The huge capacity of thumbdrives has meant that more than just a device to shuffle files between computers and locations. In many instances it is the primary storage device for a lot of important things from work documents to family photos. (I read somewhere that someone has developed a huge 1 terrabyte thumbdrive. For those who are not technically inclined a terrabyte is over 1million megabyes. Or to put in in perspective take an average word document of several pages of text is 1megabyte. A terrabyte therefore allows you to save 1 million different word documents)

Myself personally my thumbdrive is as important as my house set of keys. It goes everywhere with me. Unlike a set of house keys though a thumbdrive does not do well in the rain and it definitely does not do well when tea or coffee is spilt onto the device. Here are some do's and don'ts on how to save a thumbdrive.

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