SanDisk 16GB Cruzer Micro U3 USB Flash Drive

smodgley

get this @ http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives/SanDisk/SanDisk-16GB-Cruzer-Micro-U3-USB-Flash-Drive for £17.99 includes delivery.
i have bought off these before found them very good

smod

Richard Dower

Read/write speeds?....no point in buying a slow a** drive.

smodgley

specs are on the link

Specification
Retractable USB connector
Brilliant amber LED
U3 smart enabled
Enhanced for Windows Ready Boost
Loaded with the following U3 programs:
CruzerSync synchronization software
SignupShield password manager
SKYPE "Make video calls from PC to PC"
AVAST antivirus software
Dimensions: 7.94mm x 20.6mm x 57.15mm (D x W x L)
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified (backwards compatible with all USB 1.1 ports)
Compatible with Windows 2000, SP4 and XP*
Certified Windows 2000 and XP*
* U3 functionality only supported on Windows 2000 & XP, Mac OS

Warranty
2 Years

ive used these on vista too

coldfire1x

^^ Are they Vista Ready Boost enabled??

Cr8or

Amazon have this for £15.99 see here .. they now ship to Ireland!

cubix

Anyone that has one of these know what read/write speed is

Thanks

Paul007

Tested with a 700mb file using TeraCopy

Read 19MB/Sec
Write 5.3MB/Sec

green123

Cr8or wrote: »

Amazon have this for £15.99 see here .. they now ship to Ireland!

:rolleyes:
:mad:

why have you posted that ?
i suppose you think it is cheaper than the one originally posted ?
you are wrong

Cr8or

I didn't spot the includes postage and packaging bit!

suppafly

they're good memory sticks. I have one and find it great.

achiman

flashing light is a pain....good price though ,maybe they should advertise outside aldi..:D

Oracle

Yeah tis a good price, and it's got U3. Ah well nothing's perfect, I suppose you can always uninstall it.

These 4Gb ones look like good value as well, they're 3 for 2. So you get 3 for £15.98, that's £5.33 each delivered: http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives/MyMemory/MyMemory-4GB-USB-Flash-Drive

P.S. There's 4% Quidco cashback at MyMemory.

dave_29

Oracle wrote: »

Yeah tis a good price, and it's got U3. Ah well nothing's perfect, I suppose you can always uninstall it.

These 4Gb ones look like good value as well, they're 3 for 2. So you get 3 for £15.98, that's £5.33 each delivered: http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives/MyMemory/MyMemory-4GB-USB-Flash-Drive

P.S. There's 4% Quidco cashback at MyMemory.

What's U3 if you dont mind tellin me+ Quidco cashback, how do u go about that?

donmeister

dave_29 wrote: »

What's U3 if you dont mind tellin me

Its just a launch app pre-installed on the USB Drive,that you can put different programs on it. Could be handy for specialized user,but for joe soap its ridiculously annoying as not one but two windows open when you pop it into the computer ever time!

If you have a u3 usb stick you can uninstall from here http://u3.com/support/default.aspx#CQ3

Oracle

U3 is software some USB flash drive manufacturers put on their drives: http://www.u3.com/ It's sorta like U2; lots of hype, but mainly irritating. Most people want to know how to get U3 off their USB drive when they buy it.

Quidco is a cashback website. When you buy through their web site they share some of the commision they get with you. There's no catch; just register with them. Then shop using their web links and you get paid via PayPal, minus a £5 per year admin fee: www.quidco.com

P.S. While the U3 software isn't great, there's other USB software such as PortableApps. That's well worth trying out. They are very handy mini versions of popular mainly free software: http://portableapps.com/

dave_29

Cheers for the replies,

Vic Vinegar

Oracle wrote: »

It's sorta like U2; lots of hype, but mainly irritating.

I lol'd

paddydriver

coldfire1x wrote: »

^^ Are they Vista Ready Boost enabled??

Who uses Vista:D - Windows 95 rocks:)

AntiRip

It may be worth formatting it to NTFS as well if you want to store videos or whatever that can be read on your xbox or media center. (Only the first 4gb is read using the FAT32)


WARNING:
- Remember to backup your data. Formatting will delete all the data in your device.
- Formatting the device as NTFS will make it unable to be written to on a MAC computer. Most MAC computers can read NTFS, but not write.
- NTFS is a journaled filesystem, this creates more read/write activities. Therefore, it will decrease life expectancy of your device.
- Once the device is formatted as NTFS, you MUST use "Safely Remove Hardware".

STEP 1 - Optimize the flash drive for performance
1. Plug in the device to the PC.
2. Double-click My Computer.
3. Right-click on the flash drive, then select Properties.
4. Click the Hardware tab.
5. Select the SanDisk Cruzer USB Device disk drive, then click Properties.
6. Click the Policies tab.
7. Select Optimize for performance, then click OK.

STEP 2 - Format the flash drive
1. Double-click My Computer.
2. Right-click on the flash drive, then select Format.
3. In the File system list, click NTFS.
4. Click Start.
5. Click OK to start formatting.

coldfire1x

paddydriver wrote: »

Who uses Vista:D - Windows 95 rocks:)

I was expecting to hear atleast XP but windows 95!!!

I have XP on one of my laptop and on the other I have loaded Windows 7 just for the crack, giving Vista a complete miss

savemejebus

I thought it was that Fat 32 only supported files up to 4gigs, not that only the first 4 gigs of a drive is available? I'm pretty sure my 160gb fat 32 external usb disk is read by my xbox, ps3 and pc.

BaconZombie

You can format large drives to FAT32 using the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool

savemejebus wrote: »

I thought it was that Fat 32 only supported files up to 4gigs, not that only the first 4 gigs of a drive is available? I'm pretty sure my 160gb fat 32 external usb disk is read by my xbox, ps3 and pc.

AntiRip

savemejebus wrote: »

I thought it was that Fat 32 only supported files up to 4gigs, not that only the first 4 gigs of a drive is available? I'm pretty sure my 160gb fat 32 external usb disk is read by my xbox, ps3 and pc.

You may be right there actually sorry. If you had 720P/1080P files they wouldn't be readable.