Removable USB Flash Drives

[Eyerex]

Hello all and you in the pink jumper :o

Am thinking of getting Crucial Gizmo! Hi-Speed 1GB USB2.0 Flash Drive ?52.50 Anyone use one, as i think it would come in handy when moving stuff from one Pc to another...

http://img185.exs.cx/img185/10/crucialgizmo2221ns.gif

[freonchill]

yea - i think now that everyone (well anyone who matters - right?) uses 2k or xp (or osX) that you arent going to have to haul around a driver cd for these to work

yea - they are getting around the $50-75 range here also and im debating on getting one

just wish someone would right a review on the 1gb versions - last DETAILED review i was was for the 128/256 models - in which the fuji won on overall speed (read & write)

[analogue40]

my boss has a 128MB gizmo and it's really small, the drive comes with software installed actually on itself that lets you password protect parts of it, havnt played much but seems decent, really want a high capacity drive myself too.

[MrJoshua]

well we have 2x 512MB thumb drives at work for backing up myob, qoutes etc... they are great dont know how we used to stuff around with cdrws for so long.
cheers :) :)

[pagmann]

Best gadgit I ever purchased. I have the PNY 512MB. I used to use zip disks. What a joke those were. 8)

[muisejt]

got a 256MB Lexar, comes in handy a lot

[y2k103]

I have the 1 Gig Lexar Jump Drive. ($74.00 US) Works very well, I have even put on a few DivX files to watch @ work during lunch time. No problems so far. 8)

[pinky]

I've got the Sandisk Cruzer Mini 256mb. paid ?20 for and it does the job very nicely indeed

[freonchill]

I have the 1 Gig Lexar Jump Drive. ($74.00 US) Works very well, I have even put on a few DivX files to watch @ work during lunch time. No problems so far. 8)

can we get an HDtach profile of that drive ?

screenshot of it will be sufficient (hdtach 3.1.0.0 - http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach)

[y2k103]

You-know, just this weekend when I was running diskkeeper on my harddrives, and for the hell of it, I click on the Lexar Jump Drive & diskkeeper defrag it. This weekend I will run HDTach on it. 8)

chill, that link was dead.

[analogue40]

take the ) of the end of it -
http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach

[y2k103]

Damn :oops: Thanks analogue .....

[number 2]

Just wait until motherboards start using them right on the the board.
Just think about it! How fast could you boot your pc without using a hard drive to load into windows!

WOW! :wink:

[Eyerex]

Guess what i final have one coming the Crucial Gizmo! Hi-Speed 1GB ?50 at long last, was thinking of getting say the 512 but was thinking the extra space will come in handy. Thank god no more taking cd's everywhere when you want to fix someones pc...

[rogerroger90]

I've got a 1gig, a 512meg, and a 256meg. Been using them since they first came out. I would feel nekid without one in my pocket (carry the 1gig everywhere). If I had a choice between my flash drive and my cell phone, I'd pick my flash drive every time. I really don't think speed is much of an issue as long as it's USB2. The fact that you have what you need, where you need it, is much more impotant than sheer speed. (go cheap, be happy, use the rest of your money for beer)

[JoeLouie]

I've got a Sony 128MB flash drive that I picked up a while back... haven't really used it a whole lot.

[Eyerex]

Well it came today and guess what it only just fit's my Antec P160 usb on the front of the case see below. It does work thank god it just at a angle..

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9725/image0277ds.jpg

[lothodon]

now for the fun part, you can make them bootable like a c: drive for firmware and bios flashes now. i've got 2 256's and a 32 (old) and use the 32 for a boot drive.

talk about booting to the c: fast, i too cannot wait until motherboards boot to these internally. mind blowing fast.