Virtual USB drive: share a whole folder online, no physical stick
A virtual USB drive is a USB stick you cannot lose: an online storage space with folders and subfolders that you fill like a physical drive and hand over with a simple link. Your recipient opens it in the browser, without creating an account, and grabs everything in one click.
RoostDrive offers two sizes: a small 50 MB drive, free, to pass on a set of documents; a large drive — 5 GB with Pro or the pass, 20 GB with Pro Max — for heavy volumes: site photos, accounting archives, video deliverables. Hosted in Europe, protected against dangerous files, tidied automatically.
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What is a virtual USB drive?
On a physical USB stick you create folders, drop files into them, then hand the stick to someone. The virtual USB drive reproduces exactly that gesture, online: a folder tree you organize freely, a link (or QR code) that represents it, and an access code that guards the entrance.
The difference with a plain sharing link: the drive is an object in its own right, with a capacity, a structure and an owner. You decide who gets in, switch it to private whenever you want, and find all your drives in one place, each with its fill gauge.
What a RoostDrive drive holds
Everything you expect from a USB stick, plus what a physical one cannot do:
- ✓Folders and subfolders (up to 8 levels) that you create, rename and reorganize by moving files;
- ✓A link and a QR code to hand out, an access code, private or public visibility;
- ✓Download of an entire folder as a ZIP, generated on the fly — no waiting for an archive to be prepared;
- ✓Files up to 2 GB each, sent in chunks with automatic resume after a connection drop — uploaded by you or, from the link, by your signed-in recipients;
- ✓Access requests: on a private drive, a visitor asks to get in, you approve or deny in one click — and revoke later if needed.
Automatic analysis and sorting of large volumes
When a drive fills up with hundreds of files, tidying it by hand becomes a job in itself. RoostDrive does it for you, in the background: inventory by family (documents, images, videos, spreadsheets, archives…), duplicate detection by digital fingerprint, spotting of the heaviest files.
You then pick the sorting: by type (a Documents folder, an Images folder…) or by date (year, then month). The report tells you what was moved and what exists twice, and offers to keep a single copy of each duplicate.
Safeguards against dangerous files
A drive that others can fill must be watched. Every uploaded file is checked before it is even stored: executable extensions refused (.exe, .bat, .js, .jar, .msi…), the real file type verified beyond its mere name, ZIP archives inspected (hidden executables, "zip bombs"), macro-enabled Office documents rejected.
The drive owner has nothing to configure: the rules apply to every upload, yours as well as your recipients'.
Pricing: 50 MB free, a 5 to 20 GB large drive depending on the plan
The free plan includes a small 50 MB drive — enough to pass on an administrative file or a series of PDFs, no credit card required. The Pro plan and the prepaid pass unlock the large drive (5 GB) and the creation of several drives, for instance one per client or per project; Pro Max takes the large drive to 20 GB.
Frequently asked questions
What is a virtual USB drive?
It is an online storage space organized like a USB stick — folders, subfolders, a set capacity — that you share through a link instead of handing it over in person. With RoostDrive, the drive has an access code, a QR code, and downloads in one go as a ZIP.
How do I send a large folder without a physical USB stick?
Create a RoostDrive drive, upload your folders (up to 2 GB per file, 5 to 20 GB in total on the large drive depending on your plan), then send the link and the code. Your recipient downloads the whole folder as a ZIP, from any browser, on desktop or mobile.
Does my recipient need an account?
Not to browse and download: the link and the access code are enough. To upload files to the drive, signing in is required (free account, created in a minute). On a private drive, they can request access; you approve from your workspace.
How is it different from a WeTransfer send or a Drive folder link?
A transfer send is single-use and expires; a folder link exposes part of your personal space. The virtual drive is a space dedicated to sharing, with its own capacity, code, access requests and automatic sorting — built to last a project, not a single send.
Are uploaded files checked?
Yes. Every file is checked before storage: executable extensions refused, real type verified, ZIP archives inspected, macro-enabled Office documents rejected. A refused file never touches the drive.
Is the virtual USB drive free?
The small 50 MB drive is included in the free plan. The large drive (5 GB with Pro or the pass, 20 GB with Pro Max) and additional drives are part of the paid plans and the prepaid pass.
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