Besides making sure that the drive is sturdy, another thing to
consider is the protection for the USB tip. If the drive has a
separate cap for the tip, it inevitably will get lost. Jeff should
consider getting a drive with a USB tip that slides or folds out
from a built-in cover.
Another thing to hope for is a drive with decent read/write speeds.
One of my large capacity flash drives takes considerably longer
to move files between (particularly copying files to it) than the other.
It is painful to use the slow one for moving TV recordings between
computers and is only a little faster than moving them over our
wireless network. Does anyone know if there is a way to check
for this? I don't think that the read/write speeds are usually
given on the package.
I agree that a 16GB flash drive is likely overkill, unless Jeff's kid
is going to deal with a lot of media files or he wants to put a linux
installation on it.
From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Speaking of flash drives
Almost overkill.
Does he need 16GB of flash drive?
Walmart also sells them in 2-4-8-16 GB sizes.
Well put together and solid.
Stewart
At 12:15 AM 11/2/2009, you wrote:
I forgot to add this was a Sandisk flash drive.
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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