What is a pen drive
What is a pen drive: Most of us do not know what a pen drive is, even if we have a computer or laptop in our house. So in today's article we will discuss in detail about pen drive.
Although we do not know about the pen drive, we have all heard its name. Because, I use a pen drive to transfer any file from the computer.
So, let's get to know the details about the pen drive from below.
What is a pen drive?
A pen drive is a type of storage device used to transfer data from one computer to another. Pen drives are commonly used to store data.
By storing data through pen drive , it can be transferred from one place to another. Many of these devices look like pens.
Due to the small size of the pen drive is easy to carry in the pocket. With the help of pen drive, audio, video, pictures, files, documents can be easily transferred from one computer to another.
Any file can be copied from the computer to the pen drive and copied from the pen drive to the computer. This means that the pen drive is a portable USB memory device.
What does the word pen drive mean?
The word pen means pen and the word drive means to carry. The definition of a pen drive, then, is a pen drive that looks as small as a pen that can be easily moved from one place to another and can store a wide variety of information.
Who is the father of pen drive?
The father of the pen drive is Pua Khein Seng in Malaysia. After that the pen drive gained a lot of popularity. Since then, big companies like Toshiba, HP, Sony have started making pen drives.
What kind of device is a pen drive?
As mentioned earlier, data can be transferred from one computer to another via a pen drive. Moreover, data is stored on the pen drive.
So, it can be said that pendrive is a kind of storage device.
What is the other name of pen drive?
We use pen drive for different purposes. So different names are used for one job at a time. These names are -
- USB Drive
- USB Memory
- Jump Drive
- Thump Drive
- Flash Drive
Features and benefits of a pen drive
- Easily transportable from one place to another.
- Lots of fast data can be copied or read.
- As durable storage, it can store data for up to 10 years.
- At full speed these disks can transfer 12 megabits of data per second.
- Although it looks very small, its capacity is much higher, you will get 256 GB pen drive in the market.
- It does not require any separate power supply.
- Having USB interface allows plug and play facility.
Ways to recognize a good pen drive
Those of us who have a computer but think it must have a pen drive. And those who want to buy a new pen drive, they should keep the following things in mind before buying a new pen drive.
- Buy a pen drive with as much memory as possible, such as 16 GB, 32 GB.
- You will know how many days warranty will be given, most of the company's pen drives will give a lifetime warranty.
- If you buy a good brand pen drive then you don't have to worry about warranty.
- Find out how much data can be transferred to a pen drive.
- Check if the pen drive has lock facility.
- Metallic body pendrives are much better than plastic body pendrives.
- Made in China made in taiwan is better than pen drive.
- Buy a Windows 8 supported pen drive.
- Lid pendrives are much better than slider pendrives.
What is the price of a good pen drive?
The price of a good pen drive depends entirely on its capacity. In the market you will find storage pendrives ranging from 1 GB to 256 GB.
Usually the price of a pen drive starts from Rs. 550 to Rs. 3500. You can buy a pen drive directly from the market or from an e-commerce company based on your needs.
How to make a pen drive bootable?
You need to have a software installed on your computer to boot the pen drive. The name of this software is RMP. Download the software by clicking on this link .
After downloading, install the software on the computer. You will install other software on the computer in the same process as you install it.
It will take a maximum of 10 minutes to set up the software on the computer. From then on, your pen drive will be bootable.
Use of pen drive in mobile
You can use pen drive on Android mobile. However, for this you need to support OTG Cable on your mobile.
If your mobile supports OTG cable then you can use pen drive with it.
Then you will be able to transfer data from mobile to pen drive and then you will be able to transfer data from pen drive to mobile. And this is the advantage of using pen drive in mobile.
Last word
Today we learned about what is a pen drive. what kind of device it is, its father and more. If you have any questions or suggestions about Pen drive, please let us know in the comments below and share if you like.