Author Topic: memory sticks (Read 11668 times)

butthead · « **on:** March 09, 2008, 04:23:22 PM »

is it possible to protect information on a memory stick with a password to gain access to reading when inserted ? how would you go about this /thanks to any one with an answer

fpsmitch · « **Reply #1 on:** March 09, 2008, 08:23:34 PM »

it is possible, but im not 100 percent sure how to do it.
i believe you make a folder in it and then password protect the folder so that only you can access it.
not sure if you can do that on a flash drive though

pcsourcepoint · « **Reply #2 on:** March 09, 2008, 08:37:02 PM »

Maybe check out http://portableapps.com/ and look under applications for password programs...

patio · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:02:44 AM »

Or you could use WinZip and zip them to a password protected file...

butthead · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2008, 05:35:18 AM »

Quote from: patio on March 10, 2008, 09:02:44 AM

Or you could use WinZip and zip them to a password protected file...

thanks for your suggestions, im a bit dim so bear with me, how do i create a zipped folder how do i transfer the items from my memory stick into it and then have that zipped folder with password on my stick only and not on the hardrive of the computer. simple i know but not to me . appreciate any help of a idiots gude to how to do this. many thanks

fpsmitch · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2008, 08:45:27 AM »

you plug the drive into the usb port and drag and drop the files you want into winzip, zip them and move the zipped folder into the flash drive.

squall_01 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2008, 09:30:08 AM »

It depends on the storage device. SanDisk work best at this since it will launch atomatically. Also, there not called memory sticks.

fpsmitch · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2008, 09:52:45 AM »

i said flash drive didnt i?

neljan · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2008, 10:55:49 AM »

Quote from: fpsmitch on March 11, 2008, 08:45:27 AM

you plug the drive into the usb port and drag and drop the files you want into winzip, zip them and move the zipped folder into the flash drive.

Can you not access archive functions by just right clicking the file you want to archive (zip)?

I can but I use WinRAR.

Quote from: fpsmitch on March 11, 2008, 09:52:45 AM

i said flash drive didnt i?

Indeed you did. I think Squall_01 might have been talking to butthead (topic title)

Dias de verano · « **Reply #9 on:** March 11, 2008, 11:46:09 AM »

Quote from: squall_01 on March 11, 2008, 09:30:08 AM

Also, there not called memory sticks.

You meant "they're not called..." but you are wrong. They are. They are called pen drives, memory sticks, flash drives, USB flash drives...

neljan · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2008, 11:59:04 AM »

patio · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:32:19 PM »

and thumb drives...

Dias de verano · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:35:46 PM »

Quote from: patio on March 11, 2008, 12:32:19 PM

and thumb drives...

Thanks, I forgot that one!

Dias de verano · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:47:06 PM »

Strictly speaking, I was wrong and squall_01 was right. Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, launched by Sony in October 1998.

This is a Sony Memory Stick:

This is a flash drive, pen drive, USB drive, USB stick, jump drive, USB Flash Drive, UFD, Travel Stick, key drive, thumb drive, USB drive, keychain drive, memory key...

Many people call these things "memory sticks" which must annoy Sony.

neljan · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2008, 02:09:44 PM »

Waaaaaaaaay too much time...

squall_01 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 11, 2008, 05:49:33 PM »

Nope I go to Collage.

Aegis · « **Reply #16 on:** March 11, 2008, 06:28:28 PM »

I've never heard anyone I know call a USB drive a memory stick...

neljan · « **Reply #17 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:07:32 AM »

I do... I call it a memory stick or a flash drive

Quote from: squall_01 on March 11, 2008, 05:49:33 PM

Nope I go to Collage.

Like this one?

squall_01 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 12, 2008, 04:48:13 AM »

Quote from: neljan on March 12, 2008, 12:07:32 AM

I do... I call it a memory stick or a flash drive

Quote from: squall_01 on March 11, 2008, 05:49:33 PM
Nope I go to Collage.

Like this one?

Its just a simple misunderstanding, cause you can plug them in an store files too it. But there not in the memory. So.......

patio · « **Reply #19 on:** March 12, 2008, 09:48:14 AM »

They are memory sticks.

Nice Collage Neljan !

Dias de verano · « **Reply #20 on:** March 12, 2008, 11:57:40 AM »

USN flash drives do not have any moving parts. They have a special kind of memory chip inside called "flash RAM". So they contain memory but it is not as fast as the RAM in your computer.

patio · « **Reply #21 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:16:24 PM »

I don't know of any memory that has moving parts...did i miss something ? ?

squall_01 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:26:54 PM »

Its on.

Dias de verano · « **Reply #23 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:50:56 PM »

Quote from: patio on March 12, 2008, 12:16:24 PM

I don't know of any memory that has moving parts...did i miss something ? ?

I just felt like mentioning it

patio · « **Reply #24 on:** March 12, 2008, 01:21:29 PM »

Gotcha.
I looked for speed comparisons for flash memory vs. say DDr2 and didn't find any references.
I believe it may be just as fast though.

Dias de verano · « **Reply #25 on:** March 12, 2008, 01:40:45 PM »

It's just that so many people can't tell the difference between "memory" and disk drives, and calling memory devices "disks" only muddies the waters more.

Aegis · « **Reply #26 on:** March 12, 2008, 03:43:19 PM »

That's true -- most people confuse disk drive space with RAM.

squall_01 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 13, 2008, 05:24:40 AM »

Thats what I tring to say most people when they think of memory its usually RAM. So flash drives are not memory sticks cause the data isnt in memory its stored. You cant put files into the RAM its self only have it there till its in storage. Till then the file isnt there.

Aegis · « **Reply #28 on:** March 13, 2008, 10:32:22 AM »

Yes, I see your point of view! It's been a long standing confusion because, I suppose, it's such gray area between RAM and storage...

Dias de verano · « **Reply #29 on:** March 13, 2008, 11:04:50 AM »

Quote from: squall_01 on March 13, 2008, 05:24:40 AM

Thats what I tring to say most people when they think of memory its usually RAM. So flash drives are not memory sticks cause the data isnt in memory its stored.

That's not true. I think you are confused. Look up "flash RAM" on Google. The data is stored in memory. Flash memory.

Flash memory (sometimes called "flash RAM") is a type of constantly-powered nonvolatile memory. Flash memory gets its name because the microchip is organized so that a section of memory cells are erased in a single action or "flash." Since its introduction, Flash RAM has become immensely popular. It is widely used in digital music players, and millions of people have USB thumbdrives.

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You cant put files into the RAM its self only have it there till its in storage. Till then the file isnt there.

I am not sure what you are trying to say here.

squall_01 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 13, 2008, 01:08:00 PM »

That thumb drives are wrongly named by poeple who call them memory sticks.

Dias de verano · « **Reply #31 on:** March 13, 2008, 01:12:08 PM »

But they have memory in them, and they look like sticks.

patio · « **Reply #32 on:** March 13, 2008, 02:20:29 PM »

Call them what you like...but memory sticks is not incorrect.

Aegis · « **Reply #33 on:** March 13, 2008, 02:54:34 PM »

It's really not incorrect -- it's all in how you want to think about memory, I guess, and memory can be permanent (like on hard drives, and USB devices, etc) or it can be temporary (like in RAM, or my brain).

Dias de verano · « **Reply #34 on:** March 13, 2008, 02:58:17 PM »

Quote from: Aegis on March 13, 2008, 02:54:34 PM

memory can be permanent [...] or it can be temporary

Non-volatile & volatile are the technical terms

Aegis · « **Reply #35 on:** March 13, 2008, 02:59:10 PM »

Yeah, I knew that...once upon a time...

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