BlueMak

Are they all more or less the same quality? I can find 256MB and 512MB drives for less than 20 euros though not any brand I know of. Are they any good, meaning, can one be trusted to safely copy and keep data?
Are any precautions that one should take to have one serve him for a long time without losing the data in it?

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Judas

Best way to make sure is to take as good care of it as possible.

So far every flash USB drive i've handled has worked for ages without any issues. Usually if anything is going to go wrong, it'll show emediate issues.

I would suspect the only difference between the various types of flash drives in price is probably there flash memory type and speeds. I've seen some damn slow Flash Drives.

I'm quite impressed with the OCZ USB 2.0 2GB Flash drive i've got here.... cheap and pretty quick.

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Grace

Concerning flash disks, quality is usually nearly the same when it comes to the electronic parts. This is because most of the companies who build flash disks do not actually build them but buy them from well known manufacturers. However, the overall quality will vary, especially when it comes to the chassis. The chassis of cheap drives is usually nothing more than cheap plastic which will easily break and is nothing nearly shockproof/waterproof.

Other than that, flash drives are usually very dependable and will last years. Simple precautions would be to keep them clean, remove them from the USB port while not using them and away from strong electromagnetic fields (eg speakers, power amplifiers, cellular phones).


Finally, because you haven't ever heard of a brand, it does not necessarily mean that it is a bad manufacturer.

technonerd

Don't try to get the one with U3 program on it. I use flash usb everyday to fix computer and U3 pop up message is veerry anony.

BlueMak

Thank you for your posts. I told her (my mother) to get a Kingston 1GB drive. It is white and silver/grey colour. It works great.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

>GSXR<mrbusa

You did well with the Kingston.
Any of the top RAM mfg's, Kingston, OCZ, Corsair, Crucial, etc., will do you well.

swimtech

BlueMak, you may want to rethink your choice after reading a review I noticed reading a while ago at Anandtech 1Gig Flash Drive Roundup. The Kingston (a good brand though...) came in last in that particular review. Hopefully they have improved since then...

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BlueMak

Those are CF memory. I am talking about usb flash drives.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

Necrosis

I agree with Grace. Though I'm partial to my Corsair as opposed to my generic drive.

swimtech

Whoops! Sorry about that - I referenced the wrong article there by mistake Here at Anandtech is the review I meant to reference.

Again, sorry, I must have just blown through the title last evening...

The Kingston's look much better in that review...

I've carried a Lexar Jumpdrive (1G) drive in my pocket every (!) day for a year and a half now - not a single problem ever...

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BlueMak

Well, so far it is a good drive, not going to be used very often so I am happy and she is happy with it.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

H3X4D3C1M4L

3 years running on my Lexar 256MB drive... solid solid drives these things.

My dad's Verbatim Store n Go Pro 1GB is much the same except WAY faster... that thing is a demon. Feels faster than an OCZ dual channel drive (haven't been able to bench 2 of them)