How many usb memory sticks do you keep?

Ghot · 26 Sep 2022

cereberus said:

Impressive - easily fast enough for WTG drive.

Those are fairly expensive though aren't they - Amazon says £72

Yep.

hsehestedt · 26 Sep 2022

I have roughly 100 USB memory sticks (maybe a little more), but I am slowly transitioning them all to NVMe SSD modules.

Bree · 26 Sep 2022

For real storage I use USB HDDs - I have about 15TB of them now, mostly 2TB ones.

Hearsepilot · 26 Sep 2022

I've got 15 at the moment, 3 large ones i use for 3D films on my TV, 5 for music on my vehicles 2 for updating vehicle software and the rest for whatever i need them for

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hsehestedt said:

I have roughly 100 USB memory sticks (maybe a little more), but I am slowly transitioning them all to NVMe SSD modules.

Wow That's extreme lol

hsehestedt · 26 Sep 2022

Hearsepilot said:

I've got 15 at the moment, 3 large ones i use for 3D films on my TV, 5 for music on my vehicles 2 for updating vehicle software and the rest for whatever i need them for

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Wow That's extreme lol

Yeah, I've never been accused of not going all in when something works for me

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It was a good solution for a long time and I used it for so many things. I encrypted lots of them with BitLocker and had thumb drives with tax information, dog's medical records, boot Windows installs, drivers for everything, ISO images and installers for all of my software, backups of all sorts of things including all my personal photos and videos taken over the past 30 years or so, and much, much more. Plus, I always keep an absolute minimum of 2 copies of all data, more for anything critical.

But, as cheap as NVMe drives are now, I'm making the transition to them and I'm probably about 90% of the way there. For really large stuff, I use external HDDs. I have about eight 8TB HDDs and four 4TB drives

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Berton · 26 Sep 2022

More than a dozen, smallest is 512MB and largest is 256GB and everything in between.

Cerawy · 27 Sep 2022

Paul Black said:

Hello @Cerawy and @Bastet,

You can put any number of ISO's on to a Ventoy created USB, the size of the USB allowing of course. I would NOT personally use it for the backup images. Backup images are recommended to be put on an external HDD, and preferably ANOTHER copy somewhere else as well.

You might find this interesting and useful . . .

Ventoy

Basically, depending on the size of the USB, you can have ALL your Bootable ISO's on the USB. Additionally, you can also have Portable Apps, Tools, Utilities, Folders, and Files, ALL on the Non-Bootable Partition of the USB.

> Ventoy - Main Page - 1.0.80 Release
> Ventoy - Screenshots
> Ventoy - Download Page
> Ventoy - The ULTIMATE USB Boot Drive [ Video ]

Also, @EdTittel, a Windows Insider MVP member, wrote this in his blog . . .

> TOP 3 2020 WINDOWS 10 UTILITIES

I have created a USB using Ventoy and find it an invaluable resource. It is probably the best thing that has ever happened to Bootable Media!

I hope this helps.

Just saying, but you really need to write some simpler posts, or it quickly becomes a bit of a confusing mess to read through.

Paul Black · 27 Sep 2022

Hello @Cerawy.

Cerawy said:

Just saying, but you really need to write some simpler posts, or it quickly becomes a bit of a confusing mess to read through.

Which of the above do you find confusing or NOT understand ?

I gave an overview followed by the links from the Ventoy website which explains exactly what can be achieved.

TairikuOkami · 27 Sep 2022

I was never keen on flash drivers, they are still too expensive, but I would not mind 512GB or more for a backup.
I have currently 5, that is all I ever bought, Voyager 256MB for updating BIOS, 2xKingston 8GB for Windows 10/11.
Then I have 2 for a real backup, AUV310 is water/dust/shock-proof and Pretec is also bulletproof, you never know.

SoFine409 · 27 Sep 2022

I’m fortunate to live near a Micro Center Store and they have their store brand USB sticks in bulk by the checkout lines so over the years I’ve collected about 40 to 50 of various sizes. I have rescue disks for all my PCs, ISOs, and lots of miscellaneous software and docs. Only had about 3 fail so they’re a really good deal. And no I don’t use then for important backups, for that I have several NAS units on my network.