Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: johnha169 on March 16, 2009, 01:24:44 AM
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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=
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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
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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?
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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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.
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From that page...
From another website...
your point?
I'm just shocked, 2gb of solid state sd flash memory?
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You mean 2000gb.
4GB SD Cards have been out for a loooong time, let alone 2GB.
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your point?
They don't exist yet
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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.
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Oh, I know what you mean.
Every year, our school offer's USB Flash Drives to students.
For the past five years, they have been getting cheaper, and large in storage.
They're up to 4GB for $50 HKD.
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i realize that when i try to format the usb drive, it doesnt allow me to do it, the usb drive doesnt have FAT 32 ...., just cant do the process,
but the wierd thing is when i plug the usb into the computer, why it showes 500 GB? how can they do it?
thank you
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why it showes 500 GB? how can they do it?
Inside the drive is a fake controller chip, programmed to report 500 GB.
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but the wierd thing is when i plug the usb into the computer, why it showes 500 GB? how can they do it?
Why? To make money.
At first, I was sceptical that they made 500GB Flash drives, which is why I asked earlier:
Nice. A 500GB Flash Drive. What brand is it?
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At first, I was sceptical that they made 500GB Flash drives,
Fusion-io makes SSD (solid state drive) cards in 160GB, 320GB and 640GB capacities. A 1.28TB card is expected out in the second half of this year. Current pricing is quoted as "well under $30" per usable GB, which makes the biggest current card "well under" 19,200 dollars. How much "under" is a good question, since pricing is probably a matter for negotiation based on size of order. So only very specialist users will be using them.
They are not pen drives or memory cards as this picture shows.
(http://www.computerworld.com/common/images/site/features/2009/032009/ioDrive_Duo_Flatlarge.jpg)
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thank you very much for all of you participating and answered in this thread.
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thank you very much for all of you participating and answered in this thread.
Why?, we have done nothing but aspire to change the topics direction,
but if its how you think....
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Why?, we have done nothing but aspire to change the topics direction,
but if its how you think....
We didn't change it, we developed it. We informed the OP that he or she almost certainly had a fake, and then we went on to discuss big flash drives. I myself posted a jolly interesting picture.
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We didn't change it, we developed it. We informed the OP that he or she almost certainly had a fake, and then we went on to discuss big flash drives. I myself posted a jolly interesting picture.
ah, ok