Tom, They are a godsend to me as I don?t have much time to go hunting through discs and tapes for what I want as I have no sight at all and when it comes to dusting I just hang the drives around my neck so I don?t knock them flying. I hope you have a back up for your 4 GB because if it became damaged in anyway you are going to lose a lot of information, remember the saying ?Don?t carry all your eggs in one basket?, also it is nice to know if your computer crashes you haven?t lost all your documents. >From: "TOM REID" <tom.reid2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Susn McDonald Martin wiltshire Jaws is broken. >Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:12:33 -0000 > >On theses memory sticks, they're great, but, they area dear way of storing >stuff compared to CD or a bigger hard drive. The 4 gig one I got cost £60 >approx. You can get 300 gigs for about £70 on a external hard drive. In >other words, if you just want to dump a load of stuff for storage, memory >sticks are a dear way to go. They are great for carrying things around to >put in a different computer. > >Tom > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "susan mcdonald" <susan_mcdonald52@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 11:19 PM >Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Susn McDonald Martin wiltshire Jaws is broken. > > > > Dorothy, > > > > I transfered the Information from 50 floppy Discs onto one of these >thumb > > drives and still have room to put mor documents onto it, the ones I have >, > > came with a cord to hang around your neck if you are worried about > > carrying > > them in your bag, also you can put Braille onto the case so you know >what > > is > > on each one withoutgoing onto the computer to find out. I keep one just > > for > > instructions for changing batteries in clocks and watches etc and my > > recipes > > so I don't have to search through a pile of tapes and discs for the one >I > > want, if you can use a floppy you will be able to use one of these, and > > because my stack is on the floor I have a lead that comes from a USB >port > > to > > the side of the monitor so I can plug into that instead of fiddling >around > > at the back of the stack for the right place to plug into. You can save > > documents in any format including pictures because when you plug in you > > will > > be given a list of how you will want to access the drive. You might >need > > sighted assistance for the first one as there as a disc that comes with > > each > > thumb drive which is for installing software onto your computer to allow > > you > > to use the drive, but that only has to be done for the first one after >you > > can use the same USB for any of your drives. Just think of all the >space > > you can save not only on your computer but shelves too > > > > > > > >>From: "Dorothy Ingram-Gorban" <dorothy.ingram-gorban@xxxxxxxxx> > >>Reply-To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>Subject: [jaws-uk] Susn McDonald Martin wiltshire Jaws is broken. > >>Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:14:58 -0000 > >> > >> Susan thanks for explaining. I have heard of Thumb Drives and >Memory > >>sticks. and can imagine they are very useful. I was confused with a > >>mention > >>of a second Hardrive, and could only think of it looking like the one >the > >>Engineer took out of my Tower, when I had a Hardrive failure in the > >>Spring. > >>that was quite large. does a small Pen like object do the job of a > >>hardrive > >>then? I imagine, one needs to know the quality of them, they sound >ideal > >>for both a desktop and a laptop. , they would need to be sturdy >to > >>take the knocks of everyday life. Thanks for your help. I am still not > >>going to risk doing anything that will finish me up in the > >>soup, > >>not wise the stress is not worth taking. 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