Customer Reviews

Lexar Media JD1GB-231 1 GB 2.0 Jumpdrive

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I was shocked to read the review by "doctormoon". I bought the lexar media 1 GB jumpdrive 2.0 pro off a different internet site several months ago, and I have had no problems at all with filename length. out of curiosity, i just renamed a large jpeg file with a 50-character name, and my jumpdrive stored the file no problem. i'm running windows 2000. the model number on my jumpdrive is JD1GB-40-500 B. it has been working perfectly and is very fast, i'd definitely buy one again. hope this helps your buying decision; i just hated to see such a negative [and seemingly incorrect] review for an awesome product.

I love this JumpDrive! It's a cinch to use and the transfer speed is excellent, once you format it for NTFS as mentioned by another reviewer.

I also used PGP to encyrpt my files in case the drive should fall into the wrong hands. You can get PGP Personal Desktop at www.pgp.com, or there are a number of other encryption programs available. I was worried about a complete stranger getting access to my financial info, but after hours of fiddling I couldn't get the Windows XP Professional encryption system to work (I copied my private key to another computer but it still wouldn't decrypt), so I went to a third-party program.

I keep all of my files, personal and business, including my Outlook personal folders (the outlook.pst file) on this drive. I have configured Outlook on all of my computers to access the outlook.pst file on the JumpDrive directly, to avoid having to copy the file back and forth, and it works seamlessly and quickly.

I work on four computers regularly so for me this solution is much better than using a laptop (I've had bad experiences with laptops!).

I highly recommend this device for yourself or as a gift.

I've used several external storage devices for backing up my projects and carting them back and forth between work and home and the Lexar JuimpDrives are by far and away the best I've used. I own both the 256 meg and the 1 gig versions and use them heavily (dozens of times a day). I've never had a lick of trouble with either one. They're tough, they're fast and on a modern OS (I use XP, 2000/2003 server and Fedora from Redhat) they work fabulously.

I have no idea what Doctor Moon is talking about - he's clearly confused or lying. I backup web page projects that have some of the longest file names you'll see (100 characters and up) and don't have a problem (where as CD burners will - thus I back up all my web projects to JumpDrives).

One tip: if you're using these exclusively on systems with NTFS (2000/2003/XP) be sure to format it as NTFS before using - it makes a big performance difference.

This thing really rocks. Never had any problem with it, it is very fast, and very reliable. Goodbye Zip drive for backups!

doctormoon is probably not telling the whole story about his filename pronlems - what did he do to screw things up? The Lexar is amazingly fast & reliable and works in Windows AND Linux which is quite the opposite of the Sandisk product he claims to prefer. Do not get a Sandisk usb drive - it sucks. Do a google for Sandisk Cruzer & you'll see what I mean.

Anyway, I highly recommend the Lexar Jump Drive.

I bought one of these and have had no issues with it at all. I'm using Windows XP. It worked the first time I plugged it in. No software to load and I have had no problems with long file names.

DoctorMoon, the reason you can only get eight characters is probably because you are trying to use this with DOS or Windows 98 (Same Difference) or because you do not actually own one.

If you use this on a Mac or Win 2000 (not tested XP), you can load it with as many characters as your OS and the application will allow.

The Jump Drive is just about the coolest gadget you can get your high school or college child these days, except maybe an iPod, iPodMini, Archos AV320, or a PocketPC 2215.

Actually, I've experienced a similar problem with the Jumpdrive (see DoctorMoon's review). I use OS X, and I get an error message when trying to copy files with certain special characters in them. From what I can tell, the Jumpdrive specifically has problems with slashes "/" or "\" as used when naming files with dates, or in certain Microsoft Entourage script files. I solved the problem by changing all the slashes to periods, or just not including those particular files on the Jumpdrive.

Besides which, it's not very nice of you all to go around calling someone an idiot when they have a legitimate problem!

Before thinking about this product, please understand the following shortcoming: It does NOT allow file names longer than 8 characters (like DOS standard). If you attempt to store a file on it with a name longer than 8 characters, a popup window gives you the option to truncate the name or simply abort the task.

I contacted Lexar customer service and they confirmed this design problem and said there is nothing I could do about it.

For me, this makes the Lexar 1GB 2.0 USB Jumpdrive unusable. In contrast, my SanDisk 128MB allows all of my Windows lengthy file names without any trouble.

Buyer beware!!!