My external HDD casing decided to die, so I had to go and buy a new stick...

Got a 4GB Kingston USB.  Speeds are disappointing, but at least much better than this one.

Using a 2KB block size, FAT32, took around 100 seconds to transfer about 640MB.
Using a 32KB block size, took around 65 seconds to transfer the same file on.

Typically, USB 2 drives write at around 10MB/sec (the portable HDD seems to go at around 20-30MB/sec), so this new USB drive is still slow-ish.

But the 8GB one took over 350 seconds to transfer the file, using a 64KB block size...

i am gonne wait untill 16gig pro duo is here,.. so i can use my PSP for storage,. ;p

dunno whot the dif in read speed is but works,..

roberth Wrote:you say it so casually...if my External HDD inclosure died on me i don't know what id do, i use mine almost constantly (i only have an 80GB HDD) and it has so much work on i would fail college if it died...

I've actually bought a number of enclosures.  I so happened to have a second one.  The issue with the second one is that it uses more power (well, it doesn't power up on some laptop ports), and also needs a USB mini-B cable (which I only have one of - my previous one screwed up from bending in my bag, so I don't really want to bring another USB 2 cable).

Well - even if I didn't, you could always go buy another one.  I back the stuff up on it every so often - with USBs dying on me at annoying times, I've somewhat learnt to do that...

Nonetheless, still, when these things die, you lose the $30 you spent on it... >_>

diego Wrote:Why does so many things die for you Zinga?

Maybe cause I use it too much?
Flash drives are dodgey, but they're the only things wee really have these days..

I use my flash drives all day =P

I get a good deal on them from SCC

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diego Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:

diego Wrote:Why does so many things die for you Zinga?

Maybe cause I use it too much?
Flash drives are dodgey, but they're the only things wee really have these days..

I wonder how much you do use it in a day.

I rarely use my USB flash drives.

It's mainly cause my internet at home is so poo poo, I'm usually browsing from public computers (so use portable Firefox) and downloading to them.  I wouldn't use them as much if I could do everything from home I guess.