Advantages: Easy to use Disadvantages: Easily lost, no security option
...to our IT department a Kingston DataTraveler USB flash drive soon arrived on my desk.
For those who have never seen one, flash drives are a modern alternative to the ancient technology of floppy disks. You can easily transfers file to and from it and it is reusable unlike storing stuff on CD. The Kingston DataTraveler that I have is white in colour with a green tag on it which gives the name and the memory size. It's approximately 6.5cm in length ... ...is that it can be easily lost, although it does come with a hole at one end where you would be able to hook it to a key ring or neck tag. It has a little white cap which when removed reveals the USB plug.
You just plug it into a USB port and send to it whatever information you want (it usually comes up as a "Removable Disk" in your explorer). You know its working as a little light flashes on it during data transfer.
Some flash drives require software ...
miggmoggspud 04.10.2007
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Advantages: Easy to carry around, established quality brand name Disadvantages: Lid can be easily broken if carry strap attached
...available for download from the Kingston website for Windows 98.
Is It Any Good?
Short answer-yes. This is a fast drive, which works on the USB2 format, but is backwards compatible with older USB standards. One of the plus points I have noted in use are that, unlike some generic sticks, the name "Kingston" shows alongside the drive letter it has been assigned in the explorer window. This is handy when I am at work and have a number of network drives ... ...been damaged or corrupted. Kingston has a good reputation for producing quality memory, and the performance of this stick has reinforced my positive opinion of this brand. Other capacities are available to suit individual needs. Overall, I give this an 8.5 out of 10
I would say there is a place for cheap, generic manufacturers, but if you want to transfer valuable data around, you do need to buy an established named product such as kingston or corsair. ...
Alslad36 04.10.2006
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Advantages: Small, great storage ability, kinston quality Disadvantages: easily lost!
...plug it in, but windows 98 wont (down load from kingston web site) Its as easy as that. Its not hard to use in anyway unless your USB ports are at the rear of your pc and you have to pull out the tower to get to them. ...
tobuyornottobuy 25.04.2005
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