pen drives

Baz · Mar 25, 2010, 13:30:31

what would be a decent one to buy

Glenn · Mar 25, 2010, 14:09:21

How big do you need, and what budget, Baz?

Baz · Mar 25, 2010, 15:50:41

not massively big but a good size to use for everyday stuff really, photos/docs/music etc. Budget? dont really know how much they are now and its ages since I bought one and that was a 512Mb

Rik · Mar 25, 2010, 15:52:39

Something 4-8GB, Baz?

Take a look here, 20% off...

Baz · Mar 25, 2010, 15:54:43

that sounds good Rik

Glenn · Mar 25, 2010, 16:14:45

Quote from: Rik on Mar 25, 2010, 15:52:39
Something 4-8GB, Baz?

Take a look here, 20% off...

Where?

Rik · Mar 25, 2010, 16:16:35

Good point. Note to self, remember to paste the link...

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives

Code at checkout TAKE2010

Rik · Mar 25, 2010, 16:18:22

Of those, I'd probably go for:

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives/Kingston/Kingston-8GB-DataTraveler-USB-Flash-Drive-%28Non-Retail-Pack%29

quandam · Mar 25, 2010, 18:50:55

Rik

My Memory are a great little company, good advice.

Rik · Mar 25, 2010, 18:52:39

I like them, Q, we've been doing business for years.

Baz · Mar 25, 2010, 20:13:22

thanks all will take a look.that seems an ok price too

Lona · Mar 25, 2010, 22:59:57

I use Kingston all the time. You can get it here for a £1 less..............................

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Technology-8GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B0012X5766/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1269557862&sr=8-7

Ted · Mar 26, 2010, 00:06:58

Quote from: Lona on Mar 25, 2010, 22:59:57
I use Kingston all the time. You can get it here for a £1 less..............................

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Technology-8GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B0012X5766/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1269557862&sr=8-7

IJT Direct also do the G2 version for a few pence less http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001ROVLWO/ref=pd_luc_mri?_encoding=UTF8&m=A1KKPH32R88X7D

Their Ebay outlet is Here

Strangely enough, I bought a Micro SD card from them last Friday, received it on Wednesday morning. They ship from Guernsey \ Jersey, same as Play.com. Almost 83,000 sales on Ebay with 99.9% feedback, so they seem a pretty reliable outfit.

Baz · Mar 27, 2010, 08:31:41

what are the encrypted ones like.is it just software on the drive itself or do you need to install software on any PC you plug the drive into.My wife needs one for work and thought of encrypted ones.Her work should provide them really....but blood out of stone comes to mind

Rik · Mar 27, 2010, 10:20:17

I'm not sure, Baz, as I tend to delete any software supplied with pen drives. I would have thought that it had to be installed to the PCs that the drive is used with.

Lance · Mar 27, 2010, 10:24:16

It doesn't, Rik.

The software we use at work encrypts the pen drive using software installed on the machine. We can then take the drive from one work machine to another and use it as a normal drive. However, if it is used in a personal computer, you can't access anything on the drive without entering the password set when it was encrypted.

Rik · Mar 27, 2010, 10:25:23

So, presumably, it's loading a decryption driver into memory?

Lance · Mar 27, 2010, 11:17:34

I don't know to be honest.

Steve · Mar 27, 2010, 13:47:58

I suppose that's in case you leave it on the train

Rik · Mar 27, 2010, 15:42:15

We heard a steam train go past this morning. I thought I'd gone into a time warp...

Lance · Mar 27, 2010, 19:02:54

Quote from: Steve on Mar 27, 2010, 13:47:58
I suppose that's in case you leave it on the train

Yep, laptop is fully encrypted too! In fact, every single machine on the Essex County Council network is encrypted, laptop or otherwise.

Glenn · Mar 27, 2010, 19:03:58

Is it Pointsec encryption?

Lance · Mar 27, 2010, 19:06:19

Yep I think so.

Checkpoint?

Glenn · Mar 27, 2010, 19:13:40

Yep, it's a pain to fix a pc with it on. Removing it with a decrypt key can take several hours, then several more to re-install and encrypt the drive again.

Lance · Mar 27, 2010, 19:17:33

I see. i thought you were going to say it was a load of rubbish and easily hackable!

Rik · Mar 27, 2010, 19:18:22

Ye of little faith.

Glenn · Mar 27, 2010, 19:21:02

Well, before Ericsson took over running Three's network. They brought in a Pointsec encrypted laptop, boasting it was uncrackable. Three's network security boss gave it back to them unlocked, inside 30 minutes. He never said how he did it, to us or Ericsson.

Rik · Mar 27, 2010, 19:23:09

We need that man.

Lance · Mar 27, 2010, 19:23:16

Quote from: Rik on Mar 27, 2010, 19:18:22
Ye of little faith.

It was brought in before we terminated the BT contract!

Glenn · Mar 27, 2010, 19:25:22

Quote from: Rik on Mar 27, 2010, 19:23:09
We need that man.

They rolled out a new version very quickly afterwards

Rik · Mar 27, 2010, 19:28:33

Damn.

Baz · Mar 31, 2010, 13:13:57

funny how prices change so quick isnt it.the links from Ted and Lona have gone up in a few days

Rik has that code you gave ran out now do you know, doesnt seem to be working for me

Baz · Mar 31, 2010, 13:23:15

its ok every one im going to get it from here

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 15:22:03

A bargain, Baz, get a couple.

I don't know when the code was due to expire, Baz, sorry.

Baz · Mar 31, 2010, 15:42:56

was thinking of one each for the family Rik, can I get you one too

think i'll have to try elsewhere that mymemory site wouldnt put the payment through,it just kept failing at the last stage. then I hung on 'you are number 2 in the queue...' for about 8 mins then gave up.

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 15:43:50

You don't have much luck with any company I recommend to you, do you?

Baz · Mar 31, 2010, 15:49:05

should call you 'Jinx' then eh

gone for the one Ted mentioned IJT direct. it went through, well amazon said it had no confirmation yet

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 15:55:09

Baz · Mar 31, 2010, 17:22:57

yeah thats gone through with the seller at amazon

got an email from the mymemory place.it may help any one who has similar problems.

British Telecom has confirmed a fire at their Exchange in the Paddington area of London. This has impacted a huge number of UK businesses, including Sage Pay and the major banks that route transactions through the Exchange. Sage Pay has taken action on your behalf by quickly moving transaction processing to our backup data centre. However, the issue has affected connectivity to some banks who rely on the exchange and we are currently unable to process via those banks at this time.

Please note, as banks and payment providers look for alternative transaction routing solutions away from the Paddington Exchange, this could create some general capacity issues, resulting in transaction 'time-outs'.

Rik · Mar 31, 2010, 17:24:48

Thanks for that, Baz. It just goes to show how much of an impact this incident is having.

Baz · Apr 19, 2010, 13:51:02

Quote from: Baz on Mar 31, 2010, 15:49:05
should call you 'Jinx' then eh

gone for the one Ted mentioned IJT direct. it went through, well amazon said it had no confirmation yet

Well!!!!....finally got this today, 12 days after they said it was posted.Not very pleased about that.Also got today,form a win on 'The Bay' a book about native american indians for my wife,shipped from USA in less time than the pen drive.

sorry IJT you just made the dont use again list

I know they will blame Royal Mail,which they have,but come on....12 days for 1st class delivery

kinmel · Apr 19, 2010, 15:07:50

I ordered ink cartridges from IJT on Friday and they arrived this morning, I have never had a problem with deliveries from them.

Perhaps it was Royal Mail.

Baz · Apr 19, 2010, 16:30:57

well I think they will blame them but the parcel when it arrived didnt look like it had been 'hanging around some depot' for a while, it was not dirty,crumpled,worn or the like,it looked freshly sent

dont know

doesnt matter now I have it.have sent them an email and said so

Rik · Apr 19, 2010, 16:33:51

Royal Mail fly a lot of internal post, Baz, so may have been caught out by the flying restrictions.