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panchabhut

One feature of Vista is that it allows some of the removable media to fuction as addl. RAM
so if you are using Vista, then also check if the pen drive can support such functions. Would be a great asset to boost RAM for any specific memory hungry application.

Of course this would reduce the life of the pen drive to certain extent. But by the time u would have every higher capacity drives. I remember I bought my first 128 MB pendrive for Rs. 1800 in 2004. Now for that u may even get a 32 GB one.

powerdoc

Ya its called Ready Boost.But only some drives support it.

For me..speed matters the most.
All the drives I've used from different manufacturers have been quite reliable in terms of data stability.
Looks are not important obviously, I don't even mind the cap if its fast.

amitkool21

what was that raedy boost thing never heard bout that can anyone provide dome more info......i was planning to install the vista ultimate.......

powerdoc

All the info you'll need
hxxp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_boost

Cost wise...
Kingston < Transcend < San Disk < Corsair

amitkool21

i found transcend and san disk are lesser than kingston in delhi,mumbai and in jaipur.......i tried in all these 3 cities....

powerdoc

Then you must be looking at some older/slower data transfer models.
These prices are the latest from amazon for a 16 gb usb drive.

ag_prasun

here the prices are cheapest for kingston pds.
4gb-300rs
8gb-450rs
16gb-750rs.
these are the best deal pricess available at local market.all for kingston pds.

Harshytkage

DUDE! help! 1TB external hd full!!!need Space wuick

amitkool21

r u kidding brother coz i just searched the whole market in delhi nd in jaipur but wont found kingston PD less than 700 Rs......finally i bought one frpm jaipur raisar plaza......can u plz mention few places where u found these rates coz i tried for rates on 23rd of this january..........

powerdoc

Yeah these prices don't seem right.
8 gb pen drive is around 800-850 & 16 gb is like 1400-1500 rs in Mumbai.

rajan1311

If u have more than 2GB RAM or more, u will see no difference.
If u got less, it may help a bit.

Here is a review on ready boosting:
Are you Ready for Windows Vista? :: Articles :: www.hardwarezone.com®

manyudada

4 points to be kept in mind.

1. a branded pendrive

2. is replacable cuz many people tend to remove the drives without terminating the remove hardware window and the drive gets fucked up.


4. as soon as u buy 1 check that it actually has the space that u paid for....example a 4gb drive has a capacity of 3.76~ gb.. and drives with higher capacities can sometimes cant hold data to their maximum capacity.they are simply formatted wid softwares which tend to show like 16gb and can actually hold not more than 8gb...

AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST>>>


where's 3??

rajan1311

ya 1 more thing to look out 4.
The cap, preferably should have a design in which it does not come off and get lost.

what ???? 4GB pen drives show 3.76GB etc bcos there is some space used up for formating the drive. So bigger the capacity, bigger the loss.
Also, i think ur confused. Some 8+GB pen drives cant Hold more that 4GB files.
Thats bcos of the format of the pen drive. If ur pen drive/Hard disk is in FAT32 file system, the max file size that can be stored is 4GB, any larger file u will get a drive full error. My 8GB pendrive is formated in FAT32 and i can not change it to NTFS. But on my Hard disk(external) i had the option of changing so i had changed it to NTFS. Warning: Re-formating will lose u some more space.

powerdoc

Actually its because the computer uses a binary system to read data whereas manufacturers of hard drives etc use the decimal system.

Read this article for more info

hxxp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte

panchabhut

Exactly.
According to manufacturers 4 GB = 4 x 1000 x 1000 kB i.e. 4,000,000 kB
for computer its 4,000,000 / 1024 / 1024 = 3.81 GB. and some part of it is lost in formatting.

amitkool21

where u read that 4 GB = 4 x 1000 x 1000 kB
i guess it was 4 GB = 4 x 1024 x 1024 kB i.e. 4194304kb

coz the standard unit is 1gb = 1024mb ,,, 1mb = 1024kb

panchabhut

Absolutely. Thats why it never shows 4 GB on the PC.

But, as powerdoc rightly stated, the manufacturers measure in decimal system only. So they make a 4,000,000 kB PD and sell u saying its 4 GB.

Take them to court, if u can.............

rajan1311

^ lol if u were in the US, may be u could.

jack_eng

thanks for advise

whAThappenn

do it now
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this is ksn and u buy pandrive