{"id":4562,"date":"2014-01-01T15:56:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T23:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=4562"},"modified":"2025-12-14T14:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:53:51","slug":"doubling-down-on-usb-flash-drive-restores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/doubling-down-on-usb-flash-drive-restores\/","title":{"rendered":"Doubling Down on USB Flash Drive Restores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/blog_128K_flashdrive.jpg\" alt=\"blog_128K_flashdrive\" width=\"560\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/blog_128K_flashdrive.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/blog_128K_flashdrive-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"abstract\" style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 12px; padding: 24px 12px 10px 12px;\"><strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> On March 3, 2022, Backblaze ended the USB flash drive restore option. While we parted ways with USB flash drives, we continue to offer many options for restoring your files\u2014explore ways to recover your data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/restore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">2014 is upon us and in keeping with our January tradition of giving little <a title=\"2013 More More More Data Restores\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/data-restores-more-more-and-even-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Year\u2019s gifts<\/a> to our customers, <strong>we\u2019re increasing the maximum size of our USB flash drive restores from 64GB to 128GB!<\/strong> That means that for the same $99, we\u2019ll ship you up to a 128GB restore flash drive containing your data, and you get to keep the flash drive.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of things you should know. First, once the USB flash drive is formatted, you can store up to 110GB of data on a drive. Second, if the amount of data you select to restore will fit on a 64GB drive (53GB of data) that\u2019s what we\u2019ll send you. In any case, the USB flash drive restore is a great option if you need to restore up to 110GB of data and you don\u2019t want to use your bandwidth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/docs\/downloading.html\">downloading<\/a> the files.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you can always download your data for free using a web browser. Here&#8217;s a quick reminder of your options to restore the data you backed up with Backblaze:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Web Browser: For free, you select the files\/folders you want to restore using your web browser to download the files. This is good for small amounts of data, typically 1GB or less as the web browser itself is prone to timeouts and errors.<\/li>\n<li>Backblaze Downloader: For free, you select the files\/folders you want to restore using your web browser and then download and use the Backblaze Downloader to stream and checkpoint the data download. This is similar to apps like iTunes and Netflix in how data is downloaded. Be aware that larger amounts of data will consume lots of network bandwidth and will take time.<\/li>\n<li>USB Flash Drive: For $99, you select up to 110GB of files\/folders you want to restore and get your files on a 64GB or 128GB USB flash drive. We send it to you by next day express so you get your data fast and you get to keep the drive.<\/li>\n<li>USB External Hard Drive: For $189, you select up to 3TB of files\/folders you want to restore and get your files on an external USB<a href=\"\/blog\/life-and-times-of-a-backblaze-hard-drive\/\"> hard drive<\/a> large enough to hold your data, up to a 3TB drive. We send it to you by next day express so you get your data fast and you get to keep the drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you for a great 2013 and here\u2019s to an even better 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: On March 3, 2022, Backblaze ended the USB flash drive restore option. While we parted ways with USB flash drives, we continue to offer many options for restoring your files\u2014explore ways to recover your data here. 2014 is upon us and in keeping with our January tradition of giving little New Year\u2019s gifts&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/doubling-down-on-usb-flash-drive-restores\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Doubling Down on USB Flash Drive Restores<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[121,20,12],"tags":[469,68],"class_list":["post-4562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backing-up","category-backup-devices","category-backup-news","tag-consumerbackup","tag-data-recovery","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We&#039;re Doubling Down on USB Flash Drive Restores up to 256GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Backblaze parted ways with USB drives, and we continue to offer many options for restoring your files, check them here.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/doubling-down-on-usb-flash-drive-restores\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We&#039;re Doubling Down on USB Flash Drive Restores up to 256GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Backblaze parted ways with USB drives, and we continue to offer many options for restoring your files, check them here.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/doubling-down-on-usb-flash-drive-restores\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Backblaze Blog | Cloud Storage &amp; 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