Archos ARCDisk Hard Drive USB Key 4 GB

Advantages: FAST, RELIABLE, AND SECURE WITH LOADS OF SPACE.
Disadvantages: COMES WITH VERY SHORT USB CABLE.

...I purchased my Archos QDISK about 12 months ago from a well known TV Shopping Channel, since then its price has fallen somewhat. This portable hard drive requires no driver for Windows XP or Windows 2000/ME. You simply plug the USB cable into your PC and away you go, it acts just as your local hard drive in that it appears as a Hard Disk Drive with a drive letter when you go to "My Computer". You can store absolutely anything on this portable hard drive and it seems as though you never run out of space, I am yet to use half of the 60 Gigabytes because there are no operating system files etc. The QDISK is also great for laptop computer users as it can fit into a laptop case, depending on your case size. However you will probably need some means of strapping to keep it secure. I take my QDISK on Holiday with my laptop and upload all... Read review

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Advantages: Very nice and relatively light high storage addon
Disadvantages: plastic.... "feeling hot hot hot " springs to mind.

...Speed / Size ---------------------- Note : This does require its own power source.. supplied in the form of a power adaptor. This is a 120 Gigabite hard drive, but formatted with fat 32 = 115 Gigs :-( Speed is 7200rpm, not sure about the cache sorry. Connections -------------------------- This is either usb 1.1 or 2.0, and i would very highly recommend that you use it with 2.0 as its very fast and trnsfering data is easier. With 1.1 it takes forever, and with that time comes heat, and with that heat comes less stability. It can be done with large files ( transfering that is ) but just be prepared to wait a long time :-) whilst moving 4 gigs from a friends pc, it took on usb 1.1 an hour and a half !! Compared to around 15mins on 2.0....so you see the need for speed ? The hard drive is supplied with its own USB - USB cable, its... Read review

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Advantages: quick access time, strong
Disadvantages: none

...Me and all my team use these memory sticks at work and would recommend them to anyone. They are brill at transferring data between computers and back again, etc. Fast access time as well. I bought a universal (unbranded) 1Gb USB stick off ebay and it takes forever to transfer 200Mb +, but this one can do it in a 3rd of the time. I was inpressed. They are very strong and built to last. Excellent storage capacity. Windows XP ghost image no problem what so ever and the time it takes is just like running it from the hard drive. You get most of the 4Gb space as well, compared to some USB sticks that say 1Gb, 2Gb etc and you dont get like 400Mb or something like that...... Read review

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