How we test the best USB flash drives To test the best flash drives, we examined them across numerous factors. For starters, we looked at their storage capacities, connectivity option (USB-A or ...

After reading my article on USB 3.0 speed, Mark Gold asked, “How can I check the speed of my USB devices, both 2.0 and 3.0?” You could sit in front of your PC with the stopwatch and time how ...

Price $149.92 / £129 Claimed speeds (read/write) 450MB/sec/245MB/sec Capacity once formatted 476GB Lexar's Portable SSD is the thickest drive of the bunch, but it's still less than an inch thick ...

If a computer is vulnerable to this type of attack, then my test autorun.inf file will run Paint when you double-click on the drive letter for the USB flash drive. This action comes from the ...

The most impressive thing about this drive is that its speeds aren’t anywhere near the budget category, despite the price. In the large file test, it averaged a read speed of 229 MB/s and a ...

If this doesn’t help, the next step is to test the USB drive on another PC. This will ensure that the problem isn’t related to a specific computer. If these simple solutions do not solve the ...

While USB flash drives last about 10 years and normally get hot while using, that doesn't always mean your data is safe. There could be an internal issue with the drive, as a bad part may be ...