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 Good data storage, but case could be better November 26, 2006
J. Lin (Western Springs, IL United States)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
I've had this USB Flash drive for several months now, and I have never experienced any problems accessing or storing data on this drive. From that standpoint, the drive has been flawless. However, I like to keep my USB Flash drive on my keychain, and the plastic loop is barely big enough to allow it to sit on the metal ring of my keychain (my keychain being a standard metal ring keychain, not over sized). Finally, the plastic ring part broke, and I can't attach the flash drive to my key chain anymore. If only they made the plastic ring a little (just a few millimeters, really) bigger or if they made the plastic ring out of metal instead, this wouldn't happen. I just think the case could have been better designed. Otherwise, the drive works well.
 Didn't work, so I returned it December 23, 2006
James Lor (Montreal, CANADA)
19 out of 44 found this review helpful
One of the computers I use has 2 USB ports (in the back) and is running Windows 98SE. What I did was plug a 4-port hub into one of the ports and tried using the Kingston Data Traveler. It seems there is not enough power for it. It does work when I plug it directly into one of the USB ports, but that's inconvenient, would have to move the computer out of the tight spot where it is into a place where people are likely to trip over it. But all my other USB drives work when I plug them into the 4-port hub. So, I returned the Kingston and kept the other ones.
Before you rate this as not helpful, ask yourself why. Here I am, warning you that it didn't work for me, telling you exactly what didn't work. I'm just trying to save you some money or the hassle of returning this when YOU also can't use it unless you plug it directly into a USB port on your computer. Why is this information not helpful to you??? And voting that this review isn't helpful ain't gonna make this drive work!!! Instead, I suggest you write to the Kingston engineers and explain the problem.
I'm glad to see that the Kingston employees have stopped rating my review and that normal people do find my warning helpful! :)
 Good value for money... September 5, 2006
Brian Orr (San Diego, CA, USA)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
All,
This may not be the cheapest flash-drive around, but with cheaper ones you get what you pay for. My Lexar and PNY drives are dead now. This one is still going strong. It has a rugged simple design that grows on you. It doesn't try to be to clever (aka Memorex U3 drives).
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Brian
Very Happy With This Drive January 4, 2007
Atomicwasteland (North Bethesda, MD USA)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
With this 1GB drive you never need burn a CD-Rom again. Why bother? This holds 50% more than a standard CD, and it doesn't require you to have a CD burner or a blank CD lying around.
I've found that this drive really hits the right balance of size and cost. It is big enough to do most jobs, and it is small enough that if you had to replace it, it would not be a big deal. I often use it to move Powerpoint presentations from one computer to another, or to transfer music or video.
Haven't used one before? You pull off the cap and plug the drive directly into your computer's USB port. (You don't need any software or drivers to preload - just plug it in to any computer.) When it is plugged in the computer automatically recognizes it as a new drive right on your desktop. I.e. Go to your "My Computer" section and it now shows up as a new drive. You then treat it like you would any other drive -you can just drag and drop files to it.
One final note: the place where a line attaches is on the drive body itself, and not the cap. This is good because if you attach it to something it won't slide out of the cap leaving you with an empty cap tied to your neck (or keychain) with no drive...
And finally, I think this is a great present for non-techies. My parents have finally become converts and they use this all the time.
Beware of Frauds August 27, 2006
Ryan Jacobsen
13 out of 22 found this review helpful
Nowadays USB flash drive Frauds have taken over e-commerce. Don't worry, THIS is a good drive from a reliable seller, [...]. but beware of [...]. They have a lot of inexpensive drives claiming high space from name brands like Kingston and Scandisk (especially the Cruzer models). The internal drive is exchanged for a cheap drive and programmed to say 2g if you try to check it on your PC. But when you try to load 2g of files, it only allows 600k or so.[...]. it is just tempting to go after the 2GB USB for [...]over this 1GB USB for [...]. You've been warned.
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