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Sep 12 2005, 10:02 AM

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Apacer HandySteno 1.1, 64MB "FatBoy"

No pic of the actual unit; it's so old I can't even find it on Apacer's site.
Edit: Thanks to Din, here's a pic of the FatBoy!

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Sep 12 2005, 10:08 AM

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Are you benching your HDD?

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Sep 12 2005, 10:12 AM

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Hmm, there must be a mistake somewhere. Lemme get the thing back from my colleague and do a retest. I coulda sworn I selected Removable Disk from the drop menu...

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Sep 12 2005, 10:15 AM

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When running the test did your thumb drive LED flashing? AFAIK the fastest thumb drive nowadays can go 25MB/s. It's impossible that a USB 1.1 can get 31MB/s

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Yeah, confirm it's a mistake.

The earlier post has been updated with the correct image, sorry everyone!

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Sep 12 2005, 12:27 PM

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hey guys .. js wanna ask you :
whether when we wanna remove the pendrive/thumbdrives.. do we need to go to windows n click the "safely remove hardware" icon for the USB ? as in before we unplugged the drives ? js wondering ... coz some ppl told me MUST to prevent damage.. then some said dun need as in it's plug n play ?

so a bit confused here..

tx

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QUOTE(sam1907 @ Sep 12 2005, 12:27 PM)

hey guys .. js wanna ask you :
whether when we wanna remove the pendrive/thumbdrives.. do we need to go to windows n click the "safely remove hardware" icon for the USB ? as in before we unplugged the drives ? js wondering ... coz some ppl told me MUST to prevent damage.. then some said dun need as in it's plug n play ?

so a bit confused here..

tx

OK, this tip is for WinXP. Could also apply to Win2K, but I don't think can for WinME/9x.

Win XP will "normally" NOT enable write caching for flashdrives; if write caching is on, this is why you need to use the Safely Remove H/W icon. The Safely Remove H/W icon tells Windows to flush the cache and commit (i.e. write) everything to the flashdrive so the user can remove it.

You can tell Windows whether or not to use the write cache: Plug in your drive and start Windows Explorer. Go to My Computer, then right-click on the thumbdrive > Properties > Hardware tab > double-click on yr thumbdrive > Policies tab. The options there are slef-explanatory...

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Sep 12 2005, 12:53 PM

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so if we wanna js pulled it out ... we disabled the "write cache" issit?

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Sep 12 2005, 12:55 PM

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oic.. saw the description liaw... ic.. so actually can remove straight 1 lah w/o goin thru the hassle of "safe remove hardware" ..hehhe... tx man ...

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Sep 13 2005, 09:00 PM

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new entry....

Sandisk Mini Cruzer USB 2.0 128 MB

average read speed, low write speed...

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Sep 15 2005, 01:11 AM

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new entry....

Flashdisk 128mb USB 2.0

read speed = not bad.... write speed = sucky.....

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Sep 19 2005, 04:07 AM

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i wud wana say that this is a thread of good info....

n i wonder whether the mods cud do sumthin bout threads being auto delete in such a short time...

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Sep 19 2005, 12:31 PM

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Mine is Kingston DataTraveler Elite

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QUOTE(zogenk @ Sep 19 2005, 12:31 PM)

Mine is Kingston DataTraveler Elite

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walao, this speed is laju ler, how much? tak pernah nampak this design before ler.

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Sep 19 2005, 02:14 PM

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is it..? i bought it in kk..last time the price around 230..

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Kingston Data Traveller USB 2.0 256MB

read speed = average... write speed = no good.....

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Sep 20 2005, 06:11 AM

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PQI I-STICK Intelligent Stick
128mb USB 1.1

Doesnt perform really well but heck its the thinnest
flash drive i've ever seen

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Sep 20 2005, 06:16 AM

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PQI I-STICK Intelligent Stick
128mb USB 2.0

It's newer brother, same size but faster on USB 2.0
Doesnt perform really well but heck, again its the thinnest
flash drive i've ever seen

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Sep 21 2005, 07:02 PM

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More drive performance !

Sandisk Cruzer Micro Mini
512 Mb USB 2.0

Nice package when bought comes with extra skin.
Also, while reading Data the whole back glows yellow. Wicked

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Sep 21 2005, 07:05 PM

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Touted to be one the smallest drives in the world and ive gotta agree

Not as slim as the PQI's tho.

PRETEC I-Disk Tiny
1GB USB 2.0

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