What is bigger a giga bite or a mega bite. I have a 32 MB Flash drive how does that convert to GB
Flash Drive, Computers & Internet
What is bigger a giga bite or a mega bite. I have a 32 MB Flash drive how does that convert to GB
Flash Drive, Computers & Internet
July 1st, 2011 on 8:21 am
USB Hard Drive vs. USB Flash Drive
USB Hard Drives: larger, bulkier, contain moving parts, still widely used in desktops and notebooks however are slowly being phased out as a common external storage device.
USB Flash Drives: smaller, compact, do not contain moving parts which makes them more durable (you can drop them, wash them, throw them and still keep using them). USB Flash Drives are the number 1 common external storage device used today. They are getting larger and larger and cheaper and cheaper. Many companies use them as promotional items since they are easy to brand and cheap to give away. I work for PromoLocker.com and our business increases significantly every year.
Memory Sizes:
GB = Gigabyte
MB = Megabyte
1 GB = 1024 MB
32 MB = 0.03125 GB
You can store numerous text only Micorsoft Word, Notepad, Wordpad, and other files on your 32 MB drive. However, in this day and age your 32 MB USB Flash Drive is already considered outdated. The current standard USB Drive size is probably 1 GB.
I hope this answers your question.
Jiten Bhatt
http://www.promolocker.com
July 1st, 2011 on 8:21 am
1GB = 1024 MBs
You have a pretty old flash drive there. Only enough for a few Word documents
Some USB hard drives are actually self-powered less-than-500mA laptop hard drives using a USB adapter. They’re bulkier, and not used as often as flash drives for pocket storage.
July 1st, 2011 on 8:21 am
This is a pretty easy thing to remember but hard to understand…..Just kidding.
First a USB hard drive is a drive that has moving parts(most of the time for now), and usually significantly larger than USB Flash drives
A USB Flash drive is a drive that has no moving parts, usually just a chip and now I think they are up too 80 GB, but they are expensive.
And this is just an estimate so you can remember, 1000 kilobytes(KB) is 1 megabyte(MB), 1000 megabytes(MB) is a 1 Gigabyte(GB)
So your 32 (MB) is not a GB at all.
1000(MB) = 1(GB)
July 1st, 2011 on 8:21 am
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Kate
MSFT Office Live Outreach Team