Are flash memory drives a good buy?

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Evi

Never heard of these until I saw them mentioned in Windows Help. A look on
google showed me them at £29.50 for a generous 128Mb. But what are they like
to use say compared to a CDRW? They sound too good to be true.
Evi
 
Evi:

They are excellent !

Under WinME, Win2K and WinXP these devices Plug 'n Play well and look like any other drive
( a drive letter is created upon installation) and are Random Read and Write. CDRW media
is NOT Random Read and Write. You have to delete the CDRW contents before you burn a new
image onto the disk. These drives are like a ZIP dfisk only faster and NO mechanical parts
to wear out. In our office we have 64MB, 128MB and 256MB verions. I believe they go as
high as 2GB !

Go for it !

Dave


| Never heard of these until I saw them mentioned in Windows Help. A look on
| google showed me them at £29.50 for a generous 128Mb. But what are they like
| to use say compared to a CDRW? They sound too good to be true.
| Evi
|
|
 
Never heard of these until I saw them mentioned in Windows
Help. A look on google showed me them at £29.50 for a
generous 128Mb. But what are they like to use say compared
to a CDRW? They sound too good to be true.
Evi
Click to expand...

You don't have one yet ????!!!
just kidding.
These things are absolutely great and easy to use (on XP and
W2K).
Plug it in an USB port, the first time some installation takes
place (no special drivers needed).
It will show up as a separate drive and operates like a drive:
create a folder structure, copy, drag, paste what ever file to
it etc.
Big advantage above a CDR: no CD writer needed, no waiting time
to burn the CD, works on any XP or W2K PC with a free USB port
and it fits in your pocket (ask a few IT nerds, 90% will have
one with her/him).
This might be the near future replacement of the floppy.
 
Wouter said:
You don't have one yet ????!!!
just kidding.
These things are absolutely great and easy to use (on XP and
W2K).
Plug it in an USB port, the first time some installation takes
place (no special drivers needed).
It will show up as a separate drive and operates like a drive:
create a folder structure, copy, drag, paste what ever file to
it etc.
Big advantage above a CDR: no CD writer needed, no waiting time
to burn the CD, works on any XP or W2K PC with a free USB port
and it fits in your pocket (ask a few IT nerds, 90% will have
one with her/him).
This might be the near future replacement of the floppy.
Click to expand...
What a good idea for my Christmas list. It would certainly beat perfume and
bubble bath :)
Evi
 
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