Are these good flash drives?

Never heard of Dane-Elec. I stay away from brands I've never heard of.

Sandisk... Here's some reviews: http://www.epinions.com/pr-SanDisk_Cruzer_Mini_sdcz2-512-a10_Flash_Memory/display_~reviews

I have heard mixed things from them always. Sometimes they perform very slowly, sometimes they break easily, etc. Those reviews aren't bad but aren't great.

Meanwhile, over at newegg.com I see nothing but positive reviews from anything PQI makes. They have cheap, small USB drives. Some are small enough to fit inside a credit card shaped holder, which can be put in your wallet.

1 gig: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820214009

Here's a different model from a different site, but still PQI, 1 gig:
http://www.supermediastore.com/pqi-...ng.html?WT.mc_id=dealnewsdealsubmission050830

And a 512: http://www.supermediastore.com/pqi-cool-drive-512mb-usb-20-usb-flash-drive.html

Being the person I am, I'd go with something built for reliability. So I'd really suggest PQI - they seem great across the board. Newegg's users are generally of a smarter PC nature, so I'd trust their opinions over epinions. And since seemingly all of PQI's products are getting 5 stars, that seems like a good thing.

Just my two cents.
 
I have a FujiFilm drive, 512MB in size, with a lifetime warranty. Runs fast, survived being bounced around in my pocket, plus one trip through the washing machine. :shock:

They're at BB, and I've been quite happy with them.

One thing to make sure you check out is the warranty terms as well as the support behind it.
 
I have two flash drives, a Lexar Jump drive, 256mb, and a (free) HP flash drive, 128mb. They both work pretty well, although the Lexar is kind of a pain in the ass, because it has an irritating autoplay feature that forces me to right-click and select 'open' when I'm at school, because you need to have admin privelages in order to access the autoplay.
 
I have two flash drives, a Lexar Jump drive, 256mb, and a (free) HP flash drive, 128mb. They both work pretty well, although the Lexar is kind of a pain in the ass, because it has an irritating autoplay feature that forces me to right-click and select 'open' when I'm at school, because you need to have admin privelages in order to access the autoplay.
 
Tiph:

Google "Microsoft Powertoys for XP" (or MS Powertoys) and get one called TweakUI. You can disable all of the autoplay features inside there.

Two things about this:

1. Almost all portable drives support this "feature" that is turned on by default within Windows XP, so it's definitely not just that one.

2. I'm assuming you are running Windows XP, since that's the only version of Windows I can think of that would really do what you are describing. I'm also assuming you are able to install the Powertoy. If not, try installing it to a folder *other* than the default one inside Program Files. You might be able to circumvent any admin restrictions that way. Hope this helps.
 
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