How USB took over everything—from the clunky one-way Type-A to today’s reversible USB-C—told from our bar-stool friend after a couple drinks. You ever notice how USB just kind of became the thing that runs everything in your life? One day we’re plugging in beige printers with cables thick enough to tow a car, and the […]
What is “SurpriseRemovalOK” Or “Safe Removal” Setting The SurpriseRemovalOK setting in Windows is a registry value that determines whether a USB mass storage device can be safely removed without using the “Safely Remove Hardware” option. When set to 1, the system treats the device as hot-swappable, disables write caching, and allows users to unplug it […]
Has anyone noticed FAT32 format option is gone in Windows? Microsoft has not issued an official statement explaining why the FAT32 formatting option is unavailable for storage devices 32GB and larger but we’ve done some digging and came up with a possible answer. On both Windows 10 and Windows 11, users are typically presented with […]
Review with pictures and video When it comes to making a USB stick read only, or USB write protected, there are two options. The first is the original technology of using a physical switch to toggle on and off the flash drive writing. The more recent technology is a programmatical way to toggle the write […]
Lake Forest, CA – [June 24, 2025] — Nexcopy introduces the Lock License USB drive as a secure, modern alternative to the USB write protect switch — offering firmware-level data protection with no physical toggle. A leading provider of advanced USB technology solutions, Nexcopy is emphasizing that the Lock License USB flash drive is a […]
Update [June 13, 2025]: The official press release is now live. Click here to read the full announcement. Since 2008 when USB flash drives really started getting mainstream most IT folks and systems integrators leaned on USB drives with physical write protect switches to safeguard files from tampering or corruption. But that hardware toggle — […]
Freeware for Running a Server from a USB Stick There are several free software options which allow people to set up a portable server on a USB stick. Probably the biggest sector looking for freeware to run a server on a USB stick would be students looking to learn more about server functionality or developers […]
It is common to hear Raspberry Pi owners want more USB ports. GetUSB.info just read about them introducing an official 4 port USB hub. Sweet. To note, most Raspberry Pi single-board computers, except for the Raspberry Pi Zero and A+ models, include a built-in USB hub that splits one USB connection into several USB Type-A […]
The USB Mass Storage Device Protocol defines how USB devices which are attached to a host computer should interact (such as flash drives, external hard drives, and memory cards) and this protocol is critical for allowing stuff to talk with each other in the computer world. Here’s a breakdown of its core components: In order […]
It’s mind-blowing to think that storing a terabyte of data once cost tens of billions of dollars. Today, that same amount of storage fits on a consumer flash drive that can cost around $20 on sale (even though MSRP is often closer to $100). In 1956, IBM introduced the first hard drive: the IBM 305 […]
A “USB copy service” means copying data from one USB drive to many other USB drives at the same time. A USB duplication service company is a good resource when the content owner does not have the equipment to produce large volumes of copies. Some duplication systems cost several thousand dollars, so it is often […]
The maximum file size for a single file on a FAT32 file system is not exactly 4 GB, but rather slightly less than that. FAT32 uses a 32-bit file allocation table, which means it can theoretically support file sizes up to 4,294,967,295 bytes (which is 4 GB minus 1 byte). However, in practical terms, the […]
