4GB retractable USB drive £5.99 delivered

wissychraddle

Deleted_User wrote: »

Why is that?

I think what RoddyDogs meant to say is that he would not recommend using them for document backups. Due to the build quality of the items, fro example my last post on the thread. USB drives can break and if they do, there is little you can do to re-access the memory. The best thing for back ups would be an external harddrive.

However, that aside, due to the price of the three pack at play, it may be an idea to back up twice on two sticks, therefore minimising the potential for loss.

I may be wrong though, RoddyDog may have meant to say what he did for another reason.....

HTH

CJ

pulliptears

Certainly I have found if you dont eject the device it can corrupt any work you have on it. Happened to a friend yesterday who's entire powerpoint presentation was lost when she just pulled the stick out of the USB...

Stompa

batvink wrote: »

In a nutshell, you plug them in and get an extra Start menu with all of your loaded applications.

It's perhaps worth mentioning that you can also do that on a non-U3 drive:

http://portableapps.com/

Stompa

discountmummy wrote: »

My Accountant advised using these for backups as cd's can often corrupt when you go back to look at them! Why should we not use them please?

This article:

http://www.cnet.com.au/desktops/storage/0,239029473,240063522,00.htm

is a bit old, but should give you the general idea.

Despite this, I do tend to use them for backups (simply because I can carry a backup around with me), but make sure I have duplicate backups on 2 separate flash drives as suggested by an earlier poster.

[Deleted User]

wissychraddle wrote: »

I think what RoddyDogs meant to say is that he would not recommend using them for document backups. Due to the build quality of the items, fro example my last post on the thread. USB drives can break and if they do, there is little you can do to re-access the memory. The best thing for back ups would be an external harddrive.

However, that aside, due to the price of the three pack at play, it may be an idea to back up twice on two sticks, therefore minimising the potential for loss.

I may be wrong though, RoddyDog may have meant to say what he did for another reason.....

HTH

CJ

Ahh yeah. When I do a new Excel spreadsheet or a document I will always save it to my PC on my slave drive and also pop a copy on a USB thumb drive that then gets shoved in the draw. I also do full system backups using backup software such as Acronis TrueImage to an external hard drive every few weeks or so. USB thumb drives are handy for backing up a one-off doc without having to do a full system backup.

emmu

Google has offered me "plays for sale"& theatres to stage them but nary a usb drive ....Should I reads it as a stupid post or as one only to be used by PLAYS customers ???

derrick

pulliptears wrote: »

Certainly I have found if you dont eject the device it can corrupt any work you have on it. Happened to a friend yesterday who's entire powerpoint presentation was lost when she just pulled the stick out of the USB...

How else would one "eject" one of these usb pens? I only push mine,(the only way), and pull it out, I wasn't aware of another way, could someone tell me if I am doing wrong and what I should be doing? Thanks

When inserted, I have a "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in my tool tray!

wissychraddle

derrick wrote: »

How else would one "eject" one of these usb pens? I only push mine,(the only way), and pull it out, I wasn't aware of another way, could someone tell me if I am doing wrong and what I should be doing? Thanks

Down by your clock on the bottom right of your screen there should be an icon with a green arrow pointing left on it (when pen plugged in). When you hover your mouse over it, it should read, "safely remove hardware", click on that and it should say that your hardware is safe to remove (i.e. your pen) ATB

savemoney

Yes you can get that especially if you use the stick for Vista readyboost

I create a shortcut on Vista which I click to safely eject the disk.

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

pulliptears wrote: »

Certainly I have found if you dont eject the device it can corrupt any work you have on it. Happened to a friend yesterday who's entire powerpoint presentation was lost when she just pulled the stick out of the USB...

pulliptears

Sorry guys, should have made clear Im a mac user, so its the "eject" button for me