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Unread 15 May 2003, 20:39   #1
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Pen Drives
Such as this.

Anyone got any experience with them? They seem rather spiffing, but I can't for the life of me figure out the huge price differential between for instance that product and similar devices made by the likes of Belkin et al.

Also, if you have got some experience with them, what're the options like for using them as a token for pc security? I don't need the extra security at all, just seemed a pretty neat idea...
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Unread 15 May 2003, 21:17   #2
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They are utterly fab, imho.

My flatmate bought one recently, so I copied him by getting one. It rocks as a floppy replacement (ideal for taking files to work, etc). However, it's only natively supported under WinME/2K/XP.

I don't know if there's much difference. With the one I got "Mobile Disk" I got a CD with some security utils/drivers, but I've never used it tbh.

Incidentally, I recently purchased a small MP3 player (the Creative MuVo one, not bad) which doubles as a Pen Drive, although is even smaller.

I've no idea as to the differences in price though. I wouldn't, however, trust much data on these things in the long term. They seem a little too flimsy.

The one in the link you posted seems a fair bargain - mine was about 70 quid I think for 128MB. The MP3 player was £100 roughly, again, for 128MB.
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There's a very flimsy looking one on Ebuyer that's 128meg but more of a 'card' than a pen, fits inside a credit-card sized holder for a bit more protection if you want, about £30.

But that too seemed very, very flimsy...
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ebuyer have a 32meg pen for under £10 i think.
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Dont they all just use USB Mass Storage Device driver?
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Yes, to my knowledge.

Although, BIOS permitting, you can boot off them too. How cool is that?
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Unread 16 May 2003, 10:22   #7
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Just ordered a Sony MicroVault for about £60, a 128meg USB 2.0 version so 'rather rapid' one hopes. Comes with token security system type thing too, and looks a bit 'smoother' than the cheap one.

Expected Wednesday \o/
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I bought my brother a Pen Drive for his birthday last year, he loves it.

I want one, although I haven't got round to buying one yet.
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I have one.
It isn't much use at uni as I have access to my network drive both here in my room and anywhere at all on campus.

However, next year is a different story, and it comes in handy at my parent's.

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get a compact flash reader\writer then just get cards as it will work out cheaper plus you can use the media for ur digital cam or mp3 player if you have one
That is what i am gonna do
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That means I have to carry round a CF reader with me as well as the cards though, doesn't it?

This defies the portability point =/
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Pen Drive:

I carry something no bigger than my current key-ring. I don't have to remember to take anything other than the media.


Card Reader:

I carry something significantly bigger than my pen drive, (I've got one back at home), incorporating the wires I need to hook it up to the pc, and the flash cards. I have to remember to take the reader, cables and media with me if I want to use it. If I forget the reader, I'm boned.


Convenience is key.
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Well it arrived today.

And it's rather friggin' shiny I must say. Shame I need to install XP SP1 to get USB2.0 functionality out of this Shuttle XPC so I'm stuck with 1.1 transfer speeds.

Still rather spiffy. The PCLock software that comes with it is woefully inadequate, you can ctrl-alt-delete/task manager/end process round it, and the auto encryption and auto zip software is only compatible with ME, 2000 and XP, but as I won't be using those it doens't really matter.

Go go gadget buying things \o/
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AND ITS NATIVELY SUPPORTED UNDER LINUX
Only past a certain kernel revision.
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so? who runs 2.2.x kernels anyway?

keydrives are used on desktop systems, which usually have a fairly recent kernel version unless you havent upgraded in 6 months or something
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so? who runs 2.2.x kernels anyway?

keydrives are used on desktop systems, which usually have a fairly recent kernel version unless you havent upgraded in 6 months or something
Pointing it out. It's pertinent.
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