8GB USB 2.0 Micro Vault Pro Autosync (Retail Package)

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 2 x 5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000E86FRA
• Item model number: USD8G
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,180 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 17, 2006

Product Description

The USB connector is uniquely designed to freely swivel up to 180 and allows you to adjust the position depending on the location of the USB ports on your PC. The connector can easily be flipped up with one hand just like a cigarette lighter!You can quickly transfer large data files at a maximum speed of 96Mbps (12MB/s) through a Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) connection.MICRO VAULT PRO offers a large storage capacity thanks to the adoption of the recent 1-inch hard disk drive technology. Always carry around all your important files right in your pocket!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great easy to use Product, June 6, 2006

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H. C. Croker Jr. "Curt" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8GB USB 2.0 Micro Vault Pro Autosync (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)

I am an IT Professional who constantly witnesses traveling laptop users who fail to backup their hard disks. This is a slick compact product that works well. To me its best selling feature is the synchronizing software that is included. You set it up how many file versions you wish to keep and when to backup. I setup for a traveling international user so all he had to do was plug the unit in his USB port and it would automatically backup all of his files. The software is intelligent enough to know to backup only files that have changed instead of all data. I would highly recommend this product for the user who is at greater risk for data loss.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy It, August 18, 2006

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Robert K. Tucker "Navyolsalt" (Simpsonville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8GB USB 2.0 Micro Vault Pro Autosync (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)

I purchased two of these. It really is plug and play. Easy to use. Very acceptable transfer speed. Great product. Completely satisfied.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast and Portable Storage (great alternative to Flash), November 4, 2007

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J. Riddle "America's Favorite Amazon Reviewer... (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8GB USB 2.0 Micro Vault Pro Autosync (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)

Ditch the AutoSync software, it is limited in scope and buggy as well. This is your data we're talking about here. Sony just does not do software well (read: "root kit" fiasco).

But the drive itself is excellent, albeit bulkier than I would like (in all fairness it IS miraculously small for a hard drive). You can get greater capacity at USB stick size, but this has faster read/write times than Flash, so that is the tradeoff to keep in mind. I recommend reformatting it to NTFS for increased performance. This may prove tricky at first, but a Google search on the topic should yield helpful clues.