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    Flash Memory as an External Hard Drive?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Mr. Wonderful, May 17, 2007.

  1. Mr. Wonderful

    Mr. Wonderful Notebook Evangelist

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    I just lost my [extremely] old 512MB flash drive over the weekend and I am now in the market for a new one. I would like to go 4GB+ so that I wouldn't have to rely on DVDs and iPods for transferring large things. With a flash drive that large however, I got to wondering if maybe I could move some files over to it from my HDD when not in use, acting as another hard drive. Keep in mind that I am planning on getting a faster model. I've heard of the benefits of having dual HDDs for work speeds, and I'm wondering if it would be worth while getting a larger capacity for that purpose. So would that be worth it? Any idea?
     
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well, the speed is still limited to USB 2.0, so it'll never be as fast as a SATA or FireWire connection, which is the main negative.
     
    coriolis, May 17, 2007
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  3. *Blacky*

    *Blacky* Notebook Enthusiast

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    USB ver 2 has transfer rate of 480Mbs, I don`t thing this is a limitation for 4 Gb flash drive...The main negative of the flash drives at the moment, is the low read/write speed around 30MBs for the fastest model.


    Maby you heard about raid 0....
     
    *Blacky*, May 17, 2007
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