Portable information storage
We live in an age of information and the storage of this information has spawned a myriad of different ways of keeping it.
The smallest and yet most versatile storage device is a USB memory flash pen drive. Small enough to carry around on a key ring, these amazing devices can hold from 1 to 32 gigabytes of information. They are simple to use and inexpensive. The USB pen plugs into any spare USB port on a desktop or laptop computer. Data in the form of text, image, video or sound files can then be loaded onto the pen and held for later use or to transfer to another machine. Compact disks, DVDs and floppy disks offer other ways to utilise data storage.
However, as any student at school or university will confirm, not everything can be only held electronically in one place. Indeed it would be foolish to expect nothing to ever go wrong with computers or the disks and drives used with them. Essays and dissertations should be stored in at least two, if not three different locations. The computer’s hard drive, a USB pen drive and a CD are a sensible way of ensuring the data files are not lost.
The CDs or DVDs can be carried around in purpose made nylon pouches which will keep them from being scratched or smudged. However care should be taken where magnetic scanners are being used.
When completed the work should be printed out and stored in, for example, ring-binder folders. Combining the latest technology with traditional storage solutions can give you peace of mind.
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