But no one *ever* mentions whether the Kingston drives have flashing LED to indicate copy activity, please! Could someone please post here whether or not the Kingston has an LED indicator light to let one know that data is being copied? Or a light that shows if is on or is safe to remove?Would really appreciate this info, as this is what keeps me back from buying Kingston. The other drive makers *all* have lights, but I cannot find the light mentioned or pictured with the Kingstons -- insufficient info is frustrating for the shopper! But no one *ever* mentions whether the Kingston drives have flashing LED to indicate copy activity, please! Could someone please post here whether or not the Kingston has an LED indicator light to... » Read More But no one *ever* mentions whether the Kingston drives have flashing LED to indicate copy activity, please! Could someone please post here whether or not the Kingston has an LED indicator light to let one know that data is being copied? Or a light that shows if is on or is safe to remove?Would really appreciate this info, as this is what keeps me back from buying Kingston. The other drive makers *all* have lights, but I cannot find the light mentioned or pictured with the Kingstons -- insufficient info is frustrating for the shopper! « Show Less
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oh. well, thanks for the info, but for me that's a deal breaker. Nice prices on the Kingstons, tho.It is mandatory for me to watch the broad blue LED on my Sony Microvault when it flashes, reassuring me that copying and/or saving are happening in the right place. It is a platter drive, however, and I am on a quest for a flash drive to back up my back up. It must be high capacity, fast, stylin, and have a flashy LED. Any suggestions?Plus I love to pause and admire the starry heaven of my office when I shut down for the night, lit up by all the gorgeous blue, red, and green LEDs - it is a veritable tech paradise... oh. well, thanks for the info, but for me that's a deal breaker. Nice prices on the Kingstons, tho.It is mandatory for me to watch the broad blue LED on my Sony Microvault when it flashes, reassuring me that copying and/or saving are happening in the right place. It is a platter drive, however, and I am on a quest for a flash drive to back up my back up. It must be high capacity, fast, stylin, and have a flashy LED. Any suggestions?Plus I love to pause and admire the starry heaven of my office when I shut down for the night, lit up by all the... » Read More oh. well, thanks for the info, but for me that's a deal breaker. Nice prices on the Kingstons, tho.It is mandatory for me to watch the broad blue LED on my Sony Microvault when it flashes, reassuring me that copying and/or saving are happening in the right place. It is a platter drive, however, and I am on a quest for a flash drive to back up my back up. It must be high capacity, fast, stylin, and have a flashy LED. Any suggestions?Plus I love to pause and admire the starry heaven of my office when I shut down for the night, lit up by all the gorgeous blue, red, and green LEDs - it is a veritable tech paradise... « Show Less
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I don't know why a few people say it has no LED. I just purchased this same model (4gb Data Traveler 100) from another store and it DOES have an LED light that blinks when their is activity. Maybe their stick is defective and their light is burned out or something, but there definitely is one. Its a green light behind the logo.
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This Kingston has no LED for when data is transfering or when it's ok to remove. I get a screen progress bar however and the Systray icon on right-click will give you the 'stop' and ok to remove message(s)
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I honestly did not notice the LED until I read this post. Sure enough, there it is.
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The Silicon Power flash drive that I have is a 64 GB model, not a 32 GB model, but my SP flash drive has a blue indicator light. I don't know if the light is an LED light or not.
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I plugged mine in and did get a light, but the drive was never recognized by my computer. I suspect the problem is the disk drive.
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From my research before ordering, it appears that the "v1" model of this drive had Lightscribe capability, while "v2" does not. There are a lot of complaints on various sellers websites from the transition period when folks ordered based on "v1" product descriptions and received "v2" drives. I ordered and received a "v2" drive, and it does not have any reference to Lightscribe anywhere on the box or case or in the manual. So, no; it does not currently have Lightscribe.
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My drive arrived the same way and i can tell you that there was no problems with it. It was still in good condition and works perfectly fine. Hope this helped.
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When you are using the flash drive amd it have finished with what you told it to record, then there is a place on your computer at the bottom right side that will tell you that you can safely remove the flash drive. The flash drive has a light that comes on when you plug it into the computer. i haven't filled my flash drive all the way up yet. Other smaller drives have not had a light come on, just the message at the bottom on the computer.
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The rear bay and/or "highest-numbered bay" (#2 on the 2-bay unit, and #4 on the 4-bay unit) is normally the SOURCE (the one you copy "from"). The lower-numbered bays are usually the TARGET (Destination) drive bays. Read the writing on the devices, it is small, but it does list which is which. Double-check before using, because models change from time to time! Copy speed is acceptable, as far as I can tell. 500 GB drive, mostly-full, copied in less than 4 hours - I cannot give specifics, because it was finished when I came back 4 hours later.
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Hey Max,No instructions as far as I know. I threw my unit away. It didn't work in anything. The only one we got to work are the $300 units. Not the cheap ones. I haven't seen the one we used, online for a long time. My only other suggestion would be to use the one that you have to format the Flash Drives into 100 sectors of 1.4 mg each. But I don't grantee the results. As always, Buyer beware!
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Mine also does not seem to have a led light. It transfers files fine thought. I miss the light.
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Good question, sad to say, the drive starts from the beginning once you turn it off, then it restarts from the first song, so whenever I do that I am constantly having to hit the "next" button over and over to get to where I last was....Same with using a SATA card. Other than that little glitch I really like the unit as a whole. For the price? I think it's ok.Hope this answers you coherently.
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Hi Juan, I'm Jewel with Kingston Technical Support. We apologize for the issue experienced with the DT101G2 flash drive. We are here to help and can replace the drive under it's five year warranty. Please call us at 1-800-435-0640 (USA and Canada only) M - F 6am - 6pm PT and I or another available Technician will assist you. Thank you for selecting Kingston as your upgrade partner.
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Hard to tell, but if the drive was working fine before putting it in the enclosure, then there's a good chance the enclosure is defective. The quality is pretty bad, unfortunately... Same thing happened to me. I complained and got a replacement. Any chance you can put your drive in a different enclosure, to test it?
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Just to throw in my 2 cents here, the Disk Utility reformat mentioned above in Andrew's post is spot-on. The drive so far as been great to use. However, I'm running Mac 10.5.6 and it was immediately recognized when I first plugged it in: it mounted and Time Machine asked if I wanted to use it for backups... I did the reformatting anyway as the apps on board are no use to a Mac owner. BTW, the $99 price was unbelievable! Fingers crossed on reliability, Yikesboy
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Is it being sold as new? This might be a refurbished drive. In any event, WD's website can provide warranty info and drive status.
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Just to throw in my 2 cents here, the Disk Utility reformat mentioned above in Andrew's post is spot-on. The drive so far as been great to use. However, I'm running Mac 10.5.6 and it was immediately recognized when I first plugged it in: it mounted and Time Machine asked if I wanted to use it for backups...I did the reformatting anyway as the apps on board are no use to a Mac owner.BTW, the $99 price was unbelievable!Fingers crossed on reliability,Yikesboy
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Just received this 1/07/16 and it now comes with a different cable than is shown in the photo. My cable is a standard USB 3.0 (blue rectangular) male on one end and a "micro" USB 3.0 at the other end which connects to the hard drive enclosure as can be seen in the photo. They seem to has stopped shipping the Y shaped cord. There is no power adapter or cord to plug into the power port of the enclosure. I was not able to get my computer Windows 7 or Windows 8 to recognize the drive. It shows up under devices but, Windows does not assign it a drive letter or recognize it as a usable storage device. Just received this 1/07/16 and it now comes with a different cable than is shown in the photo. My cable is a standard USB 3.0 (blue rectangular) male on one end and a "micro" USB 3.0 at the other end which connects to the hard drive enclosure as can be seen in the photo. They seem to has stopped shipping the Y shaped cord. There is no power adapter or cord to plug into the power port of the enclosure. I was not able to get my computer Windows 7 or Windows 8 to recognize the drive. It shows up under devices but, Windows does not assign it a drive letter or recognize it as a usable... » Read More Just received this 1/07/16 and it now comes with a different cable than is shown in the photo. My cable is a standard USB 3.0 (blue rectangular) male on one end and a "micro" USB 3.0 at the other end which connects to the hard drive enclosure as can be seen in the photo. They seem to has stopped shipping the Y shaped cord. There is no power adapter or cord to plug into the power port of the enclosure. I was not able to get my computer Windows 7 or Windows 8 to recognize the drive. It shows up under devices but, Windows does not assign it a drive letter or recognize it as a usable storage device. « Show Less
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Sorry, but the one I purchased just want out of its warranty and it died on me 1 week later. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS DRIVE FOR IMPORTANT DATA.When I now plug it in, all I hear is a click, click, click, so it is dead. I will never purchase another one of these!