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02-12-2002, 11:24 PM
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That's a very good question! Do these flash drives also have a limited read/write life like the Compact Flash cards or are they imune from that?
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02-13-2002, 12:37 AM
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I have one of the 256mb versions of these, installed Win95 as a test, and the boot time ranged at about 9 seconds. Not a bad little piece of hardware, I just wish it was a little bigger so I could use Windows 2000 on my car player.
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02-13-2002, 12:40 PM
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Location: Ft Gordon, GA
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the auction stated these are compatible with 2.5" hd's so does that mean i would need a laptop converter to use this? thanks,
Etrik
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02-13-2002, 01:14 PM
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hrmmm, these look pretty cool? Anyone know about the lifespan of such devices? Could i use it to boot the OS on my actual PC?
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02-13-2002, 01:50 PM
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yea you can use it to boot your os. itll boot windows in under 10 seconds supposedly
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02-13-2002, 03:31 PM
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Hmm, with me thinking that most of my problems are stemming from my hds, wheres a retail outfit that carries them?
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02-13-2002, 07:29 PM
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of course, i am sure a 1gb or higher flash drive will cost an arm and a leg...
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02-13-2002, 08:42 PM
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you can get a 350mb one for cheap just to put the os on thats what im about to do.
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02-13-2002, 09:03 PM
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850 mb= $1150 at pc nation
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02-13-2002, 09:30 PM
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02-13-2002, 10:55 PM
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actually thats not a bad price for 850 mb,but thats not why i posted it. smashr2k was wondering how much a gig of flash storage would cost, and the largest i could find was what i posted above.
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02-14-2002, 12:01 AM
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oh i see, sorry 
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02-14-2002, 03:39 PM
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Is there any problem with these having a limited number of writes?
(like compact flash or diskonchip)
if windows is using a swp file it could toast it pretty quick.
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