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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: Baz on September 22, 2007, 17:57

Title: pen drives
Post by: Baz on September 22, 2007, 17:57
anyone have any recommendations for decent USB pen drives. good/bad brands, good prices etc.

thanks.
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on September 22, 2007, 18:02
Misco have the Sandisk range:

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=2647&

1GB - £6.99, 2GB - £10.99, 4GB - £19.99. They also have a no-name 8GB model at £39.99.

I've also found PNY to be OK, but Toshiba to be slow.
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Baz on September 22, 2007, 18:22
thanks Rik  will take a look at those.

what you reckon on this http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=101137.

Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on September 23, 2007, 12:37
It ought to be OK, Samsung make a lot of the chips other people use anyway (not to mention TFT panels). 7DayShop is OK as a supplier but delivery can be a bit slow.
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Mohux on September 27, 2007, 21:28
thanks Rik  will take a look at those.

what you reckon on this http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=101137.

Hi! ermmm!! :thumbs:

Long time no see!

  :cheers: Mo (Pimp)
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Reno on September 28, 2007, 03:24
If you like running stuff from the jumpdrive, look at this (http://www.u3.com/) one. Normally I would just go down to the local department store and pick up a 512 3 pack for $25. Unless your really looking for massive storage or plug and run applications the cheap sticks are all you need.
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on September 28, 2007, 10:08
Long time no see!

Hi Mo

Nice to see you here too. If we cross paths a couple of times more, we can knit a cat's cradle. ;)
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Baz on September 28, 2007, 15:11
Hi! ermmm!! :thumbs:

Long time no see!

  :cheers: Mo (Pimp)

WAheyyyyyy!!!  hi mate long time indeed. Hows things? Its a good job you put the brackets in there else I would have had no idea at all ;D ;D ;D.

hope you're keeping well. hold on a bit though.....you got me cracking up a bit now, havent you been in over at FF lately?



@ Bob. thanks for the link. have seen a few using that U3 now. What they like? can you take the U3 off?
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Mohux on September 28, 2007, 20:39
Quote from: ermmm
....... hope you're keeping well. hold on a bit though.....you got me cracking up a bit now, havent you been in over at FF lately?

No, I haven't visited FF much in the last few months ermmm.
It seems to have lost the old relaxed fun we had there when we started it.
Do you remember that Xmas when I played Santa Claus, trying to get down your blocked chimney?
And you played up to it!
I haven't laughed as much before or since!!  :laugh: :laugh:

Seems to be only a few people all taking themselves too seriously and trying to impress, these days.
But I still look in now and again.

@ Rik Bean;   :chub: Look m8, I know I'm gettin' old, but I am alright on my own, really!!  :crazy:
Whaddya think of Simons forum then?  Good innit?

Mo  ;D


 
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Simon on September 28, 2007, 21:12
Hi Mo!   :D

I share your views on the FF forums about people taking things too seriously, especially since I didn't join the ISP, and it's one reason why I'm very glad I chose IDNet.  :)

Nice to see you both here.  PC Pals is turning into an interforum gateway!   ;D
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Baz on September 28, 2007, 21:13
I certainly do remember it Santa  ;D ;D ;D ;D  blimey  seems like ages ago.

bet people thought we were mad :)   isnt it weird though how people 'meet up' in different ways on t'internet.. of all the forums/sites to visit you find someone you have 'met' before on another. its like when I 'invited' myself ;) here from a link by Simon, after a few days some of the names looked familiar then Simon pointed out that they were from the old forum  and  that I used to go in too.........amazing   

talking of xmas    I saw a local shop with some selection boxes in t'other day :o :o :o     HAVENT EVEN GOT PASSED HALLOWEEN YET!!!!!!!!!!!


HAPPY XMAS ALL  :woot: :woot:  :xmas:


 :laugh: :laugh:



Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Baz on September 28, 2007, 21:18
Hi Mo!   :D

I share your views on the FF forums about people taking things too seriously, especially since I didn't join the ISP, and it's one reason why I'm very glad I chose IDNet.  :)

Nice to see you both here.  PC Pals is turning into an interforum gateway!   ;D

yes but Simon, its only a few who are too serious, I dare say you get it on any forum. sometimes that alone makes me laugh  ;D

Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Simon on September 28, 2007, 21:21
HAPPY XMAS ALL  :woot: :woot:  :xmas:


 :laugh: :laugh:

:aarrgh:  That's almost worth a ban!!    ;D ;D  :merry:

Yeah, I know what you mean, Baz.  I only ever posted in that one thread, so I didn't get a proper feel for it, but it did seem to turn slightly cold when I announced I wasn't joining.  :(
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Baz on September 28, 2007, 21:43
ALMOST??????   what do I have to do to get one then  ;D

joke!

yeah they're a bit funny some of them but you should have heard what they said about you when you had gone  :o :o  jeezz.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D  another joke Simon.

I might actually promote the  :merry: this year. its far too commercial.     HUMBUG!!!


Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Clive on September 28, 2007, 22:07
Bah! Humbug even!   ;D
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Reno on September 28, 2007, 23:28
WAheyyyyyy!!!  hi mate long time indeed. Hows things? Its a good job you put the brackets in there else I would have had no idea at all ;D ;D ;D.

hope you're keeping well. hold on a bit though.....you got me cracking up a bit now, havent you been in over at FF lately?



@ Bob. thanks for the link. have seen a few using that U3 now. What they like? can you take the U3 off?

I don't know. I don't see why not. But the special software is what your paying for when you buy one. If you didn't want the software get a generic stick at the store.

What are the FF forums?
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Simon on September 28, 2007, 23:43
What are the FF forums?

Firefly Internet.
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Baz on September 29, 2007, 09:15
yeah sorry Bob, FF is the forums of the ISP I am with, Firefly Internet, as Simon mentioned. Mohux is there too if I am correct and Simon very nearly joined but managed to escape at the last minute :)

should have mentioned it at the beginning as sometimes people think it  means Firefox.
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on September 29, 2007, 10:23
Whaddya think of Simons forum then?  Good innit?

Yup.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Simon on September 29, 2007, 10:34
Except, it's not 'my' forum.  It belongs to all of us.   :)
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on September 29, 2007, 12:04
In that case, please move out of my bit, you're messing up the carpet.  :P  :devil:
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Simon on September 29, 2007, 18:10
Oh, it's well worn already, Rik.  ;)
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on September 29, 2007, 18:14
What, you didn't lay the new shag pile I ordered??  ;D
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Simon on September 29, 2007, 20:40
I would have but Clive cut a hole in it to use as a wig!   :laugh:
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Clive on September 29, 2007, 21:23
Pot, Black, Calling, Kettle, the.  Rearrange these words!   :devil:
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Simon on September 29, 2007, 22:09
I know, but I said it first!   :wahh:
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on September 30, 2007, 09:16
Grow a beard and pull your bottom lip over your head. The pain goes away after a week or two. ;)
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Simon on September 30, 2007, 09:54
Good idea, Rik!  ;D  By the way, the old 'glasses disguise' trick hasn't worked.  We know who you really are.   :devil:

(https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sensesofcinema.com%2Fimages%2Fdirectors%2F03%2F24%2Fwellesbig.jpg&hash=1e104cee2be93237c6bc729d4850d4ad5bd6bb25)
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on September 30, 2007, 10:01
Worrying that. I suppose I'll have to go back to my coffin now.  :bawl:
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Baz on December 02, 2007, 09:54
Well ,sorry guys its been a while since I started this one but I eventually bought 2 of these  http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Cruzer-Micro-Flash-Drive/dp/B000BRC76C/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1196589087&sr=8-1


good little drives just right for what my lads need. one of them has been through the wash last week in a pair of trousers ;D ;D ;D ;D  still working.   good job it had the cover on.

thanks
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on December 02, 2007, 11:10
Did it clean up your data? ;)
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Simon on December 02, 2007, 11:22
Did it clean up your data? ;)

:aarrgh:  :out:
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Rik on December 02, 2007, 11:23
I'm going, I'm going...  ;D
Title: Re: pen drives
Post by: Baz on December 02, 2007, 11:36
ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!  thats bad  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D