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June 07th, 2011 - 05:52 am ET by Peter | Report spam
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a quality, good speed write and
read, flash drive (memory stick) with a total capacity of 4 or 8 GB? I
recently bought a Sandisk Cruzer Slice USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Model CZ37)
4 GB but it is much slower to write than an older Sandisk flash drive.
No precise figures just watching the transfer time on screen.

Googling for reviews shows some variations even within the same
manufacturer so a Linux user recommendation would be much appreciated.
The latest model came with preloaded software for Windows users which I
don't need for Linux.

Some time ago I think someone on this newsgroup suggested reformatting
flash drives to ext2 rather than the supplied FAT32. Are there any
downsides to doing this?

Any thoughts, please.
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#1 chris
June 07th, 2011 - 06:03 am ET | Report spam
On 07/06/11 10:52, Peter wrote:
Does anyone have a recommendation for a quality, good speed write and
read, flash drive (memory stick) with a total capacity of 4 or 8 GB? I
recently bought a Sandisk Cruzer Slice USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Model CZ37)
4 GB but it is much slower to write than an older Sandisk flash drive.
No precise figures just watching the transfer time on screen.



I have a kingston G2 4Gb, which seems 'fast enough' for me. I often use
it for copying isos and is fine for that.

Some time ago I think someone on this newsgroup suggested reformatting
flash drives to ext2 rather than the supplied FAT32. Are there any
downsides to doing this?



Other than it won't work transparently with Windows PCs nor Macs, no.

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