Kingston 2GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler with ReadyBoost (DTR/2GB)

by Kingston

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 0.8 x 5.5 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NAXB2G
• Item model number: DTR/2GB
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Kingston DataTraveler ReadyFlash is a USB flash drive with ReadyBoost that is designed to enhance your Windows Vista system.

Before Windows Vista, background tasks such as scanning and automatic backups ran at times they would create the least disturbance for you, according to the system's settings. Now with Windows Vista, Windows SuperFetch technology learns what applications you use most and prepares them by preloading them to memory.

Windows ReadyBoost, which is used in conjunction with SuperFetch, allows your system to use a memory source in addition to DRAM for processing data and applications. This feature is ideal for systems with limited memory expansion capabilities. For instance, if your notebook has a maximum memory capacity of 1 GB installed, Windows ReadyBoost allows the use of a flash memory device, such as the DataTraveler ReadyFlash (DTR), as a more responsive storage medium for a ReadyBoost cache. The DataTraveler ReadyFlash is specially designed to meet the performance requirements and capacity threshold for ReadyBoost.

This device comes with a 2 GB capacity, offers easy-to-follow installation instructions, and plugs into a USB 2.0 port. The DataTraveler ReadyFlash allows you to take full advantage of what Windows Vista has to offer, while making storage, transport, and transfer of data such as work, music, or photos fast and easy.

Backed by a 5-year warranty and Kingston's technical support, the DataTraveler ReadyFlash is a safe, reliable solution for taking important files with you wherever you go.

Product Description

Kingston 2GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler w/ReadyBoost (DTR/2GB)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Performs as promised, January 23, 2008

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Peter Reeve (Thousand Oaks, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kingston 2GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler with ReadyBoost (DTR/2GB) (Personal Computers)

I used to use a CD, ripping and burning with Sonic RecordNow!, to backup and transport data. A USB flash drive like this one is much more convenient. You just plug it in and read and write with it, just like any other drive. My home PC is a Dell, with their infamous recessed USB ports, placed close together. A slim device like this fits one of these ports easily and does not block the adjacent one. You may find it more convenient to use an extension lead. If so, an A to A, male/female extension is very cheap -- around a dollar.

In addition, Vista will make use of this drive for caching, using ReadyBoost. When you plug the device in, Windows asks you how much space on the device you want to use as cache. You can use the whole 2GB if you want, or specify any lower amount. Whatever you don't use for cache is available for storage. For some reason (I must have read it somewhere) I thought ReadyBoost could only use a maximum of 2GB, but when I plugged in an 8GB SD card, using another flash drive, Vista offered to use up to 4GB. To be honest, I haven't noticed a dramatic increase in performance with ReadyBoost, but that may be a limitation of my creaky old Dell and its 1GB of RAM.

Whether you use USB flash drives for caching or storage or both, treat them with care. Always use the `eject safely' feature before removing them. If you don't know what that is, find out before using a flash drive.

This product is a neat, light-as-a-feather, effective little device that delivers what it promises, and now that it has halved in price it is a real bargain. My one gripe is that the cap comes off to allow you to plug in, but does not then fit on the back end of the device, such as is the case with many other models. The cap thus lies around, threatening to get lost. A minor problem, but one that could easily have been fixed.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Product...performance is swift on a USB 2.0 port, October 2, 2007

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Simple Guy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kingston 2GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler with ReadyBoost (DTR/2GB) (Personal Computers)

In May 2007, after much research I settled on purchasing this device.
I have not regretted my purchase.

It's easy to forget that 2GB of portable storage is a lot of storage. (i.e. given the larger sized offerings on Amazon)

I don't use this flash drive with Windows VISTA's Ready Boost feature,but I know it works.... because when I inserted it into my PC, VISTA gave me the choice of doing so.

When taken out of the package, it appears exactly as shown in the picture.
It has a slim profile that allows the use of other nearby USB ports.

It has no place to put a key ring.... so I primarily use in office, with a folder synchronization program.
(i.e. as backup device for important, current files)

No problems so far, and peace of mind (i.e. so far) that I can always go back to the content of this flash drive.

4.0 out of 5 stars USB 2.0 for Readybosst, May 27, 2008

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Clint Hall (Kerrville, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kingston 2GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler with ReadyBoost (DTR/2GB) (Personal Computers)

I bought this USB stick (along with a PCI card to support USB 2.0) entirely for ReadyBoost in Vista. My Dell 8200 was only running on 1Gb of RAM and RIMM memory is cost prohibitive to increase so it would appear that ReadyBoost was the answer. For that purpose, this USB stick fit well and has performed nicely in increasing load times for well used apps (Outlook 2007 takes about 4 seconds from clicking on the icon to being completely up and running).