Customer Reviews

Memorex TravelDrive 1 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive 32509060

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I've had this drive now for a bit over a week and so far it beats my 128MB drive hands down. It somehow managed to get dropped into a flower pot outside for a couple of days - unfortunately rainy ones - and upon finding it and checking it out, it worked just fine. I guess I should learn to use the included lanyard when taking it outside the home from now on. Transfer times are quite good for large files or sets of files - I transfered about 300 MB of data in about 2 minutes to it from my hard drive.

I've had this Traveldrive for only 3 days now, but have used it quite often. It came formatted FAT and I can't locate any 'official' info about reformatting, so I'm waiting 'til later for a switch. The big drawback is there isn't any security software with it, but I'm still looking online. I had read about the 2GB units that had slow transfer times, and this one specifies a 1.5MBps (bytes, not bits) but when I use it for pretty large (25 to 50 Mbytes) or REALLY large (765 Mbytes) files, it performs very fast. I've timed a 48 Mbyte file at 22 seconds, and the 765 Mbyte file (782,967,317 bytes) took 176 seconds. That makes it 2.2 MBps with medium files and 4.4 MBps with the big honkers.
So far, I'm totally satisfied with it. As long as I don't lose it somewhere - it's pretty small compared to the other junk in my pockets.

Hi - I just wanted to add a second comment about the breakdown of writing to the drive on the 512 K version (no longer listed at Amazon as of this writing) as the larger drives may have the same problem.

After about six months in good working condition the drive came up with a "cannot make a path" error on two different computers. I could get info FROM the drive (on one) but no longer could write to it on either. Tried lots of things with nothing helping until I read the comment here about the same problem. I ordered a new travel drive (not Memorex this time) and then moved all the files from the Memorex drive to the computer that could still access the files.

Once it was empty -- even without reformatting -- it happily took new information once more -- both as copies from already made files and as new saved files from various applications. So, if you find this happening to you, the drive is most likely NOT broken, just VERY confused.

Good luck.

I picked up 2 of these under a promotion that ended up costing me all of $10. What a steal! These are my mainstays now and I haven't had a single problem. Fast write, read and encryption works perfectly on it.

The only issue is that they are a little long and if you have a computer with a USB slot on the front under the bottom cover and it angles down, you may have a problem connecting it there.

This item is usually fantastic. Loads quickly and easily. No corruption of data. However, I have had to reformat the disk to FAT-32 3 times in the past two months because of issues with certain versions of Windows XP automatically reformatting it to a non-Mac-compatible format.
I use the product to transfer files among several computers in three different work environments, and the auto-reformatting is annoying. Some XP machines do this and some do not - I have not figured out how to stop it from happening. No online documentation or support from the manufacturer or distributor to help figure it out.

This drive was a good price, and it works as advertised, but the problem I have with it is that the cap does not snap on; it just slides on. I keep the traveldrive on my keychain in my pocket most of the time, and I lost the cap about a week after I got it. I still use it and carry it around without the cap because I paid for it, but if I had to do it again, I would get one with a snapping cap, even if it cost a little more.

Its a memory stick. It works just like one. Plug it in to your USB, and away you go. That simple. Have only had it for a few months, but so far it is working like its suppossed to.

It holds so much information and is so easy to carry around. Who needs a laptop hahaha!! It has taken over the place of using the CD Drive. Thanks !!

pretty little drive
you travel with me daily
how convenient

This little thumb drive is fast and quick.

I will buy another one, the price is awesome too