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Windows 7: 128GB Flash Drive...
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27 Mar 2010
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#1 | |
Windows 8 Professional x64 San Antonio, TX |
128GB Flash Drive...
So I bought a 128GB Kingston DataTraveler 200 from someone for $30. He bought a few from eBay for $35 and thought that I would want one, so I bought one for $30.
Today, I had to do some backing up of a couple [somewhat] important Word documents. When I needed to access them, they were corrupted. Wouldn't open. Nothing else I transferred to it would work either (movies, pictures, etc). A lot of the file and folder names were just weird and random characters.
It had FAT32 as the filesystem already on it. Maybe I needed to format it to NTFS or something? I don't know whether I should try and sell it so someone or just trash it... Or maybe keep it? I really don't know.
| My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build
OS Windows 8 Professional x64
CPU Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.0GHz
Motherboard MSI Z68A-GD80
Memory 8GB (2x4GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 1600
Graphics Card SAPPHIRE 7950
Monitor(s) Displays Acer P244W
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard 5000
Mouse GX-Gaming Maurus
PSU Rosewill Xtreme 750W
Case Enermax Hoplite ST (White)
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Hard Drives 120GB Kingston 3K HyperX SSD
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
Internet Speed 20/2
Browser Google Chrome
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27 Mar 2010
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#2 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
I got several the same way back in Nov. from eBay. Kingston 64gb (probably a good Fake) had to be re-formatted because of the same problem you had. Been working fine ever since as NTFS format  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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27 Mar 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 8 Professional x64 San Antonio, TX |
Wow, really? That's good to hear! I was just about to post a Craigslist ad for this thing. I guess I'll keep it.
Although the write speeds are quite slow... Usually around 3.5MB/s. They advertise 10MB/s (under their "testing" conditions). Should that be a concern? I formatted it to NTFS. Hopefully it'll work now. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build
OS Windows 8 Professional x64
CPU Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.0GHz
Motherboard MSI Z68A-GD80
Memory 8GB (2x4GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 1600
Graphics Card SAPPHIRE 7950
Monitor(s) Displays Acer P244W
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard 5000
Mouse GX-Gaming Maurus
PSU Rosewill Xtreme 750W
Case Enermax Hoplite ST (White)
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Hard Drives 120GB Kingston 3K HyperX SSD
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
Internet Speed 20/2
Browser Google Chrome
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29 Mar 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 8 Professional x64 San Antonio, TX |
Yeah, it's definitely a fake or something. Files would eventually corrupt themselves and wouldn't open. Plus the write speed is extremely slow. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build
OS Windows 8 Professional x64
CPU Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.0GHz
Motherboard MSI Z68A-GD80
Memory 8GB (2x4GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 1600
Graphics Card SAPPHIRE 7950
Monitor(s) Displays Acer P244W
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard 5000
Mouse GX-Gaming Maurus
PSU Rosewill Xtreme 750W
Case Enermax Hoplite ST (White)
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Hard Drives 120GB Kingston 3K HyperX SSD
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
Internet Speed 20/2
Browser Google Chrome
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30 Mar 2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
A 128GB Kingston DataTraveler 200 normally run about 350 dollars- upwards. Think you might have been taken. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler
Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus None
Browser Firefox Nightly
Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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30 Mar 2010
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1 |
Quote: Originally Posted by besweeet  Wow, really? That's good to hear! I was just about to post a Craigslist ad for this thing. I guess I'll keep it.
Although the write speeds are quite slow... Usually around 3.5MB/s. They advertise 10MB/s (under their "testing" conditions). Should that be a concern? I formatted it to NTFS. Hopefully it'll work now. You were going to sell a fake and faulty flash drive??!! Remind me never to buy from you. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number tw33k
OS Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1
CPU Intel 3770k 4.6GHz
Motherboard ASUS Maximus V Formula
Memory 8GB (2x 4GB) Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card Sapphire 7950 (1060/1600)
Sound Card On Board Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 27" Acer B273HU (via HDMI)
Screen Resolution 2048 x 1152
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 5000
Mouse Microsoft Wireless 5000
PSU Corsair AX750 Gold
Case Corsair Obsidian 800DW
Cooling Corsair H100 (2x AP-121/2x UK-3000 push/pull)
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB
2TB WD Black
1TB Samsung F3 SATA
1TB WD Elite External
2TB WD USB 3.0
Internet Speed 5mb/s
Other Info Logitech z-2300 2.1 speakers
Lamptron FC-5 v2
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30 Mar 2010
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#7 | |
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Quote: Originally Posted by tw33k
Quote: Originally Posted by besweeet Wow, really? That's good to hear! I was just about to post a Craigslist ad for this thing. I guess I'll keep it.
Although the write speeds are quite slow... Usually around 3.5MB/s. They advertise 10MB/s (under their "testing" conditions). Should that be a concern? I formatted it to NTFS. Hopefully it'll work now. You were going to sell a fake and faulty flash drive??!! Remind me never to buy from you. Yeah I think I'll pass on buying from him as well.....tho now I wish I had a bigger flash drive | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number custom build
OS Windows 7 Pro X64
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition
Motherboard MSI 870A-G54 (FX)
Memory CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Graphics Card ASUS EN9800GT HB/HTDI/512M GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDD
Sound Card Realtek ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays Viewsonic 19' 16:10
Screen Resolution 1680X1050
Keyboard Logitech G11
Mouse USB Logitech gaming mouse
PSU Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W ATX 12V
Case COOLER MASTER Elite RC-331-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower
Cooling Nothing beyond what etch part came with
Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA,
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM SATA
Internet Speed Cable
Other Info New CPU, Motherboard, and Ram installed 02/2012
Logitech G35 Headset
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30 Mar 2010
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64 Sydney, Nova Scotia |
Do you have it optimized for quick removal and or are you using the safely remove icon? I've had one get corrupted when I removed it before the data was completly written to it.. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card BFG NVIDIA Geforce 220GT 1 Gig DDR2 PCIe
Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 19" I-INC AG191D TFT Flat Panel
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 x 2
Keyboard Logitech Internet 600
Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackman Wheel
PSU Retail Plus 465 Watt
Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling Stock heatsink and fan
Hard Drives 500 Gig WesternDigital SATA-300 Drive
Internet Speed 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Internet Explorer 10
Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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30 Mar 2010
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Wilkes-Barre PA, USA |
A good chance that those are fake, or were grabbed by someone before they could be destroyed after they failed QA. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway GM5472
OS Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
CPU AMD Athlon 56 X2 5000+
Motherboard ECS MCP61P-AM
Memory 4.0 GB
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 4350 fanless w/512MB
Monitor(s) Displays VeiwSonic VX2035WM
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Other Info Stock system except for the addition of 2GB memory, a Swann PCDVR 4 Card and a Hauppage dual HD tuner and a Sapphire HD 4550 video card
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30 Mar 2010
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Little Darwin A good chance that those are fake, or were grabbed by someone before they could be destroyed after they failed QA. Definately dodgy. The cheapest I've seen them in Oz is $AU450. There's no way he got an authentic and working one for 30 bucks! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number tw33k
OS Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1
CPU Intel 3770k 4.6GHz
Motherboard ASUS Maximus V Formula
Memory 8GB (2x 4GB) Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card Sapphire 7950 (1060/1600)
Sound Card On Board Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 27" Acer B273HU (via HDMI)
Screen Resolution 2048 x 1152
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 5000
Mouse Microsoft Wireless 5000
PSU Corsair AX750 Gold
Case Corsair Obsidian 800DW
Cooling Corsair H100 (2x AP-121/2x UK-3000 push/pull)
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB
2TB WD Black
1TB Samsung F3 SATA
1TB WD Elite External
2TB WD USB 3.0
Internet Speed 5mb/s
Other Info Logitech z-2300 2.1 speakers
Lamptron FC-5 v2
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