USB memory sticks offer a convenient way to store and transport business documents, so you have them with you at all times. Although the default File Allocation Table format offers greater ...

Sometimes you may find that your USB stick has a virus. In that case, you need to format it as quickly as possible in order to stop that virus from being spread to other computers. To do so, plug the ...

You can format an external drive quickly and easily in Windows, without the need of any third-party tools. But before you format your USB drive, you need to consider which file system to use. File ...

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The JPEG file format is often used to compress file sizes and store an extremely wide range of colors. The shrinking cost of USB memory sticks makes carrying JPEGs cheap and convenient, and modern ...

Today Sony and Sandisk announced a new memory card format - the Memory Stick Micro (M2). The new format is developed especially for use in mobile phones. The cards will be one quarter the size of ...

I have a folder on a USB memory stick, which I cannot delete. When I try to remove it I get the message: ‘Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk’. I originally downloaded some ...

This article first appeared on January 25, 2012. You probably have more USB sticks than you know what to do with, but there may come a time when you need to format one. To do so, plug it in to your ...