USB OTG File Manager for Nexus allows you to open and copy files from any USB storage device with the FAT32 or NTFS file system using the USB OTG port. You can copy files to any storage device and manage them: edit file names, add directories and delete files.
You can also manage your files in internal memory devices. The application was developed for Nexus devices, which have an "OnTheGo" port. But it is also possible to work on any device with an OTG USB port and Android 4.0+
Instructions
- 1. install the USB OTG File Manager program.
- 2. connect the flash drive to your device via an OTG cable.
- 3. Allow the application to become the default for opening flash drives.
- 4. Click CONNECT in the program and wait for the connection.
- 5. using the program...
- 6. Before exiting the program, press the special shutdown button (see screenshot).
Add. information
- 1. When connecting and launching for the first time, allow the application to become the default for opening flash drives.
- 2. With FAT32 file system, read and write is available. With the NTFS file system, read-only is available.
- 3. Supports opening files directly from a USB device.
- 4. The application may offer to install additionally Simple Music Player for playing music. Whether to bet or not is up to you. I didn't put it.
- 5. The application has an Advanced Mode for advanced users. If you are not confident in your actions, then use a normal gun (Normal Mode).
- 6. The application does not transmit or receive any data from the Internet, which is good.
Download the application for working with a flash drive - USB OTG File Manager for Nexus on Android you can follow the link below.
Developer: KyuuDrod
Platform: Android 4.0 and higher
Interface language: Russian (RUS)
Status: Full
Root: Not needed
A utility for monitoring connected and displaying previously used USB devices. USBDeview will show detailed information about each component device. Allows you to manage active USB ports and diagnose data transfer speed.
USBDeview review
The program displays information for each USB device with the ability to test it:
- Device name
- Description
- Device type
- Serial number (for storage devices)
- Date and time the device was added
- VendorID, ProductID and more
Full control over equipment connected via USB port:
- Remove previously used USB devices from the system
- Disconnect, connected in this moment device
- Disabling and enabling USB devices
USBDeview includes several useful tools. For example Speed Test for USB Flash Drive s, which diagnoses the read-write speed of the connected flash drive. Keep in mind you will need a minimum of 100MB of free disk space in order to successfully do this speed test.
With USBDeview, you can manage startup properties for USB storage devices. There is an opportunity to work on remote computer, but to do this you need to log in with administrator rights.
Hello, friends! Today we’ll talk again about creating a bootable USB flash drive.
How to create a bootable USB device? For what purposes should I use it and what program should I use to record it?
A brief overview of the five most popular and free programs to create a bootable USB flash drive.
Modern developments do not stand still, and yesterday's technologies are slowly but surely losing their relevance. So the once popular CDs and DVDs no longer seem like such a clear solution for storing, transferring and working with information. High data reading speed, versatility and reusability are just small part all the advantages of a flash drive as a bootable medium over disks. Today almost everything personal computers and laptops, if they are less than ten years old, support the ability to boot from USB devices. And in some cases (for example, a netbook), a flash drive may be the only boot device from an external drive.
By the way, the new Windows 10 operating system will be the first axis, the distribution of which will be officially distributed on a USB drive. And if you suddenly need to recover files from a flash drive, read about it. I also recommend paying attention to, which will help you take your mind off everyday work and lift your spirits.
With the help of additional software, a flash drive can be used not only as a boot device for installation, reinstallation and recovery operating system, but also to create an emergency device (Multiboot). This is a kind of resuscitator, a tool from which you can boot at any time and cure your computer of viruses, restore system files or save important data. I described how to create such a flash drive resuscitator in the article “Creating a bootable Live CD/DVD/USB device and its use.” You can read this article.
Despite all the obvious advantages and the growing popularity of a flash drive as a bootable device, there are not so many programs for creating it. Nevertheless, they exist, and today I will introduce you to them in more detail, but first a few words about the preparatory stage.
Preparing a flash drive
We will need the flash drive itself, plus knowledge of some important aspects. First, you need to make sure that your computer supports booting from USB devices. There is a misconception that if in the bios (boot section) there is no option to select boot from usb (there are only floppi, hdd and dvd-rom options), then boot from usb is not supported. This is wrong!
More precisely, this is not always the case. Only the right decision- refer to the manual (user manual) of your motherboard or using specialized software (as an option - AIDA64) to obtain a detailed report on the hardware used.
The second point is the size of the flash drive. Here everything will depend on what we write on it. For example, to create a Live-USB, installation Linux disk or Windows 7, a 4 GB flash drive is enough. To create a boot device with latest versions For Windows, it is advisable to have a flash drive of at least 8 GB on hand.
The third point is transferring files from a flash drive. Typically, the process of creating a boot device involves completely formatting it. If there are important files on the flash drive, transfer them to another device in advance. To create a bootable USB flash drive and then work with it as a boot device, use USB port-2.0 (Windows 7 does not support USB 3.0).
How to create a bootable USB flash drive
Let's consider five in various ways using the example of five free programs for Windows.
A small but quite functional utility with the self-explanatory name WinSetupFromUSB. Equally well suited for recording a bootable and/or multiboot flash drive (up to 10 operating systems) and creating Live devices. Official site .
Among the shortcomings is the lack of support for the Russian language. Among the advantages, as I already said, is its versatility. The utility can work not only with Windows distribution, but is also suitable for recording installation disk with Linux.
The usual option for creating a bootable flash drive, for example, with a Windows distribution, involves selecting the flash drive itself, the option to automatically format the media, and the ISO image of the operating system in the appropriate boxes. The recording process starts after pressing the “Go” button. You can read more about how this program works.
To create a multiboot flash drive (several OS), you need to specify the path to the ISO images of the operating systems. Paragraph Windows selection 10 at the time of writing this article is not available by default, but in reality everything is written and works, you just need to select the appropriate column with the available versions - Vista, 7, 8.
2. Rufus
Perhaps the simplest solution for creating bootable USB drives. Everything is simple and intuitive. Suitable for working on systems that do not have an installed OS. Official site rufus.akeo.ie.
The main advantages are speed of operation, simple interface, Russian language. Perfect solution, if there is a need to create a bootable Windows flash drive 10 with UEFI support. By the way, I wrote in detail about how to do this in.
Distributed in the format of a regular installer and a portable version. To create a bootable USB flash drive, in the utility window you need to specify the path to the ISO image to be written and click the “Start” button.
On new systems that use UEFI instead of BIOS, set the Partition Scheme and System Interface Type menu to GPT for computers with UEFI.
In other cases, the default settings will be sufficient. The option to format a flash drive is assigned by default.
3. Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
This utility is the official application from Microsoft. The interface is minimalistic, simple and clear, it is easy to work with. Download from the official website wudt.codeplex.com.
Perhaps the name of the utility (Windows 7 USB) will mislead many people into thinking that with its help you can only write the Windows 7 distribution to removable media. However, this is not the case. In addition to the seventh version, Windows 8.1 and 10 distributions can be stored on a flash drive.
The downside is that the utility is not Russified, but the simple and intuitive interface is designed to offset this drawback.
All that is required from the user is to insert a USB drive in advance, select an ISO image with the operating system and specify the path to the media (flash drive) to which this image should be deployed.
The operating principle of this program is based on standard operating room tools Windows systems- this is “diskpart”, “bootsect /nt60”, extracting ISO onto a flash drive. The program acts only as a graphical interface.
UltraISO is one of the best and most functional programs for working with disk images. A universal “harvester” that supports work with almost any known formats. Can work in tandem with Nero Burning Rom and integrates with virtual emulators. It will help if the image boot disk not in ISO format.
The program can convert other image formats into ISO files - NRG, MDF, MDS, IMG, CCD, etc. With UltraISO you can edit ISO files without unpacking them. The UltraISO interface has been translated into many languages, including Russian. For downloading, you are offered several editions of UltraISO, adapted for individual versions of Windows, as well as a portable version of the program. Download link www.ezbsystems.com.
By and large, the program does not care what boot devices will be created with its help, with what operating system, what software and from what manufacturer. The ISO image to be burned must be opened in the program window either using the Open command in the File menu or using the browse button on the toolbar. This can also be done using the Ctrl + O key combination.
Then in the window that appears, if the program automatically selects the desired flash drive, you should click the “Burn” button.
Daemon Tools Ultra is a professional tool for working with images. The program itself is familiar to many users because it is free. Lite versions, which allows you to mount virtual drives for reading disk images. Its more functional version - Daemon Tools Ultra - offers, among other features, the creation of boot devices.
Among the disadvantages, it is worth noting that it is paid, but to create a bootable flash drive, you can download a free 20-day trial version on the program’s official website. Official website of the program.
Go to the official website and download the program. During installation, you must select a trial license type.
The program works with a huge number of disk image formats and can be used both to create a boot device with subsequent installation of the operating system, and to restore it (Live disk).
To create a bootable flash drive, in the main window of Daemon Tools Ultra, select the “Tools” menu item, and among its commands is “Write bootable image to USB”. Or the hotkey combination Ctrl+B.
In the recording parameters window, specify the path to the image, enable the MBR overwrite option and click “Start”.
When the flash drive is ready, all that remains is to boot from it. The easiest way is to use the boot menu keys. The table below shows clear example such keys.
Of course, this is not the entire list of programs designed to create bootable devices, but for the vast majority of users, the capabilities and functionality of the listed software will be sufficient.
Eg, Rufus program can be used as the simplest and fastest tool for creating a bootable USB drive with one Windows distribution or for flashing BIOS from DOS.
Good day everyone!
You can argue, but flash drives have become one of the most (if not the most) popular storage media. It is not surprising that there are quite a lot of questions regarding them: especially important among them are the issues of recovery, formatting and testing.
In this article I will present the best (in my opinion) utilities for working with drives - that is, those tools that I have used myself many times. The information in the article will be updated and expanded from time to time.
The best programs for working with a flash drive
Important! First of all, if you have problems with a flash drive, I recommend visiting the official website of its manufacturer. The fact is that the official website may have specialized utilities for data recovery (and not only!), which will cope with the task much better.
For testing
Let's start with testing drives. Let's look at programs that will help determine some of the parameters of a USB drive.
H2testw
A very useful utility for determining the actual volume of any media. In addition to the storage capacity, it can test the actual speed of its operation (which some manufacturers like to overestimate for marketing purposes).
Check Flash
A free utility that can quickly check your flash drive for functionality, measure its real read and write speed, complete removal all the information from it (so that no utility can recover a single file from it!).
In addition, it is possible to edit information about partitions (if they exist on it), make backup copy and reanimate the image of an entire media partition!
The speed of the utility is quite high and it is unlikely that at least one competing program will do this job faster!
HD Speed
This is a very simple, but very convenient program for testing flash drives for read/write speed (information transfer). In addition to USB drives, the utility supports hard drives and optical drives.
The program does not require installation. Information is presented in a clear graphical representation. Supports Russian language. Works in all Windows versions: XP, 7, 8, 10.
CrystalDiskMark
One of best utilities to test the speed of information transfer. Supports various media: HDD (hard drives), SSD (newfangled solid state drives), USB flash drives, memory cards, etc.
The program supports the Russian language, although running a test in it is as easy as shelling pears - just select a carrier and press the start button (you can figure it out without knowledge of the great and mighty).
An example of the results can be seen in the screenshot above.
Flash Memory Toolkit
Flash Memory Toolkit - this program is a whole set of utilities for servicing flash drives.
Full set of functions:
- a detailed list of properties and information about the drive and USB devices;
- test to find errors when reading and writing information to the media;
- quick data clearing from the drive;
- search and recovery of information;
- backup of all files to media and the ability to restore from a backup copy;
- low-level testing of information transfer speed;
- measuring performance when working with small/large files.
FC-Test
Website: xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/fc-test.html
Benchmark for measurement real speed reading/writing hard drives, flash drives, memory cards, CD/DVD devices, etc. Its main feature and difference from all utilities of this kind is that it uses real data samples to work.
Of the minuses: the utility has not been updated for quite some time (problems with newfangled media types are possible).
Flashnul
This utility allows you to diagnose and test USB Flash drives. By the way, during this operation, errors and bugs will be corrected. Supported media: US and Flash drives, SD, MMC, MS, XD, MD, CompactFlash, etc.
List of operations performed:
- reading test - an operation will be carried out to determine the availability of each sector on the media;
- recording test - similar to the first function;
- information integrity test - the utility checks the integrity of all data on the media;
- saving a media image - saving everything that is on the media into a separate image file;
- Loading the image into the device is similar to the previous operation.
For formatting
HDD Low Level Format Tool
A program that has only one task - to format the media (by the way, hard drives are also supported HDDs, and solid state drives - SSD, and USB flash drives).
Despite such a “meager” set of capabilities, it is not for nothing that this utility is in first place in this article. The fact is that it allows you to “bring back” to life even those media that are no longer visible in any other program. If this utility sees your drive, try low-level formatting it (attention! all data will be deleted!) - there is a good chance that after this format, your flash drive will work as before: without failures and errors.
USB Disk Storage Format Tool
A program for formatting and creating bootable flash drives. Supported file systems: FAT, FAT32, NTFS. The utility does not require installation, supports USB 2.0 port (USB 3.0 is not visible. Note: this port is marked in blue).
Its main difference from the standard tool in Windows for formatting drives is the ability to “see” even those media that are not visible by standard OS tools. Otherwise, the program is quite simple and concise, I recommend using it to format all “problem” flash drives.
Format USB Or Flash Drive Software
The utility will help in cases where the standard formatting program in Windows refuses to “see” the media (or, for example, will generate errors during operation). Format USB Or Flash Drive Software can format media into the following file systems: NTFS, FAT32 and exFAT. There is a quick formatting option.
I would also like to note the simple interface: it is designed in a minimalist style, it’s easy to understand (the screenshot is shown above). In general, I recommend it!
SD Formatter
A simple utility for formatting various flash cards: SD/SDHC/SDXC.
The main difference from standard program, built into Windows - is that this utility formats the media in accordance with the type of flash card: SD/SDHC/SDXC. It is also worth noting the presence of the Russian language, a simple and understandable interface (the main program window is shown in the screenshot above).
Aomei Partition Assistant
Aomei Partition Assistant - great free (for home use) “combine”, which provides a huge number of functions and capabilities for working with hard drives and USB media.
The program supports the Russian language (but is still set to English by default), works in all popular Windows operating systems: XP, 7, 8, 10. The program, by the way, works according to its own unique algorithms (according to at least, according to the developers of this software), which allows it to “see” even “very problematic” media, be it a flash drive or HDD.
In general, a whole article would not be enough to describe all its properties! I recommend you try it, especially since Aomei Partition Assistant will save you not only from problems with USB drives, but also with other media.
Recovery programs
Important! If the programs presented below are not enough, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with a large collection of programs for data recovery from various types media (hard drives, flash drives, memory cards, etc.): .
If, when connecting the drive, it reports an error and asks you to format it, do not do it (it is possible that after this operation, it will be much more difficult to return the data)! In this case, I recommend reading this article:.
Recuva
One of the best free file recovery programs. Moreover, it supports not only USB drives, but also hard drives. Distinctive features: fast media scanning, quite high degree search for “remains” of files (i.e. the chances of returning a deleted file are quite high), simple interface, step by step wizard recovery (even complete beginners can handle it).
For those who will be scanning their flash drive for the first time, I recommend that you read the mini-instructions for recovering files in Recuva:
R Saver
Free* (for non-commercial use in the USSR) program for recovering information from hard drives, flash drives, memory cards and other media. The program supports all the most popular file systems: NTFS, FAT and exFAT.
The program sets the media scanning parameters independently (which is also another plus for beginners).
Program features:
- recovery of accidentally deleted files;
- possibility of reconstruction of damaged file systems;
- recovering files after formatting the media;
- data recovery using signatures.
EasyRecovery
One of the best data recovery programs, supports a wide variety of media types. The program works in all versions new Windows: 7, 8, 10 (32/64 bits), supports Russian language.
One cannot fail to note one of the most important advantages of the program - the high degree of detection of deleted files. Everything that can be “pulled out” from a disk or flash drive will be presented to you and offered to be restored.
Perhaps the only negative is that it is paid...
Important! About how to return deleted files in this program you can find in this article (see part 2):
R-STUDIO
One of the most popular programs for data recovery, both in our country and abroad. A large number of different media are supported: hard drives (HDD), solid-state drives (SSD), memory cards, flash drives, etc. The list of supported file systems is also amazing: NTFS, NTFS5, ReFS, FAT12/16/32, exFAT, etc.
The program will help in the following cases:
- accidentally deleting a file from the trash (this happens sometimes...);
- formatting the hard drive;
- virus attack;
- in the event of a computer power failure (especially important in Russia with its “reliable” power grids);
- in case of errors on the hard disk, if there is large number damaged sectors;
- if the structure of the hard drive is damaged (or changed).
In general, a universal harvester for all kinds of cases. The only negative is that the program is paid.
Remark! Step-by-step data recovery in R-Studio:
Popular USB flash drive manufacturers
It is, of course, unrealistic to collect all manufacturers in one table. But all the most popular ones are definitely present here :). On the manufacturer’s website you can often find not only service utilities for resuscitating or formatting a USB drive, but also utilities that greatly facilitate the work: for example, programs for archival copying, assistants for preparing bootable media, etc.
Note! If I have left anyone out, I suggest using the tips from the instructions for restoring the functionality of a USB drive: . The article describes in some detail how and what to do to “return” the flash drive to working condition.
This concludes the report. Good work and good luck everyone!
USBDeview is a compact utility that scans all available USB ports. Based on the scan results, this application provides the user with the most detailed information about those USB devices that are currently connected. The usefulness of this program lies in the timely detection of any devices connected via a USB port that come into conflict with the computer, interfering with the normal operation of the latter. The interface of the USBDeview utility also deserves the highest rating, since it is not only informative, but also very convenient, for absolutely any user.
While this application is running, all USB drives connected to the computer are conveniently displayed in the USBDeview main menu. In this case, the user will receive complete information about the connected device in real time, regardless of what type it belongs to. After all, in addition to storage devices, these can be smartphones, modems, scanners and many other devices connected to a computer using a USB cable.
A convenient function of the USBDeview application is statistics on the operation of connected equipment, which allows you to inform the user about the number of connections of a particular USB port, as well as the number of device failures that have occurred. In addition, this application is capable of providing data on the operating time of a particular device by displaying its time real connection and shutdowns. Among the various information that is displayed by the utility, it is also worth noting the name of the manufacturer of the connected device, as well as its serial number. USBDeview can be downloaded for free and easily by every user who wants to see such a functional application as a useful tool for daily work.
Main features of USBDeview:
- quickly scan all USB ports on your computer;
- provision complete information about the connected device;
- nice and convenient interface;
- application operation without installation;
- support for various devices.
And one more of useful functions USBDeview is what this program It also works in Russian, which will be a significant advantage for people who do not speak foreign languages.
