USB Flash Drives

Main files can be quickly loaded onto a device such as the USB 2.0 Flash Drive, and transported to a different computer for safe keeping. Installation is very simple, and other than maybe having to install a software driver, the use of a USB flash drive is a matter of having an available USB port on your computer. Now about all computers produced over the last some years has USB ports included, with more modern systems supporting the USB 2.0 standard. USB 2.0 allows for data transfer rates of up to 480 MB, which is a great improvement over the original USB speed limit of 12 MB, and allows a user to fill their drives with data in a relatively short period of time.

DVD Writers/Re-Writers

DVD writers/ re-writers are pushing the stand alone CD burner towards extinction. DVD media afford the user far more storage ability than a CD, and DVD burners can usually burn CDs as wells as DVDs. The new availability of double layer DVD burners represent a large boost in the ability of writable DVDs, taking the earlier limit of 4.7GB per disc and nearly doubling it to 8.5GB.

External Hard Drives

External hard drives are normally the similar type of drive you might find in your system, The enclosure will feature at least one data interface such as Fire wire, USB, or Ethernet, and the ability is only limited by the size of hard drives currently available .