USB Storage Devices
Unless you have been under a digital rock for the past few years, you are no doubt well familiar with USB devices. Your printer is very likely a USB device, as is your scanner. And although your digital camera is not a USB device in the traditional sense, chances are that every time you connect it to your computer in order to transfer photos, you are doing so via a USB connector.
Among the most popular USB devices out there are those used for file storage. These include external hard disks, flash memory card readers, and the tiny, finger-sized devices known as flash drives (Figure 7-16). Flash drives are especially popular today and deservedly so: They are inexpensive, handy when you need to transfer large amounts of data, and ...
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