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Kingston DataTraveler I 16 GB USB 2 0 Flash Drive DTI 16GB

Now you can store, carry and transfer files quickly in an affordable, convenient device. The DataTraveler from Kingston helps budget-conscious users break storage barriers, allowing you to easily store and move files in a device no bigger than a pocketknife.As easy as click and drag, the DataTraveler can hold just about any file you can think of – reports pictures, spreadsheets or other important documents. It works with virtually any device with a USB port – even cross-platform from Macintosh to PC and vice versa. The DataTraveler also makes a great promotional item for your organization; it’s simple to add your logo to increase brand-recognition, and it comes in multiple colors based on capacity.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Does its job – after tweaking.
Having lost my 1GB data traveler, I thought it time to step up to something more substantial – the 16GB version. At first, I was very disappointed. For some reason, it kept getting corrupted, and I’d lose recently saved files. This happened in both WinXP and Win2K, despite using proper eject sequences. I had this happen several times. Needless to say, I wasn’t happy. Fortunately I was able to recover most of the work, but losing and recovering 8 hours worth of typing is far, far worse than not losing it at all. Note that these files were nowhere near the size limits for FAT.

My solution – reformatting to NTFS. I know this creates problems for Mac users that Fat16/32 don’t have, but I don’t use a Mac (so no lost stars there). Since reformatting, my disk has been completely stable. -2 stars for losing my data and making me reformat it to work properly. And while I don’t have problems losing the cap, I would like a larger and more substantial lanyard hole.

Some performance info (using eXibition SW “Drive Speed Test”):

1MB write 0.876s

1MB read 1.173s

10MB write 7.251s

10MB read 5.079s

Overall write speed 16,934 KB/s

Overall read speed 33,862 KB/s

File copy speed (10 MB) 6.313s

Directory lookup (10000 files) 5.141s

File delete (20 MB) 0.016s

For comparison sake, my 1TB SATA drive’s overall write speed is 40,134 KB/s and overall read speed is 35,019KB/s. These tests were done on a P2.6GHz HT with 3GB dual channel ram running Win2K.

4 Stars Esso Purchase
I like these 2 items, i needed them and i think i got them at reasonable price.

I was very happy, very easy to use.

5 Stars Most satisfied
This product is very useful for me at work, homeand my church. How did we ever do without this product.

4 Stars Nice Thumbdrive
I purchased two of these thumbdrives and they work great. They are small and allow for other USB devices to be connected without causing space issues.

They disconnect easily. Overall, I am pleased. Kingston makes great product that can be counted on time and time again.

5 Stars A Good Deal
A little slow for large transfers, but the price was very good and it suits my needs. Easy to use and works well.

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