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Convenient USB key/ USB drives 2007-10
You have seen them, about the size of a lip balm, usually on someone's key chain. These are the current generation "floppy disks" of 15 years ago. People use them to carry digital pictures, music, video, files to share with co-workers, family and friends. There are many other uses as well http://lifehacker.com/software/usb-drive/geek-to-live-carry-your-life-on-a-thumb-drive-or-ipod-179025.php
 Ok, you are convinced you NEED one. How frustrating would it be if you plugged a newly purchased USB key (or a USB Drive for backup) into your computer, and nothing happens? Well, chances are your Windows XP computer has a drive letter conflict.
Your computer has a hard disk drive, its normally drive C. You're CD /DVD drive is usually D. If you have other stuff connected, the drive letters may be E, F, G, … and so on. Some USB Keys comes with a pre-designated drive letter, for example E. But if your computer already uses E, it won't recognize the USB Key.
To resolve the problem, go into Start / Settings / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer Management / Disk Management. See what letter the computer assigns it, change it to a drive letter that's not used, and you will be able to see your USB key in windows explorer.
 If you have an iPOD, you can use it to store / transfer files as well. All you have to do is in iTunes' preferences pane, check off "Enable disk use" in the iPod tab. Then you can use Windows Explorer to copy files to and from it.
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