I use my USB flash drive rarely since I'm almost always home or when I'm out I won't be needing to carry my files since I just go out to buy food and other non-tech related activities.
I used to use my flash drive when I was in school, but I just sometimes just e-mail the files to myself when I'm too lazy to look for it in my pocket full of coins and other stuff. Plus, if someone needs a file, I just e-mail or upload the file to megaupload or dropbox since going to someones house just to give one small file is a waste of time.
These days, I just turn on my external hard drive and back up my files manually or with Windows Backup utility. I find unpluging and pluging in a flash drive kind of a hassle compared to just switching on my external hard drive which is always plugged into my computer a lot more convenient.
A secondary Internal hard drives are also a good way to back up files since it is even more convenient and way faster.
Too be safe, I also use DVD-R to backup my files, so I have 3 copy of the same file usually. 1 on my PC another on my external drive and one on my DVD-R.
I used to use my flash drive when I was in school, but I just sometimes just e-mail the files to myself when I'm too lazy to look for it in my pocket full of coins and other stuff. Plus, if someone needs a file, I just e-mail or upload the file to megaupload or dropbox since going to someones house just to give one small file is a waste of time.
These days, I just turn on my external hard drive and back up my files manually or with Windows Backup utility. I find unpluging and pluging in a flash drive kind of a hassle compared to just switching on my external hard drive which is always plugged into my computer a lot more convenient.
A secondary Internal hard drives are also a good way to back up files since it is even more convenient and way faster.
Too be safe, I also use DVD-R to backup my files, so I have 3 copy of the same file usually. 1 on my PC another on my external drive and one on my DVD-R.
