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There are plenty of uses to put your custom USB flash drives to. They are a practical tool and come in useful on many occasions. Just what will you and your customers use yours for? Here are some uses.

1) Backing up your laptop. Whether you are about to install some new software, play about with the hardware, have heard a strange noise from the hard drive or just want to make sure that important files are backed up, a USB flash drive is a great way to save those files quickly and easily.

2) Fixing your computer. Got a serious virus infection and can’t connect the machine to the internet? Grab a flash drive, go to someone else’s machine (but make sure you aren’t passing them the virus via the USB flash drive…) and install virus detection software onto the flash drive. Then plug the USB flash drive into your broken machine and run the up to date virus program to, hopefully, clean up your computer. Problem solved!

3) Give your laptop a new operating system. Is your computer behaving as though it is on its last legs, refusing to boot Windows and in need of some serious attention? Fed up with Windows and want to try something different? There are a multitude of operating systems, based around Linux, that can fit onto a USB drive and boot from it, allowing you to run the computer under that operating system.

4) Running your favourite software. There are versions of many popular software packages that will run directly from flash drives, without having to be installed onto the machine running them. You need never be caught short in wanting to open a spreadsheet or a database file ever again.

5) Transporting files. Photos, music, documents, assignments, embarrassing video clips etc etc etc. Whatever files you might want to carry around and move between laptops, there should be a USB drive to fit your files. A flash drive makes the process far easier than having to write to a CD or DVD and then carry that around attached to a key ring in your pocket all day.

This is just a quick overview of five of the many popular uses of promotional USB flash drives. There are loads more uses that you might want to put them to in every day situations. They are a versatile and useful tool and if you have a batch made up with your logo and contact details on and then pass them around to customers and contacts, it should be a great part of your businesse’s promotional activities. Don’t delay – you should have a look at the wide variety of USB drives available today and see which one suits your business the best.

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