Problem: Windows Will Not Assign a Drive Letter to a USB Flash Drive This issue can occur on Windows 8 and Windows 10. You unplug a USB flash drive, plug it back in, and Windows fails to assign a drive letter. That’s a real problem, especially when every other computer handles the same device without […]
Today Apple announced the new iPadOS will support USB thumb drives. The iPad has long been toughted a workers tablet from Apple, but the relaity is their iPad didn’t provide much functionality. In addition, the devices have limited storage. With today’s announcement the above argument could get a little muted. Update: We learned the iPad […]
In a recent news press release from Nexcopy Inc., it appears USB Type C is trending up for consumer demand. Via the EIN News Wire Service, Nexcopy announced a twenty target USB-C Duplicator. Some of the information posted in the release talks about the upward trend manufacturers are seeing with USB type C product. In […]
Posted May 16, 2019. The United States and China walked away from trade talks earlier this week. Following that departure, President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping increased the number of products subject to tariffs. With that said, will Trump-era tariffs affect USB flash drives? A quick Google search may surface a BuzzFeed article claiming […]
SD cards are so popular today because the gigabyte capacity in relation to the form factor size is such a great trade off. The average user on the street would associate an SD card with a camera, but we know heavy users of SD cards use them for embedded operating systems, GPS systems and hand-held […]
We’ve read online that Microsoft’s May 2019 update might not install on systems that have USB flash drives or SD cards connected. According to Microsoft, the update is intentionally blocked when removable storage is detected because the operating system may reassign drive letters during the upgrade process. At first glance, drive letter reassignment doesn’t sound […]
The Gatling gun is one of the earliest known rapid-fire, hand-cranked weapons. The Gatling design is a forerunner of the modern machine gun and rotary cannon. Invented by Richard Gatling, it saw limited use by Union forces during the American Civil War in the 1860s. Megan Kening of Etsy has taken this historic concept and […]
This is our second post in a series of eight featuring steampunk USB flash drives. Using classic steampunk materials such as brass, copper, glass, and stainless steel gears, this rocket ship–themed USB drive really comes to life. Alex Slotzkin is based in Hawaii and has been a master craftsman for more than 30 years. He […]
Who doesn’t love a steampunk flash drive, or steampunk anything for that matter? Over the next few weeks, this site will be highlighting some truly outrageous steampunk USB creations. First up is the Tesla Generator USB drive by Megan Kening from Israel. Crafted from materials such as copper, brass, glass, and paper, this is a […]
If you found this post, chances are you are trying to delete the System Volume Information folder from a USB flash drive. UPDATE: Thanks to a reader who shared additional details, we now have a solution that works universally across Windows PCs. This approach prevents the recurring message, “There’s a problem with this drive. Scan […]
These are 1450mAh AA batteries that recharge directly through a standard USB port. This is how more digital devices should be designed. I am not a fan of products, such as portable speakers, becoming unusable simply because an internal battery can no longer hold a charge. A replaceable battery design is far more practical than […]
In the news, Intel has handed over its specification for high-speed Thunderbolt technology to the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the organization responsible for developing and managing USB standards. The USB4 specification will follow the current USB 3.2 standard, although an exact public release date had not yet been defined at the time of the announcement. […]
