What's the best way to dispose of a USB flash drive? [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2008 - 13 answers

How do you copy downloaded games and game demos from the PS3 hard drive to a USB stick? Because unless I've missed something painfully obvious, I can't see a way to do this from within the XMB.
posted on Oct 1, 2008 - 3 answers

Has my flash drive kicked the can? Windows Vista can't read it. [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2008 - 3 answers

Computer (XP SP2) won't recognize any usb drives, but will recognize my usb mouse? [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2008 - 3 answers

What is your favorite USB headset with a mute button? Bonus points if you know it works well with VOIP/avaya softfones. [more inside]
posted on Sep 17, 2008 - 4 answers

When I'm using my laptop to surf the web with a USB modem on AT&T 3G network, Does the surfing is secure as landline? can I check my bank-account that way safely? Does some security-issues exist? (like using a public wi-fi hot-spot)
posted on Sep 14, 2008 - 6 answers

What are my options in consumer-grade, tripod-mountable webcams? [more inside]
posted on Aug 8, 2008 - 0 answers

I just got a new computer, and the speaker cord has me curious. [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2008 - 10 answers

How to autorun an HTML file from a USB pen drive? [more inside]
posted on Jul 26, 2008 - 5 answers

My iPod has recently stopped communicating (almost) entirely with my computer. I'm really at a loss to explain it. [more inside]
posted on Jul 25, 2008 - 9 answers

I have two computer hard drives installed onto one machine, and no CD for the first hard drive. The computer doesn't recognize USB ports nor the DVD drive on one of the hard drives. How can I fix that? [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 4 answers

I am having problems making a persistent installation of Ubuntu on a usb thumb drive. [more inside]
posted on Jul 22, 2008 - 3 answers

Trying and failing to transfer photos from camera to laptop - why won't my Macbook recognize my Canon S3 IS as a device? [more inside]
posted on Jul 15, 2008 - 6 answers

Mac osx/canon hg10 cannot get stills off camera. Video yes, stills no. We're supposed to have a baby any day now and this sucker ain't behaving (the camera-mac connection). I haven't had this kind of problem with a mac in 10 years. [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2008 - 4 answers

Can I safely remove my USB drive from a Windows computer without stopping it? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2008 - 14 answers

What is the cheapest USB mic I could find for a mac? [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm looking for a USB hub-like device that would share one thumb-drive on multiple PCs it's connected to. [more inside]
posted on Jun 30, 2008 - 6 answers

The kitchen computer has a little trackpad/keyboard combo that sits atop of the microwave. When the microwave turns on, the trackpad stops working. Looking for suggestions on shielding, putting a filter in line with the cable, grounding, anything to help me cook and mouse at the same time. [more inside]
posted on Jun 28, 2008 - 5 answers

External hard showing "weird". Better known as, sharing an external/portable hard drive between osx and winxp. [more inside]
posted on Jun 23, 2008 - 10 answers

What's the best USB controller to use when emulating old games on my PC? [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2008 - 13 answers

What is the highest memory storage capacity for USB portable Flash drive in the market right now? [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2008 - 4 answers

I just reinstalled XP, and on first plugging in my little mp3 player / USB stick (a Samsung YP-U3), I declined to go through any of the "install new hardware" process, figuring it would just show up as an external HD and I could manage my files like that. Well, it doesn't - the display on the stick reads "connecting", then it connects, then straightaway the display assures me that the USB is safely disconnected. As far as my computer's concerned, it's invisible. Running the bundled software does no good either - the stick's just as invisible through the Samsung media manager program as through Explorer. On any other computer than mine, it works perfectly, and I can see it no trouble. So - is there any way to render my poor stick visible?
posted on Jun 17, 2008 - 4 answers

So, I lost my USB stick. No big deal - except it has my password database on it. [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2008 - 13 answers

Red Hat Linux won't correctly mount USB flash drive. Also cannot send email. (Although I can log into Gmail, just not send email, chat is also blocked.) FTP from Linux machine to other computers is ok, but we cannot FTP into the Linux machine from Mac or Windows. Are these problems related? Help? [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - 8 answers

Does anyone know a good way to make input devices be the only thing recognized by usb on linux? [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - 8 answers

My external hard-drive's on the fritz. What can I do to make sure I get all my data off it before it goes? [more inside]
posted on Jun 3, 2008 - 5 answers

I have a Dell Inspiron 600m that has a weird problem: USB flash drives aren't detected at all, but other usb devices (i.e. external usb harddrives) work perfectly fine. Clean install of Windows with updated drivers does not fix this problem. My google-fu apparently isn't sophisticated enough to dig up a solution. Ideas?
posted on May 30, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm trying to put a bootable, persistent Linux install on my USB drive, but it won't boot! [more inside]
posted on May 25, 2008 - 6 answers

Time capsule/Mac trouble--help me start backing up my data with a minimum of muss/fuss! [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2008 - 9 answers

I lost the data cable for an old IOMEGA HDD 120 USB drive. IOMEGA no longer carries the cables. How can I get the data off it? [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2008 - 4 answers

Handset that works with softphones? As universal as possible. [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2008 - 0 answers

Do you know of a USB/DVI KVM switch for 2 computers that doesn't suck? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 9 answers

Can I use my external digital camera while its connected to my Mac? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me keep my mp3 player charged while I'm travelling! [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 9 answers

I need to design/buy a visual alarm for use with a PC. [more inside]
posted on Mar 29, 2008 - 8 answers

How reliable are USB drives using finger-print authentication? [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2008 - 10 answers

I've made a small mechanical device but need help to find a USB-connected, -powered and -controlled part that gives mechanical input. It should be slow, turned on/off from computer, and really cheap. [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm interested in a fast, high-capacity (at least 4GB) usb flash drive. Does anyone have any suggestions? Speed and reliability are important.
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 8 answers

I think I'm finally switching to Ubuntu on my main machine. I have two 160GB external drives, currently both with NTFS, currently mirrored (by software, not a RAID). With what and how should I format/use these guys? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 8 answers

How do I get ~40GB of data off my outdated PC? [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2008 - 20 answers

Help this tech-impaired rock star record face-melting multi-layered music on his computer! [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2008 - 9 answers

I finally made the switch! Help me transfer my files from my Toshiba laptop to my shiny new MacBook! [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2008 - 10 answers

Help me automate this task involving USB-disks, Excel, HTML and maybe a batch file. [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 5 answers

How big a problem is USB microphone latency for multitrack musical recording? i.e. How difficult will it be to do tight vocal overdubs with a straight-to-USB mic? What about with a mic->XLR->USB interface->Mac setup? [more inside]
posted on Feb 27, 2008 - 8 answers

Why does Microsoft Outlook insist on spinning up my external hard drive before letting me see any e-mail with attachments? [more inside]
posted on Feb 23, 2008 - 7 answers

I have a big external USB hard drive with three partitions for infrequently used files and backup. I was wondering what kind of file to make to have it automatically open a folder showing the drive when I power on the device and not ask me what I'd like to do with each of the other drives. [more inside]
posted on Feb 21, 2008 - 7 answers

Anyone ever managed to power a USB flash drive independent of the bus-power? [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2008 - 10 answers

USB Turntable- Why did it record my conversation but not the album? [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2008 - 6 answers

I have a Windows box (~1yr old) that spontaneously developed an eldritch USB failure mode: The first device I plug in works indefinitely, despite Windows' complaint of "power surge on hub port," but no additional devices I plug in respond at all, and if I remove and replace the first device, it no longer works. This condition can be reset by unplugging and replugging the motherboard front USB header. [more inside]
posted on Feb 17, 2008 - 5 answers

So is the iAxe usb electric guitar a worthwhile start for a beginner or am I better off getting a 'real' guitar and a usb guitar cable? [more inside]
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - 76 answers