Have you tried it in another machine? Newer operating systems can detect faults on usbs and scan and fix them (I seem to remember you use an older windows, and I don't know when the scan and fix started to work)
No, the info on dropbox is like hotmail, the files are stored online so are safe...
Pretty much anywhere. They are in the tech sections of asda, tesco, sainsbury, you can get them wh smith, any electrical store like maplins, dixons, pc world, amazon.
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A dvd is 4.7gb, a cd is 700mb (a gb is 1024mb)
If you get a 32gb memory stick (£10), it can hold the...
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