PNY 16GB Attache USB 2.0 Flash Drive P-FD16GU20-FS

by PNY

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AFX1G
• Item model number: P-FD128U20-RF
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 1, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Attache provides the ultimate mobile storage solution for people on the go. Working on a presentation and need to take it with you? No problem. Want to share a new tune or pictures with your friends? Piece of cake! Simply copy the file onto Attache and take it with you -- put it in your pocket, wear it around your neck, or put it in your backpack or briefcase and your good to go. To access your data, simply plug Attache into virtually any PC or MAC -- without the need for bulky cables or adapters. Access your files. Anytime. Anywhere.

PNY's new portable, reusable flash drive is fully compliant with USB 1.1 and 2.0 systems. Simply plug Attache into an available USB port and your computer will automatically recognize it as a drive -- no additional drivers needed! Achieve blazing speeds of 12 Mbps with USB 1.1 Attache and up to 480 Mbps with USB 2.0 Attache. Attache comes with a 100 cm USB extension cable, Driver CD (Windows 98/98SE only) and lanyard. Attache also comes with a 1 year warranty and PNY's toll free technical support.

Product Description

Attaché provides the ultimate mobile storage solution for people on the go. Working on a presentation and need to take it with you? No problem. Want to share a new tune or pictures with your friends? Piece of cake! Simply copy the file onto Attaché and take it with you -- put it in your pocket, wear it around your neck, or put it in your backpack or briefcase and your good to go. To access your data, simply plug Attache into virtually any PC or MAC -- without the need for bulky cables or adapters. Access your files. Anytime. Anywhere.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, cheap and portable!, September 13, 2003

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John Thomson (Kansas City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PNY 16GB Attache USB 2.0 Flash Drive P-FD16GU20-FS (Personal Computers)

I picked up a PNY pen drive (128M) a few weeks ago to carry around some important documents that I needed to work on at home and at work. I was worried about a suspect hard drive on one of those machines, and this seemed like a good solution.

I couldn't be happier with this product. It's blazing fast, files transfer very reliably, and it's worked in every computer I've plugged it into (a total of 5), despite having at least three different OS's on those computers. It's light enough that I don't even notice it in my pocket, and it comes with a lanyard you can use to carry it if you like.

If you haven't tried one of these, I think you're missing out. I love mine, and recommend it highly. It's advertised to work with any Microsoft OS, Win98 and up, and I've used it on 98, 2000 and XP. It's not supposed to work with NT, in case you're running that. It's rated for USB2, but it works on my PC with USB1.1, as well. They're cheap; get one today. You won't regret it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great, until it died, March 16, 2004

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David T. Sawyer "dsawyer72" (Evansville, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PNY 16GB Attache USB 2.0 Flash Drive P-FD16GU20-FS (Personal Computers)

This product worked great for 9 months until it just died on me a few days ago. That really sucks, because you can't recover the info you had on it. The computer stopped recognizing it. I tried on two additional computers, and it doesn't work on them either; so it's not a computer problem. In searching the web, I found a couple of other people who had the same problem. PNY doesn't have any way to contact the company on their web site (the only phone # I found was for a marketing rep, I called her and she claims she'll forward my number for someone to call back). The PNY web site claims this product has a 1 year warrantee. However, Best Buy told me that their computer only shows 90 days, so they told me to contact PNY.
This type of product is worthless if it can stop working at any time without a way to recover the data on it. Also, PNY does not have any info on their web site about how to contact them if things go wrong. They simply tell you to take it back to where you bought it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars PNY Flash drives suck, October 3, 2006

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S. Beatty - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PNY 16GB Attache USB 2.0 Flash Drive P-FD16GU20-FS (Personal Computers)

This was bought for me by an employer. I was able to get one machine to recognize it, my Micron office machine running XP Pro. However, this drive wasn't recognized on any other the computers I have used it on: a dedicated offline Dell, my homebuilt XP Pro machine, my second home PC running XP Home, the networked Microns at the labs at work, my wife's IBM laptop, my IBM Thinkpad. And without the company receipt, Best Buy wouldn't take it back, and the receipt is gone; and it only cost $25 so it's not worth pursuing. It's still annoying, though.

I don't know how PNY stays in business selling garbage like this. I've owned three other flash drives, including my current 1G Lexar JumpDrive, and never had a problem.