Pen Drive = Rs.1200

[Cool G5]

I want to buy a pen drive.I have decided to buy a 2 GB one.
So which brand should I go for?
I have a budget of Rs.1.2K~1.5K.

[Pathik]

get a transcend v30 2gb.. 800rs.. If u can increase ur budget a bit then get a 4gb 4 1500..

[Cool G5]

get a transcend v30 2gb.. 800rs.. If u can increase ur budget a bit then get a 4gb 4 1500..

I have heard that the transcend v30 series are slow.
Can you suggest some other.

[xbonez]

kingston 2gb pen drives are available for rs800 - rs 750 at nehru place. new delhi

[satyamy]

I want to buy a pen drive.I have decided to buy a 2 GB one.
So which brand should I go for?
I have a budget of Rs.1.2K~1.5K.
1500 ohh
go for 4GB Transcend Pen Drive for Rs. 1500 :D

[faraaz]

I got a Kingston 2 GB DATATRAVELER pen drive for 850 rs in Bangalore...and its BLAZING fast...atleast compared to my older USB 1.1 drive...

[infra_red_dude]

I have heard that the transcend v30 series are slow.
Can you suggest some other.
slow?? very slow.. damn slow.. speed sucks!! i own one.. and by experience i advise you not to buy the v30 series!!! instead get the kingston data traveller or the sandisk cruzer series.. they are faster than the v30 series....

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Kingston 2Gb the one i have is around 725-750 here

[xbonez]

I got a Kingston 2 GB DATATRAVELER pen drive for 850 rs in Bangalore...and its BLAZING fast...atleast compared to my older USB 1.1 drive...

compared to USB 1.1, any USB 2 drive will be blazing fast

[Cool G5]

Also which is better a U3 pen drive or a regular one?


Posted from Nokia 3230.

[Pathik]

Get a u3 smart drive.. But they r costly..
Posted from a nokia e50.. :D

[infra_red_dude]

Also which is better a U3 pen drive or a regular one?


Posted from Nokia 3230.
if u3 drives are costlier than regular ones then don't buy them. however, if they retail for the same amount then no harm in buying them.

head to this site: www.portableapps.com. this will make any portable drive more useful than a u3 drive.

[napster007]

i think u should go for kingston they are the cheap and best right now

[xbonez]

i got a sandisk U3 micro cruzer. the U3 feature is quite cool. u can carry around softwares, games and stuff. i even carry around avast anti-virus which is gud to scan infected comps since the anti-virus on infected comps often gets modified. however, softwares eat into ur pen drive space so u should take a high capacity drive if u plan to carry lots of sw

[slugger]

u cud buy iball (http://iball.co.in/inner/show_product_details2.asp?catid=23&pid=92) flash drive.

i had bought one of those 2GB drives 9 months back 4 around d price u just mentioned, now to u will get a much larger capacity 4 d same price

as 4 its flimsy built, if u take precaution it will serve u well

and it is pretty fast 2

[xbonez]

yup, i too have a iball 1gb pen drive and i haven't faced any trouble with it till date. been usuing it for about 6 months now

[Mojo]

Forget transcend, kingston and sandisk, get a buffalo instead.

http://www.sumedh.info/articles/buffalo-pen-drive-review.html

[xbonez]

wow! thats real turbo performance...

[Cool G5]

I already bought a 4 GB kingston data traveler.

[Ash HFZ]

Hmm by the v30 not being fast what is actually meant is not that it is USB 1.1 (yes v30 is USB 2.0) but just that the write speed into the drive is only 25% of the same compared to the hi-speed ones from transcend.... The read speed is around 80 - 90 % of the hi-speed ones from transcend.... Believe me, the hi-speed Transcend pen drives are pretty good but I own only a 1 GB drive :(

[planetcall]

I wonder why no one suggests for an external HDD. one of my friend bought an 80GB HDD with case in about 2500 if i remember correct. I too bought a transcend 2GB PenDrive about 3 months back but now I am planning to go for an external HDD as there is no comparison. Also the external HDD can act as a shared HDD between 2 computers using USB. KOOOOOL !!!

[entrana]

ya u just knew tat know? but a pen drive is more portable it dpnds on ur use i tooo wud prefer a removable hdd

[Ash HFZ]

Also the external HDD can act as a shared HDD between 2 computers using USB.

A hard drive has only one connecting interface and hence can only be connected to one system at a time.... And sharing is only possible through a network and not directly.... Or are you actually meaning you can swap the hard drive between two systems very easily ?

[planetcall]

^^ Recently I saw one of my friend using an external HDD which had 2 USB interfaces. I asked for the details and he demonstrated how it can be used as a shared disk between two computers. Its pretty helpful in synchronizing your laptop and PC.

[Ash HFZ]

Oh then it must be a special type of HDD with such an interface.... Wow cool.... Any idea how much the cost of such a hard disk is ?

[entrana]

5k at the most

[skghosh44]

What a IT market is ? During July 2007 I bought a Apacer 1 GB pen drive here at Tinsukia For Rs. 650/-. Now u all are purchaseing 2 GB for just Rs 750/- to 800/-.

[Cool G5]

@planetcall-r u sure u can share the same harddisk between two pc's.AFAIK the one usb connector is for data & the other for powering the drive.

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ i think he din say about 2 connectors. he said about 2 interfaces. me too.. i'm yet to see something like that! there should surely be a master-slave feature or something similar. otherwise it lead to utter chaos when doing some file operation simultaneously.

[planetcall]

USB connectors do communication and power supply together. I havent heard of any device which has two USB connectors being separately for data and power.

[Cool G5]

USB connectors do communication and power supply together. I havent heard of any device which has two USB connectors being separately for data and power.

U are right.But some external hard disk have two Usb for power to spin the drive.

[infra_red_dude]

USB connectors do communication and power supply together. I havent heard of any device which has two USB connectors being separately for data and power.
yes there is, the external casing i bought for the laptop hdd has 2 connectors. the second one is for extra power if needed. but i hafnt felt the need to connect it.

[Pathik]

Only 3.5 inch casings hav a diff usb connector 4 power

[infra_red_dude]

here is what i'm talking about:

the auxiliary connector is for extra power which i hafnt used till now.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1323/dsc00117ly1.th.jpg (http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00117ly1.jpg)

[Cool G5]

^mine friend has a seagate external hdd just like the above one.I also didn't connected the second connector,still it worked.so if we connect d 2 connector will the hdd become fast?

[Pathik]

Nope it wont... Its just for supplying extra power if ur hdd needs it..

[planetcall]

did you try to connect two systems together with those two different USB connectors ? Just to give a try !

[infra_red_dude]

no way man! tha'll screw up the hdd, if i'm correct! that 2nd connectors is mainly for use wid 7200rpm hdds.

[xbonez]

i've never tried connecting my portable hdd to two diff pcs. but my portable hdd stays permanently connected to my pc. both theusb ends stay slotted in the usb ports... generally with just one, it gives trouble, doesn't get detected