1 GB Memory Stick £7.99 at Amazon

karry1412

As far as I am aware you can use them with any computer. I've never had any problems using them with any computer using Windows & think I've used them on a Mac also.

They just plug into a port on your computer (it will be obvious which one when you get the key) & then you copy data on & off just like with a floppy disk.

If you need any more help just send me a Personal Message (EDIT BY MARTIN: Originally an email was kindly offered, but its never good to leave a personal email on the forum, so I suggest you do it by personal message)

bwoyrough

great prices on these memory sticks, but was is the difference between a flash drive and a memory stick? any differnece.
One thing i'd like to mention, i read about a scam going on with these cheap 1-2-3gb memory sticks especially on ebay, apparently companies buy up the smallest 64 or 128mb memory sticks very cheaply, then they do something inside that makes the meory stick register as a 2gb or 4gb etc. instead of its real size, i think they call it flashing or something like that, then when u plug in your meory stick it will show up as 2gb say but one day all the data will just corrupt and it will revert back to it's original size, apparently lots of sellers have been doing this to bump up there profits, so would be interested to here form someone who has been using there memory stick for a good few months, anyone??

itgirlinuk

Whats the largest size in GB can I get on a flash drive? Can I get a 10GB or 20GB?

kitenski

Amazon now have the Kingston Technology 1GB DataTraveler USB Flash Pen Drive for £7.23 & eligible for Free UK delivery on orders over £15 with Super Saver Delivery.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Technology-1GB-DataTraveler-Flash/dp/B000AV14M2/sr=8-1/qid=1169038772/ref=pd_ka_1/203-0125394-9229501?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

you can use them in any computer that has a free USB port. If your USB port is v2.0 then they will be significantly faster.

regards,

Greg

Welliesorter

mikenolan wrote:

£7.99 and free delivery for a 1GB pen drive on 7dayshop:

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=82080

Where does it say free delivery? They occasionally do free delivery (announced in an e-mail to existing customers) but normally charge £3.95. 7Dayshop is good but you do need to take postage costs into account.

Welliesorter

pjb007 wrote:

These days you can use them in any computer, just plug them into the USB port and the drive will appear in My Computer within a few seconds.

Not quite any computer, but certainly any modern computer with a spare USB port. You need to install drivers (from a CD or download from the internet) to use one of these on a PC running Windows 98.

I've used one on a 1997 Dell Dimension P200 running Windows 98 once I'd installed the driver!

tangojulie

itgirlinuk wrote:

Whats the largest size in GB can I get on a flash drive? Can I get a 10GB or 20GB?

As far as I know you can't get more than 2Gb, but if you want more, try a portable usb hard drive. Having got fed up with mixing up 4x1Gb sticks and never knowing what was on each one, I recently bought a 100gb portable hard drive from Savastore for around £75. It is 14cm x 8cm x 1.5cm, works brilliantly and makes life so much easier.

They currently have a selection starting from 60Gb for £54 here http://www.savastore.com/catalog/search.aspx?keyword=portable+usb+&order=price&orientation=asc&in_stock=False&b_grade=False&page=1&lower_price=0&upper_price=10000.00&slim=3101

nuthatch

Welliesorter wrote:

Not quite any computer, but certainly any modern computer with a spare USB port. You need to install drivers (from a CD or download from the internet) to use one of these on a PC running Windows 98.

I've used one on a 1997 Dell Dimension P200 running Windows 98 once I'd installed the driver!

Where do you go to to download the drivers on the internet? And (silly question?) but do you need to plug the pen drive in first?

I will soon be getting a new PC, and would like to transfer data from the old one (running Windows 98 first edition!). At the moment I'm just burning important stuff to CD.

oddbass

itgirlinuk wrote:

Whats the largest size in GB can I get on a flash drive? Can I get a 10GB or 20GB?

The largest commercially available is an 8GB flash drive (£55 from svp.co.uk), but as posted above, a portable hard drive is a great option if you dont mind the bigger size... £65 for 250GB or £95 for 400GB. These work through the USB ports again, utilising the high speed USB 2.0 interface, or you can also use them over firewire. For even faster transfers, you can purchase them with network ports in too.

oddbass

nuthatch wrote:

Where do you go to to download the drivers on the internet? And (silly question?) but do you need to plug the pen drive in first?

I will soon be getting a new PC, and would like to transfer data from the old one (running Windows 98 first edition!). At the moment I'm just burning important stuff to CD.

If you are getting a new computer, then it will most certainly come with a RJ$% port, (ETHERNET port). This is a standard network port. You can then get a crossover network cable, and transfer all your data at very high speed from your old computer to the new one. if you dont have a network port on your old computer, you can buy a card to install which will be around £5 - £10... much cheaper than loads of CDs and much much quicker!!