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Kingston Data Traveler 2 GB USB Drive (DTI/2GB) | 
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| Brand: Kingston
Category: CE
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $2.50
You Save: $22.49 (90%)
New (66) from $2.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  848 reviews
Color: lime
Media: Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
System Memory: 4000
Hard Drive Size: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
nv:Type: Flash Drive
Memory Size: 2GB
Write Speed: USB 2.0
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: DTI/2GB
Model: DTI/2GB
UPC: 683728104054
EAN: 0084331450222
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Data transfer rates of up 6MB/sec. read and up to 3MB/sec write | | • | Designed to Hi-Speed USB 2.0 specifications | | • | Pocket-size drive is easy to transport | | • | Plug and play operation | | • | 5 year warranty |
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Product Description
Now you can store, carry and transfer files quickly in an affordable, convenient device. The DataTraveler USB Flash drive from Kingston is ideal for storing, carrying and transferring files in a device no bigger than a pocket knife. Its small size makes it handy to carry around, and it's simple to use, with USB 2.0 compatibility. As easy as click-and-drag, the DataTraveler can hold just about any file such as reports, pictures, spreadsheets or other important documents. It works with virtually any device with a USB port even cross-platform from Macintosh to PC and vice versa.
Amazon.com Product Description
This 2 GB USB flash drive lightens your load without emptying your wallet. As easy as click and drag, the DataTraveler holds just about any file you can think of--from reports and pictures, to spreadsheets and other important documents. It works with virtually any device with a USB port--even cross-platform from Macintosh to PC and vice versa. Manufactured with the highest quality available, this Kingston flash drive comes with a 5-year limited warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 843 more reviews...
 fast, cheap, and no u3 junk - highly recommend September 8, 2006
171 out of 178 found this review helpful
For the guy who posted above, there is no lanyard included with this flash drive.
I got this a couple days ago. Looking for something that could hold large files to let me switch from a laptop to desktop and back more easily (no more toting a whole external hard drive back and forth).
Other than cost (and this seems to be a good bargain), my other issue when looking at flash drives is speed (also I didn't want any of that U3 crud). I transferred a 490 MB file to the flash drive in just about 3 minutes. That's more than fast enough for me.
The flash drive has turned out to be a silver lining too. After I found out I would not be able to install Linux on my desktop, I found that I can actually install various Linux distros to the flash drive and boot from it instead (search for pen drive linux), with plenty of space still to spare.
Excellent Thumb Drive May 12, 2007
101 out of 106 found this review helpful
I found this thumb drive to be a very good one. It is 4GB, so it holds a large amount of data, and software. It is relatively tough, I have carried it in my backpack and have had NO problems with it. Also, I just bought a new laptop with Vista, and it works wonderfully! However, I also bought a Sandisk 4GB Titanium Drive and it was not compatible with my new laptop. Overall, I love this Kingston drive!
Exactly what I wanted November 21, 2007
101 out of 109 found this review helpful
This thumb drive is exactly what I wanted. Cheap, reliable, and without some kind of vendor supplied crapware that automatically runs when you insert the drive.
I use truecrypt for creating/using an encrypted partition. Works fine, but one word of warning. Format the encrypted partition as FAT. An NTFS partition running on a thumb drive can have dismount issues. Eventually, those issues will trash the partition.
I've run this drive for a month now and it has been fine even though it bangs around in a pocket with phone, knife, change, etc. A corsair drive failed after a few days of this treatment.
Handy May 12, 2007
88 out of 96 found this review helpful
Good capacity, compact, cheap, from a known company with a reputation for reliability. I bought this as a backup device. It will fit easily not only into a pocket, but also into someone else's fire-resistant offsite file space. Data retention on these devices is supposed to be good, and with a batch of these, I never have to worry about where to keep an extensive backup set - they'll slip into a safe deposit box (unlike a stack of CD's) or into spaces between papers in a fire-proof cabinet. Unlike DVD-R's they have an establshed track-record on long-term data retention and will not be damaged by laying up against other objects in a drawer that may cause minor but destructive warps to a DVD.
 Small File Writes are Painfully Slow October 10, 2007
82 out of 87 found this review helpful
After opening the package, I popped my DTI/4GB into a USB port and copied a number of relatively small files to it (310 files totalling 5.1 mb). It took a full 2 minutes (that's 44 kBps), which was slow enough to convince me I'd gotten a lemon (I copied the same files to my old Sandisk Cruzer 1 gb in 20 seconds). After a couple emails to tech support, Kingston advised me to return it for a new one.
The new one arrived quickly, but performed identically to the old one. For kicks, I installed Sandra 2008 and benchmarked the device's performance. I found that, for small files (512 B), the transfer rate was barely 1 kBps. I contacted Kingston support again, this time providing more details about my testing and the benchmark results I'd gotten out of Sandra. The tech confirmed that this is a low-end device, that the slowness I was experiencing was normal, and that I probably should have sprung for something in their DTS line (too rich for my blood).
Now the good news. If you don't tend to copy a lot of small files, you'll probably be perfectly happy with this device. Once the file size gets to about 256 kb, writes to this drive speed up nicely. Reads are always fast. And tech support was exemplary. My only other complaint would be that the cheap plastic case does not inspire confidence.
No matter how you look at it, however, this is not a 5-star item by any stretch of the imagination. Not even for the money.
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