500 mini usb

[johnha169]

Hi, there, can anyone tell me that a mini 500 GB is possible, I purchased one actually, when I plugged into the computer, it did show that the volume is 500 GB, but a friend of mine said that it is impossible to make that usb because it is so small, usually I saw the 500 GB is a square like box, but the one I bought is the little one like the 1 or 2 GB, is it a crap usb but I just don’t know why my OS show is it 500 if it is not, I tried the usb in 2 of my computer and the computer in my school, it shows  500 GB,  any comment about that usb
I wanna test it whether 500 GB is the actually capacity, do you guys know is there a method of testing  it
Thank you very much.

[johnha169]

in addition, i copy 0.5 GB  to the usb , it took nearly 20 or 25 minutes to complete, curently using 1.6 GHz , 756 ram, is that the acceptable/normal speed?
thank you

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Go to My Computer, Right Click your USB Drive icon and click on Format.
Have a look at what capacity it allows you to format the drive in. (DO NOT CLICK ON THE FORMAT BUTTON)

in addition, i copy 0.5 GB  to the usb , it took nearly 20 or 25 minutes to complete, curently using 1.6 GHz , 756 ram, is that the acceptable/normal speed?
thank you

How many files did you copy?



Just fyi, the military are using 2TB (2000GB) SD Cards:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/two-terabyte-sd.html

[johnha169]

the copy lots of rubbish file to usb, they voulume is 0.5 GB in total
when i click on format , it allows me to format 500 GB?
so is the actually volume of the usb is 500 GB?
thanks a lot

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Nice. A 500GB Flash Drive. What brand is it?

the copy lots of rubbish file to usb, they voulume is 0.5 GB in total

Probably why it was slow.
Look at it this way.
Transferring a 500MB single file will be faster than transferring a thousand files, equaling to 500MB.

[johnha169]

oh, i see
well, i followed your instruction right click usb and select format, it shows 500 GB in capaciity, so my usb's actually capacity is 500 GB, is that correct?
thank you very much

[Dias de verano]

Plonkers are being pulled here, or else it is one of the well known fakes that are advertised on ebay etc.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=100&q=fake+500+gb+flash+drives&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=

[johnha169]

so you are telling me that that is a flake drive, is there a way to test that how much capacity that usb is
thanks a lot

[Dias de verano]

so you are telling me that that is a flake drive, is there a way to test that how much capacity that usb is
thanks a lot

You can tell how capacity it really has by copying files over into it until you get an error.

Where did you get it?

[kizza1645]

Go to My Computer, Right Click your USB Drive icon and click on Format.
Have a look at what capacity it allows you to format the drive in. (DO NOT CLICK ON THE FORMAT BUTTON)
How many files did you copy?



Just fyi, the military are using 2TB (2000GB) SD Cards:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/two-terabyte-sd.html

Are you kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dias de verano]

Are you kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From that page...

Of course, you can't buy a 2TB card right now. Instead, SDXC is the new spec from the SD Association which allows a theoretical maximum of 2TB, meaning the way has been opened for manufacturers to offer bigger and bigger memory cards for cameras.

From another website...

cards may come out by the end of the year.

[kizza1645]

From that page...

From another website...

your point?

I'm just shocked, 2gb of solid state sd flash memory?

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

You mean 2000gb.

4GB SD Cards have been out for a loooong time, let alone 2GB.

[Dias de verano]

your point?

They don't exist yet

[Dias de verano]

You mean 2000gb.

4GB SD Cards have been out for a loooong time, let alone 2GB.

I bought one for twenty quid in Staples not so long ago, and now they are half that.