All of us need to transfer and store information for various reasons. Recently, Flash drives have become the most versatile, capacious and compact means of storing information. Sometimes there are questions about how to connect the drive to the computer.
Instructions
Step 1
At different times, the standards for Flash media have been diverse, over time they have changed, with each new standard comes a higher data transfer rate from the media and to the media, increasing the reliability of data storage.
Step 2
The main standards for Flash media are:
1. USB 1.0 / 1.1, one of the earliest standards by which media worked, reflects the slow copying speed. This standard is fully compatible with all subsequent media standards and can be connected to the ports of the following standards.
2. USB 2.0 is a more modern standard, characterized by faster data copying speed and more reliable storage. This standard is compatible with all previous standards, but will slow down when connected to an older port.
3. USB 3.0 is the latest of the standards, characterized by the highest copying speed, high reliability of data storage, used in almost all modern motherboards.
Step 3
Having considered all the standards, we will proceed to consider how to connect the media to, directly, the computer. As noted earlier, all of these standards and ports are compatible and for connection you need a connection device and a USB port directly.
Usually, the ports are located on the front of the computer, but they are also duplicated on the back of the computer, to connect, simply plug the device into the port.
Initialization is usually fast, but there may be some delay when connecting devices of different standards to ports of different standards.
Step 4
So, having connected the device, you should see a blinking indicator on the Flash drive, if any. If, when connected to one port, the media is not recognized, then you should check it on a known working port, if the performance on it has not been confirmed, then most likely that the media is completely out of order.
