| 1 | Reformat Your Computer: The easiest way to do this is with a secondary hard drive or USB flash drive. | |
| 2 | Some use flash memory for storage instead of a hard disk, which makes them more robust and extends battery life. | |
| 3 | It's not the most practical of solutions, considering the price of flash-based memory, but at least the option is there. | |
| 4 | Still, Japan produces a far higher share of certain important chips like the lightweight flash memory used in smartphones and tablet computers. | |
| 5 | To increase the capacity of digital storage devices, beyond what today's flash or magnetic memories allow, researchers have been developing so-called phase-change memories. |