid-state flash storage, ...

ValiDrive is a free tool that validates the true storage space and Read Write errors of USB flash drives. In this post, we will see how to download and use the tool on a Windows 11/10 PC. Mass storage ...