I haven't really been paying attention to this thread, but now I
think I should have. My son, for his birthday, wants a flash drive. I
was looking at the 16gig one they have at Costco.com and here are the
specs from that page.
Capacity: 16GB
Simple: Back up at the touch of a button, no cables or software
installation needed
Portable: Just put it in your pocket & protect your files wherever you
are
Secure: Protect your data w/password protection & AES hardware
encryption
Backed by the minds behind flash memory: with our patent pending
backup technology & 5-year limited warranty
System Requirements:
Intel® Pentium® PC or Mac computer w/USB support
Windows XP, Vista (backup & storage)
Windows 2000, Mac OS X v10.1.2+ & Linux (storage only)
USB 2.0 port required for high-speed transfer
Requires high-power USB hub port
Anyway, my son is using a PC, but not sure of the OS. He built the
computer himself, so it's mostly brandless. The OS is some flavor of
windows and he built it in the last year so I'm guessing Vista. So,
does this sound like a decent flash drive for him? I rarely use them
myself so I know little to next to nothing about them.
Jeff Miles
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On Nov 1, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Had an ROTC instructor one year, break off the end of his flash
drive (Don't ask me how?)
Ended up connecting to it and transferring all that data to my
system and putting it on a new flash drive.
I did tell him it is best to back it up onto a system and not keep
all you precious documents on a flash drive.
Needless to say he no longer works at the local school. (His
brilliance was matched by his incompetence.)
Stewart
At 11:24 PM 11/1/2009, you wrote:
Flash drives break when you need them most, yet survive the most
brutal abuse.
I found Bob's 8GB flash drive in the washing machine last week--
after the laundry was washed at the heavy duty setting. I opened it
and hung it up to dry with everything else, waited a day for it to
dry. It works fine, no lost data. Lucky that I usually hang clothes
outdoors or in our greenhouse to dry. The flash drive might not
survive an hour in the dryer, but you never know.
Betty
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