Shopping for large usb flash drives, 256GB - 1TB on ebay and amazon have shown some cheap prices, Are they worth it, because this item is quite expens
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I have both the 256gb and the 1tb USB drives. So far I am quite impressed by the transfer speed and reliability of them. So much that I carry a great deal of information to include pictures and songs. So far neither one of them failed on me. You need to verify that the drive is a legitimate one by checking that on the USB port connector has the serial number engraved. I understand that there are some cheap ones on the market with a much lesser performance and capacity from what is described! I hope this may help!
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I will agree with the other two comments.. Just upgrade the drive to a larger size. Storage is pretty cheap these days. Good Luck!
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If your looking for an opinion, I have been using 2 -- 256GBs for over 6 months to carry encrypted data and software installs to multiple computers and multiple sites. And these work great. Most people want to argue about 'speed', etc. That's not real-world, day-to-day, hard knocks use. These are for IT people or people who want to transport stuff regularly.
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Well I assume you want a really fast drive. If so I would recommend the Lexar 8GB JumpDrive Lightning. For whatever reason it is still not available on Amazon.com but I'm sure a Google search can yield some results. However the runner-up would probably be SanDisk 8 GB Cruzer Titanium. Hope this helps.
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You will find only negatives answer questions like this. I've had the 128gb model for over a year. I'm a photographer, i keep my lightroom catalog on it and all of my current working files. I transfer large amounts of data between this and my home network as i work, along with editing the files directly on the flash drive. Bottom line is this drive gets used very heavily. Still going strong.
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this is just a flash drive, even though a very large one. I would think your current computer needs a more capacity, like a 1 TB external drive...
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I've used a 4GB Patriot flash drive (cost about $10) that works fine on my 46xbr6. That particular drive is formatted FAT32. A 1GB Sony flash drive that came with a Blu-Ray player is formatted FAT, so I'd guess virtually any usb flash drive will probably work. The 46xbr6 photo viewing feature works great, even for deeply nested file systems (folders within folders - - -). I've selectively browsed photos from a file system containing hundreds of folders & thousands of jpeg files. It's strange that Amazon's comparative descriptions of the over & under 40" versions of XBR6 ignore the absence of usb in the smaller series, ignoring the fact that it's a MAJOR feature.
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Most welcome. You might consider getting the 64 GB version of this drive instead of the 16 GB. It will give you a lot more flexibility, and at $24.99 you'll be paying 39 cents/GB instead of 63 cents/GB for the 16 GB drive. Just a thought.
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I use the 3 TB edition, and they are a good drive for secondary storage on your computer. Good value for your money. Of the 20+ that I have used now, only 1 has died on me, because I used it as a primary storage device for my video editing, and did not last as long. These drives work best when write a small amount of times, and then can read from them as much as possible to allow you access to all of your long term storage data.
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It's flash memory, not a hard drive. Flash is far more expensive for compact sizes. I would do a few searches on "NAND Flash" and "High Capacity Flash" and you will see that the price makes sense for the low amount of space.
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if you want tons of storage and ultimate reliability, use this Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE1T0BW, I just got it for a little over $500 on Amazon. if you dont want to spend that much money than I used WD Blue 1 TB Mobile Hard Drive: 2.5 Inch, 5400 RPM, SATA II, 8 MB Cache - WD10JPVT. Both seem to work fine.
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The largest USB flash drive you can use is 64GB (Sony), otherwise I would stick with a 32GB.
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It is kind of overkill for that purpose. You can get a cheap usb 2.0 or SD card for half the price and it would be fine for that purpose. It is like buying a Ferrari to go grocery shopping.
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I have used a 16 gigabyte flash drive with no issues. I am positive that a 32 gigabyte will be no problem.
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I haven't tried anything that large. I do have a couple of them, but I have only used a 32g thumb drive.
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I have an old 120 GB laptop drive hooked up w USB, works fine. I see in the reviews, people have hooked up 3 and 4 terabyte drives.
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It should work either way. I even used a 64gb flash usb drive for a little while when my hard drive burnt up.