Places all the parts of your file in one place Objective: to learn about USB drives. Warm-up: What does defragging do to your hard drive? (Do internet research for 5 min) Places all the parts of your file in one place
USB Ports and Flash Drives
USB Ports
Flash Drives Alternative Names USB Drive Flash Drive Thumb Drive Pen Drive Jump Drive Chip Stick Chip stick USB = Universal Serial Bus
Flash Drives 1GB = 1000MB Capacity varies with price: (Up to) 64GB Capacity of other storage devices: Floppy: 1.4 MB CD-ROM: 700 MB DVD-ROM: 4.7 GB 1GB = 1000MB
USB Chart 50 pts www.tigerdirect.com Research using the internet. Create a chart using Excel about the costs of different USB drives using the internet Email to: gordonsigler@gmail.com Subject: Jump Drive – Name - Date www.tigerdirect.com
Quiz What are six different names for a USB Drive? USB Drive Flash Drive Thumb Drive Pen Drive Jump Drive Chip Stick
Using a Flash Drive Wait for Windows to detect and assign drive letter. Use as if it were another hard drive.
Pair Share 2 What does Windows assign to the USB drive after you insert it? Windows assigns a drive letter. What other piece of hardware does a USB drive act like? The USB drive becomes another hard drive.
Removing Flash Drive Close all applications that could have a file open on it! Pull drive out smoothly.
USB 1.1 works with 2.0 slot & USB 2.0 works with 1.1 slot Speed Comparison USB 1.1 12MB/sec USB 2.0 480MB/sec USB 3.0 5,000MB/sec USB 1.1 works with 2.0 slot & USB 2.0 works with 1.1 slot
Pair Share 3 How much faster in USB 2 compared to USB 1.1? USB 2 is 40 times faster.
Vocabulary Word Meaning Image USB 1.1 12MB per second USB 2.0 Storage device A piece of hardware use to hold files and folders Drive Letter A location given by the operating system to allow the user to save and access files Detect To notice and inform the user of new hardware and software Popup Balloon A notice given to the user about changes in hardware or software
Complete Desk Assignment Draw the Mother Board on notes: Hard drive CPU PATA Controllers Mother Board RAM