Memory Stick Problem: Valuable Clue?

Hello: I wrote a while back about when I mount my USB memory stick on my Windows 7 system, I sometimes see an error form. Valuable? Clue: Sometimes, when I back up on the Windows 7 system to the USB memory stick, it takes a long time to copy. ...

Message posted on the April 7th, 2012 - 12:51 AM ET

Install Windows XP, Vista or Seven from a memory stick

Its not just various GNU/Linux distributions which are "bootable" from a simple memory stick! Here we will show you three different methods which allow you to create different bootable flash drives: one for Windows XP, one for Windows Vista and one ...

Review published on the May 6th, 2010 - 6:10 PM ET

Improve the performance of a USB memory stick under Windows

This tip shows you how you can improve the performance of a USB memory stick under the Windows operating system.

Tips & Tricks published on the October 22nd, 2010 - 7:10 AM ET

Quickly disconnect your memory stick

This tip will show you how you can remove your memory stick without any problem, but faster and easier then ever before.

Tips & Tricks published on the November 12th, 2008 - 5:15 AM ET

Test and comparision: Seven high capacity memory sticks

PC’s and MACs are today delivered without floppy disk drives. This isn’t really a problem, as a small memory stick that weighs a few grams will do the trick! On this Christmas Eve, we have tested seven high storage memory sticks. These aren’t ...

Review published on the December 24th, 2008 - 8:18 AM ET

Windows 7: A review and presentation of the Microsoft OS (1)

Stable like Windows XP and as good looking as Windows Vista, we can finally look at Windows 7, the new operating system from Microsoft! We have written a double article presenting the main new features and benefits of this powerful OS which is ...

Review published on the July 24th, 2009 - 8:36 AM ET

Ubuntu: Dare to make the change from Windows to Linux

Ubuntu is a free GNU/Linux distribution which has been adopted by a lot of users mainly due to its ease of use. You already know how to use Windows? Then you know how to use Ubuntu! Any beginner can enter into the Linux world without ever entering a ...

Review published on the October 13th, 2009 - 9:13 AM ET

Windows XP repair tools

When your computer gets infected, locks up during a procedure, fails during an installation or you encounters a driver or hardware problem, then you may need to get your hands into the engine to see what's going on. Here are a range of tools that ...

Review published on the July 19th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Memory Stick Reliability Issue

Dear SQLers: I have two systems: an XP system which is my main system and a Windows 7 system which is for development. The latter is a sacrificial goat which might get sacrificed yet and rebuilt. Microsoft makes it rather difficult to tell which ...

Message posted on the May 9th, 2012 - 1:37 PM ET

Good USB memory stick gives i/o error

Windows XP Pro on a Panasonic Toughbook laptop. Sandisk Titanium Cruzer 4gb stick. Until very recently, this USB stick worked fine. Now when I plug it in, I get an Explorer window showing the U3 files but cannot run them. I also see the rest of the ...

Message posted on the January 7th, 2009 - 3:21 AM ET

safely remove usb memory stick in windows ce

if i plug in the memory stick i get a new folder for the stick in my root directory i can successfully read/write files on it - how i safely remove this usb memory stick ? - simply un-plug ? - how can i be sure, that a file-write is finished ...

Message posted on the January 21st, 2010 - 6:38 AM ET

USB Memory Stick Safe Removal Problem

I had to have a hard disk replaced, and cloned the old drive to the new. This is XP, SP3. Anyhow, I put very current files on memory sticks for backup before bringing my machine into the shop. Now, when I retrieve a file from memory stick, all ...

Message posted on the April 26th, 2009 - 3:18 PM ET

Reading sectors (MBR) from USB memory stick

Hello, Some time ago i sucseeded with the aid of readers from these newsgroups, in reading and writing raw to a sector on a USB stick under VB6. The solution was to us the following calls: Private Declare Function ReadFile Lib "kernel32" ...

Message posted on the January 15th, 2010 - 5:19 PM ET

Cannot copy file to USB memory stick

I have a Tevion 8GB USB Memory stick which has been working. It uses FAT32. Today with all files deleted I tried to copy an mkv video file but I received a message which said: "Copy The disk in the destination drive is full. Insert a new ...

Message posted on the November 13th, 2009 - 5:23 AM ET

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