Customer Reviews

PNY P-FD256U20-RF 256MB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

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First, anyone who would put all of their critical files just on this thing is nutty. It's a backup device, very handy for moving files (images, .wmas) from computer to computer w/out burning a CD to do it. If it pooches, you're out $35. I am happy to report that it works after being washed. Twice! Don't use it as your sole source of critical storage and you'll be happy. I'm on my second year with it now; still kickin'. Great product!

When plugged into the USB port, this product was recognized by both our Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000 XP computers, but did little else. (The 98 machine routinely froze when trying to access it and the XP machine gave an error upon any attempt to move or create files/folders to the drive.) Three different Macintoshes failed to recognize the drive. The packaging did not include a technical support number. The PNY website did not provide an obvious technical suport number, and none of the FAQs were relevant to our problem. I sent an email through the PNY website which took two weekdays to obtain any sort of reply or confirmation. Finally, when provided a number, I was not able to navigate the long option menu and talk to a live person without giving up and picking an inappropriate option.

The technician I finally got ahold of at first suggested that it was probably the computer, despite being told that multiple computers were affected. Then he suggested that the drives did not work well with Windows 98 and they would be changing the packaging to indicate this. He was not very polite or patient, but he did "slip up" and mention something about many problems with the Attache drives. Hopefully, I will be able to get this resolved by shipping back to PNY (at my expense) and getting a replacement under the warranty. However, after this experience, I would be hesitant to buy anything sold by PNY ever again.

After loving this device and using it for school, I lost a whole semester of data b/c the USB contection for the device has become unwired due to normal wear and tear. Unfortunately, I will have to pay between $500 to $1500 to recover the data. Don't waste your money. Find a more durable product.

At first it worked great, then in just 4 months I lost everything. Apparently PNY offers a 1 year warranty - however, after being on hold in their automated queue for 20 minutes they hung up on me - I never got to a live person. There's got to be a better product out there. Good Luck.

If you have problems with your flash drive ( like I did) don't count on any technical support. Lines are all automated and wait is always over 20 minutes for live support. Not to mention that it disconects you when it is done telling you this. PNY tech support is a joke.

PNY is a well-known manufacturer for high quality memory products, since ages.
This USB drive is smaller or equal size with the competitor's drives, but the main selling point is: works with every desktop oriented operating system.
(I tested this Windows 2000, XP , ... ,Linux, OS/2).( probably this should be true for similar USB flash drives).
A note of advice - for cross compatibility this is factory-formatted FAT, to achieve a higher transfer speed can be re-formatted for native file structures (like FAT32, NTFS, ...).
(like transfering files between two Windows XP systems).
It is attachable to the key chain, a few years ago the internal hard drive had this capacity.

Yes thats right ,I wanted one so bad ,that I ran to the closest Best Buy and purchased the 256MB at $80. It kills me that I can buy this same drive for around $16. Its amazing while home and car prices soar, when it comes to PC's and anything you attach to it ,they continue to have more features for a cheaper price .I have not used this drive alot ,however when ever I did it never gave me any trouble except for the first time I plugged it into my PC which at that time was a P3 750mhz .PNY said for WinMe and WinXP it was plug and play ,which would probably be true unless you had a OEM install of your O/S and who ever installed it did not include all of the drivers for USB interface .I was able to extract the additionial files from the install .cab folders on my hard drive,and once it as up and runing ,I would just drag and drop what ever file or folder I needed to take with me,without any probs !
Good Luck Nick

This storage device has saved me more than once. It hasn't failed on me yet. You don't want to use this as your sole backup source but it does work great. It's convenient and makes transferring files from one computer to another a snap. It is also the new modern alternative to taking dozens of files of copies and papers home at night. Instead just download it and you have it anywhere.

This is the worst USB flash device I have ever used. I was concerned about the quality of PNY products to begin with, but after using this drive I will stay away from any other products they manufacture. I have already had 1 fail on me when the usb attach part broke off after 2 weeks, and then another that, for me, was not machine washable. I would not recommend this product to my worst enemy. Caveat Emptor.

My Korg Triton Extreme will only accept certain older USB sticks, this one was the last I could find anywhere and works perfectly and arrived very quickly.