USB Flash drives

Have you had any problems with USB flash drives with Vista?

I saw articles saying that Vista doesn't have "Safely Remove Hardware"
like in XP, and some people aren't sure when to remove the flash drive
from the computer.

Is one USB flash drive different from another, except in size?

 

Richard Fangnail <richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote:
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>Have you had any problems with USB flash drives with Vista?
>
>I saw articles saying that Vista doesn't have "Safely Remove Hardware"
>like in XP, and some people aren't sure when to remove the flash drive
>from the computer.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Vista has "Safely Remove Hardware".
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>Is one USB flash drive different from another, except in size?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

???

 

it does have safely remove hardware as in XP, they should only remove it
when they want to after right clicking on the flash drive in my computer
and click remove device. when a message appears on the pc saying its
safe to remove, then remove apart from that dont.


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alexdagr8est

There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binary
and those that dont.

 

Richard Fangnail;1134689 Wrote: <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
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> Is one USB flash drive different from another, except in size?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

By definition, USB flash drives obviously have to fit the USB slot (I
know, duh).

The USB standards have changed. USB 1.1 has a data rate of 1.5 Mbit/s
(Low-Speed) and 12 Mbit/s Full-Speed). USB 2.0 has a higher maximum
speed of (480 Mbit/s (now called Hi-Speed). I don't think USB 3.0 every
materialized (but I'm sure something will come up).

Almost all USB flash drives will be 2.0

'USB 2.0 Hi-speed Flash drive roundup (2004) - Ars Technica'
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lemur

Please click on rep icon if I've been of any help.
Thanks!

 

I have a Sandisk flash drive and in Device Manager there is the option to
"Optimize for quick removal" which eliminates the need to "Safely Remove
Hardware".

You simply pull it out.



"John Galt" <galtj@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:e35ra5tk1hf83u0uorrdgtsgcuchgcgneh@4ax.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Richard Fangnail <richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote:
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>>Have you had any problems with USB flash drives with Vista?
>>
>>I saw articles saying that Vista doesn't have "Safely Remove Hardware"
>>like in XP, and some people aren't sure when to remove the flash drive
>>from the computer.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> Vista has "Safely Remove Hardware".
><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>>Is one USB flash drive different from another, except in size?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> ???<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

lemur;1134722 Wrote: <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro--><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
> > Richard Fangnail;1134689 Wrote:
> >
> > Is one USB flash drive different from another, except in size?> > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> By definition, USB flash drives obviously have to fit the USB slot (I
> know, duh).
>
> The USB standards have changed. USB 1.1 has a data rate of 1.5 Mbit/s
> (Low-Speed) and 12 Mbit/s Full-Speed). USB 2.0 has a higher maximum
> speed of (480 Mbit/s (now called Hi-Speed). I don't think USB 3.0
> every materialized (but I'm sure something will come up).
>
> Almost all USB flash drives will be 2.0
>
> 'USB 2.0 Hi-speed Flash drive roundup (2004) - Ars Technica'
> ()<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

USB 3.0 (aka usb superspeed) has materialised, but it is still trying
to get licensing to make it industry standard, another hurdle they are
tackling is trying to get it to be backwards compatible with USB 2.0
USB 3.0 is far superior to USB 2.0 boasting a 5GB/s transfer speed.
more info here
'USB.org - SuperSpeed USB' ()


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alexdagr8est

There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binary
and those that dont.

 

some you can pull out, others you need to "safly remove", and some you
have to eject a disk icon as well

also heres more info from wikipedia about usb 3.0


Code:
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The USB 3.0 specification was released on November 12, 2008 by the USB 3.0
Promoter Group. Its maximum transfer rate is up to 10 times faster than the USB 2.0
release. It has been dubbed the SuperSpeed USB.[2][3] Equipment conforming to any
version of the standard will also work with version 3.0 conforming equipment in most
cases -— USB 3.0 standard connectors have introduced some incompatibilities -— with
devices designed to any previous specification, though at the maximum speed of the
prior equipment, not 3.0. There is thus substantial backward compatibility).

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KRB

 

On Sep 13, 5:57 pm, alexdagr8est <gu...@unknown-email.com> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> it does have safely remove hardware as in XP, they should only remove it
> when they want to after right clicking on the flash drive in my computer
> and click remove device. when a message appears on the pc saying its
> safe to remove, then remove apart from that dont.
>
> alexdagr8est
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Sorry I was slightly confused from reading articles about the below
problem and USB flash drives:


Also a number of people said that they will see "Safely Remove
Hardware" and then it will suddenly disappear for no reason.
At that point they are not sure if they should just pull it out or
what.

When I said "size" in my original post, I mean size of memory, like
8Gig.

Do you have to "Format" a flash drive in any way or is it ready to go?

 

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:16:53 -0700 (PDT), Richard Fangnail
<richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote:
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>Have you had any problems with USB flash drives with Vista?
>
>I saw articles saying that Vista doesn't have "Safely Remove Hardware"
>like in XP, and some people aren't sure when to remove the flash drive
>from the computer.
>
>Is one USB flash drive different from another, except in size?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

I have several different flash drives. All have been set in
properties, from the factory, to just remove then without having to go
the "Safely Remove Hardware" route.