Computer Basics : What Is a Flash Drive?

A flash drive is a small piece of equipment used to store and transfer information for computers using a USB. Use the USB end of a flash drive to store music, photos or other documents from a computer with information from a certified computer technician in this free video on computers.
Expert: Jonathan Ayres
Bio: Jonathan Ayres has more than 25 years of computer industry experience with all types of computer hardware and operating systems.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

[@V_fan-ub6ki]

Good Quality for 2009 👍

[@guest8485]

V_fan1020 ikr the camera quality is really good for 2009.

[@tuneunleashed]

I mean 2009 was always good. 2007 was pretty advanced lol

[@intosomethingsometimes2193]

I’m surprised

[@MrMick560]

excellent speaker, perfect tone and timing, best i have seen on youtube.

[@gerrihansen]

Loved it. I am a beginner at these things. This was well done, well expressed, with great camera work, and very informative. Thank you.

[@HGarach]

That was a great video. Just the kind of info I needed. Thanks!

[@foziadilpazir8433]

The description about the USB Flash Drive is easy and clear to understand and the name Network for Success is likeable! Thanks!

[@perceptionloop747]

Very good video. Nice simple explanation. Thanks.

[@gazmeister8304]

Great video, very informative and helped me alot doing my IT coursework!

[@BarbrajoanOriginals]

Thank you for explaining this.. I wanted something that holds my photos, and I could put into any computer and this is it... Thanks again

[@bookworm1818]

Extremely helpful!! And it was all simply put, I didn't feel like I had to google any terms that were said lol. Nice, pleasant guy too. Thanks very much for the info.

[@lisakinoti1839]

Thank you. Very well explained. I am an IT student and I was looking for someone to explain it to me as though I am a kid without using those big computer technology words that I do not understand. I already knew what a flash drive is but wanted to know what is inside it and how it works, so that I can explain it better in my paper. Thank you very much!

[@whasumara73]

Thank you for the information. I appreciate it.

[@marichainnatalia9759]

So easy to understand. Thanks.

[@omegasue]

Thank you .... a simple and very understandable video.

[@SPdesi1]

Great info. for computer novice, very well presented........Thank you.

[@DouggieDinosaur]

I want to see more of this guy's videos!

[@Lildrummerboy714]

Thanks for the informative video!

[@mohitsinghania5155]

Thank you for such a wonderful & easy explanation.

[@manjushmist517]

nice simple explanation, Thank you.

[@divyaparameswaran2278]

Than You for sharing the valuable information.

[@jamielynnp24]

What I don't understand is why did you listen to this video if you already knew what it was? Not everyone knows EVERYTHING about everything. I didn't know exactly what it was. I had an idea, but after listening to this video, it confirmed what I thought it was.

[@studionets1023]

Your explanation was very nice about flash drive

[@RaitheAirscape]

42,684 senior citizens were pleased or satisfied in viewing this content; the other 14 had simply clicked the wrong link.

[@swordofcoffee]

"And ranging up to 32 Gigabytes which is huge." I've got a 1 terabyte flashdrive ten years later. Technology is crazy.

[@eugenekaufmann1]

Thankyou. Useful.

[@HYDRODUST67]

very well sir. thank you.

[@danni1993]

THANK YOU!

[@bassemmousa6406]

i have a flash drive and its awesome its really good

[@violin2971]

If you download a game on a flash drive and plug it into your computer, can you play the game without using any memory on your computer? because i found a game i want to download from the app store but i don't have enough memory capacity left on my mac. so is it only for storage? or just looking at pics? or what?

[@hto1971]

i love it when you said the small size for the flash drive 256mb that steel more space than a old win 95 hard drive all most lol

[@aloiscattleya1116]

This guy said it right. Some people keep calling USB which is wrong. It's flash drive or flash disk.

[@alexanderworkchannel]

Thanks

[@janealice1]

Thank you very much. This was very helpful to me. Would have liked to see it demonstrated. I have always wanted to know if you can just copy certain word documents or if it extracts everything on the computer. True, I'm a senior still learning. Don't pay attention to the rude remarks I see here. Some people have too much time on their hands.

[@thenuclear4584]

This changed my life

[@superfinster]

You need to get out more...... :D

[@ErnestineSantiago]

Lmao

[@phemystevens63]

Thanks.

[@Note-dy6yd]

Thank you Sir, I wish in 2021 you are still healthy and well. I have a question and that is the difference between USB and Flash Drive. Thank you for your time .

[@tyroneswiftwolf8102]

thanks

[@toddcreed]

...just gonna say... LOL at 1:18-1:27 don't make fun of me, u know u laughed too

[@Bugtisong001]

Very nice

[@kola360]

What is the difference between a flash drive and a SSD (solid state drive)

[@qwertyfshag]

is it like the flash on a camera?

[@imsocentral2872]

Good quality for 2009 (currently 2020)

[@pjd128]

for some reason i thought it had to be more than that. thanks.

[@zacharyirby5018]

well, in computer years, thats a LONG time!

[@ssips720]

is it safe to edit work right on the flashdrive? or shud u save copies on the computer

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

NOW IF YOU CAN JUST EXPLAIN HOW TO GET THE PHOTOS OR MUSIC INTO AND OUT OF THE FLASH DRIVE. THAT IS THE HARD PART.

[@messinator007]

Noobs

[@theKing4720]

Cool

[@CainCalifornia]

Thanks I was looking for a flashdrive that had an imput for a memery card so I could transfer on my ps3

[@dellsucksass]

yes

[@p333k9]

So is it basically just a memory stick

[@TheTigger7019]

Nice

[@tjc2691]

ayo thanks i always knew them as just USBs so I thought this was different but thanks

[@naimwserrano1399]

Never thought I’d be taught abt something past there own timeline

[@gamezoverlord9272]

is a flash drive the same as a usb key

[@pedralis]

i have a 2 Gb CompactFlash card, that i am using with my mpc5000. MY PROBLEM: when i try accessing it, it says "Invalid FS on CF" WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!? how do i fix it? Pls help :)

[@lrac88510]

Well it’s not working for me. I’m trying to transfer a family video from a cdc to a flash drive, it shows as being copied but it won’t play from the flash drive. Wrong type of flash drive,? Not copyable disc? Not enough room,? I’m just not learned enough at this time. Any help would be appreciated. TY

[@naomihazell5673]

His is flash drive reader just same ?

[@MoshiurRahman-mv8gf]

2019 viewers?

[@littlekyle2059]

Nah my guy 2020

[@channel6732982943]

Thanks blue shirt dude, I'm sending this to my baby boomer dad who just got his first computer.

[@bharathr2871]

difference between flash drives and pen drives?

[@AlexBowmanFB]

@EksCelle I know I just said that. Ecause to older people 4 years is not that long ago ;D

[@seygra20]

is a flash drive d same as a data traveller

[@sashaashe554]

I'm so stupid! I didn't know what it was at all until now! Derp!

[@johnmorris5397]

Sasha Ashe Me neither ... you're not alone!

[@larosefan9843]

same! loll

[@nihilist4184]

so a usb drive is not a usb flash drive that can boot a computer thats missing a boot manager?

[@pjd128]

i was really trying to understand Apples "flash drive". they say 16 gb flash drive

[@gyfennn]

Its the same as an USB stick right??

[@Harry_Ng]

Ye

[@MAVIS064]

🎉

[@flopperr6415]

Can it give my computer storage?

[@rambasavaraju6584]

noice

[@lndyluny]

how do you get the data onto the flash drive from the computer? I want to take my own picture for my passport and take that picture to the lab so they can make it into the 4 pictures required for the passport.

[@robertugarte6207]

+Linda Strang ... easy, plug the flash drive into your computer's USB port. Then go to your computer icon and locate the flash drive. Find your picture and drag it onto the flash drive.....need more help....facebook.com/robert.ugarte.18

[@fireman6710]

I wish they made a yottabyte flash drive

[@nish2.13]

Anyone from 2020?

[@frogsplay2605]

Omg 32 gigabytes were huge in 2009 now we have 1 terabyte

[@ceemalzameer9344]

This video was long back ago man

[@utahchew255]

Some of the information provided is not quite correct and some of the descriptions about the technology at that time may have only been true at a specific point in time. A very basic description of USB is that it's a technology standard for Cables, Communication, Connectors and Interfaces. A flash drive, thumb drive, USB stick etc is a relatively small piece of technology that is used for the purpose of mobile storage. This type of storage device store data on non-volatile flash memory chip/s which unlike traditional storage devices had no mechanical/moving parts. It would connect to a computer or similar device by a single USB connection. The flash drive revolutionised how we stored and transferred data, making it quicker and easier than ever before in a conveniently small form factor that could be powered over an industry adopted single port of connection (two way data plus power together over the same connection)

[@Note-dy6yd]

Thank you for the information. Any portable storage of data needs mechanical material.Still the difference between flash drive and USB became more confusing.

[@jakesnake237]

flash drive aka mini solid state drive ( except not on steroids )

[@010adityakapoor6]

10 years challenge 😂😛

[@altheadenate1253]

2020...

[@MrGreenLeaf420]

Now I know.

[@davidkennedy8]

now he at (1:29) says it`s called a flash drive because there are no moving parts

[@wiz2111]

Doubt it. Just write it down on to a piece of paper and make a custom connection on your wii

[@pbrock948]

uhh i was talking about a PS3 flash drive

[@thingthing2972]

I'm 9 and I knew what that is I paused a video it's something that can hold your data depending on which one it's 2017 and they hold your data because it has information on it and it has gigabytes like my grandma has a windows 4 pc and she has photos I can transfer that to my windows ten and the photos will transfer to my pc

[@rye_x]

Goku Vlogs lol wtf theres no windows 4

[@joanlittle4235]

My computer can't see the flash drive ...

[@helloitsgabe257]

I have a 1tb harddrive

[@bikkelbob9263]

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[@str8soulja305]

Can someone name a LAPTOP with these components or better Windows XP SP2 or SP3 Intel Core 2 Duo 4.0Ghz 4GB of System Memory. 512MB of Graphics Memory.

[@rodolfoornelas6022]

He sort of looks like DanTDM's dad

[@davidkennedy8]

you need a computer to use them (how about a TV with USB)

[@eduardobarron6729]

David Kennedy or a device with otg cable

[@EksCelle]

dropbox's been around for years...

[@AdamBuckmantechpad1642]

haha 32GB was huge back in 20009 i have a 128GB witch is 4 times the size and it was cheap

[@roseevans3062]

no

[@tobirama9540]

20009?????

[@AdamBuckmantechpad1642]

Dam i just saw that

[@iosef3337]

Now we have an SD with 2 mathaf*uckin TB.

[@davidkennedy8]

my thoughts exactly "mechanical device".... lol

[@princessangela8660]

Thanks for the genius hour tips for an USB

[@assael2]

32GB which is huge... It is an old video

[@saleemullah2075]

legend are watching after 13 years 💀👈

[@Keberal_kano]

this is like teaching boomers

[@chadmoodley3497]

In 10 years 1 Tb will be seen as small

[@Mentorcase]

Who do you think invented computers, preteens?

[@AppleJackMan47]

We want geobyte hard drives |:(

[@Gundrs]

and thats a U S B end lol

[@editortelecomplus7288]

FD is not a mechanical device.