Best Flash Drive and GB's for installation after a clean install?

Phone Man said:

I have used the 8GB version for years. That is a great price on the 16GB.
Jim

Thank you Jim!!!!!

bobkn said:

In my opinion, USB2 is fine as an installation medium.

USB3 is nominally faster, but:

1) Windows won't install significantly faster from a fast USB drive (but much faster than from a DVD)

2) A USB 3 drive has a USB 3 interface, but no guarantee of fast performance.

Thank you for your assistance bobkn!!!! Helpful. I feel much better that I am not missing out on by purchasing the 3.0 version.

Matthew Wai said:

I have a 32 GB USB 3.0 drive containing Windows setup files as well as personal files.
It took 10-odd minutes to clean-install version 1709.

Thank you Matthew for your assistance!!!! Helpful! Is that a good thing or bad thing to be 10 minutes long?

I bought actually a few sizes of these drives, what would be the ultimate size (gb) of the flash drive to keep in order to make a recovery drives or images etc.?

Thank you!

mrje1 said:

Thank you Matthew for your assistance!!!! Helpful! Is that a good thing or bad thing to be 10 minutes long?

It is neither good nor bad. It was just a personal experience.

f14tomcat said:

If you have an 8GB 2.0, that is more than sufficient.

Thank you very much f14tomcat!

Matthew Wai said:

It is neither good nor bad. It was just a personal experience.

Thank you again! Awesome!

Hey Everyone,

I put up a new thread about Flash Drive vs. portable external HDD for every day use. Would love to get your input if possible.

Thank you!! Hope your day is going well so far.