USB flash drives are a cheap and convenient storage medium, but for a variety of reasons, are far from ideal for storing important data long-term.

Flash drives, or thumb drives, are portable devices that provide easy access to flash storage. Commonly used to take backups, transfer files between devices, and install operating system images, these ...

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That drawer full of old USB drives may look useful, but think twice before reusing them, as some tasks become far riskier ...

Whether you're using a USB flash drive for file storage or other reasons, you might notice it getting surprisingly warm and sometimes even hot to the touch. A flash drive stores data on a silicon chip ...