SanDisk Cruzer Contour 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ8-016G-A75

by SanDisk

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 0.9 x 2.9 inches ; 2.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00138RNRQ
• Item model number: SDCZ8-016G-A75
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer Featuring a sleek and stylish, glossy black finish and advanced security, the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive gives you the edge with professional-grade performance, security and productivity tools. The sleek, black casing of the flash drive slides open to reveal a retractable USB connector for high-speed transfers. A dual layer of AES hardware encryption and password protected access gives you the ability to store and transfer your vital data safely and securely.

SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash Drive At-a-Glance: High performance - Super-fast data transfer at up to 25MB/second read and 18MB/second write speeds Feel secure - Password protection, AES hardware encryption and lifetime limited warranty Ideal for Video - High capacities and powerful performance allow you to view and transfer HD video Speed up your system - Windows® ReadyBoost™ enhances Windows® Vista™ performance, so your PC responds faster

Advanced technologies and sleek styling give the SanDisk Extreme® Contour™ USB Flash drive a professional edge. View larger.

The SanDisk® Extreme® Contour™ offers secure storage and backup performance for Windows® XP and Windows® Vista®) computers.

Extremely Fast Storage and Portability
In the business world, you need every advantage you can get. The SanDisk® Extreme® Contour™ delivers with its sleek looks and professional-grade performance. The SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive fits in the palm of your hand, and gives you the capacity and security you need to store and transfer your important data. This sleek, portable USB flash drive plugs directly into any computer's USB port, letting you transfer and store personal or business files safely and securely.

Offering extreme-fast read speeds of up to 25MB/sec, and up to 18 MB/sec write speed*, the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive is ideal for storing and transferring videos and other large files to and from virtually any computer or device with an available USB port. Optimized for laptops and devices with USB 2.0 port, the drive is backwards compatible with older devices that have USB 1.1 ports, so you can be assured of near universal compatibility.

AES Hardware Encryption and Password-Protected Access Control
With the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive, you don't have to worry about having sensitive data stolen. For starters, the drive protects your digital content with password protection, keeping prying eyes from viewing your content without your permission.

The SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive also features Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) hardware encryption. This means that your content will stay private and secure via data scrambling at the flash controller level when the drives are either physically removed for portability or stored away for safe keeping.

The data encryption is accomplished automatically without you noticing. There's no activation or software needed. You simply use the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive like you would any flash drive, but with the knowledge that your data is protected.

Smart, Stylish Design for Ease of Use
With a sleek, black casing and capless design that exposes the USB connector via a unique sliding mechanism, the SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive looks as professional as it performs.

Drag and Drop Performance
The SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive lets you transfer files from one device to another easily and conveniently, without any additional software or setup. The drive offers drag-and-drop convenience, which means you can simply drag the files from your device onto your SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive, or vice versa, without any additional steps.

Transferring video files from computer to computer is incredibly simple. With more and more DVD manufacturers adding USB ports to their players, you can copy video files from your PC to your USB flash drive and then plug the drive into your USB-enabled DVD player. You can also plug your SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive into the USB port on your USB-enabled TV to sit back to enjoy the show.

The SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive is compatible as a flash storage device with Windows® 2000, Mac OS® X v10.1.2+, and Linux machines. Password protection and AES encryption are supported by Windows® XP and Windows® Vista®. The drive is also enhanced for Windows® ReadyBoost™ to improve system performance on Vista machines.

The drive is backed by a limited lifetime warranty.

About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, is the world's largest supplier of flash storage cards. It is a global leader in flash memory cards --from research, manufacturing, and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk holds more than 860 U.S. patents, more than 550 foreign patents, and it is the only company that has worldwide rights to both manufacture and sell top flash card formats including SD, microSD, miniSD, CompactFlash, MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick PRO, and related Memory Stick micro card products.

SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones; digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid-state drives for computers.

What's in the Box
SanDisk Extreme Contour USB Flash drive (16 GB)

* Based on SanDisk internal testing. Performance may be lower depending on the host device.

HOW MUCH CAN YOU STORE? CARD CAPACITY 64 GB* 16,000 3.5 minute songs** or 19,200 images** or 128 hours** 32 GB* 8,000 3.5 minute songs** or 9,600 images** or 64 hours** 16 GB* 4,000 3.5 minute songs** or 4,800 images** or 32 hours** 8 GB* 2,000 3.5 minute songs** or 2,400 images** or 16 hours** * 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some capacity not available for data storage. ** Approximations: results will vary based on file size, resokution, compression, bit rate, content, host device, pre-loaded files and other factors. See www.sandisk.com

Product Description

The flagship of SanDisk USB flash drives, Cruzer Contour features a sleek and stylish black glossy design. It also includes an innovative sliding USB connector that retracts into the body. The sliding USB connector eliminates the need for caps and protects the connector. The Cruzer Contour also features a lifetime limited warranty and has minimum read speed of 25MB per second.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars affordable fast usb drive, September 9, 2008

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Psycho - See all my reviews

This review is from: SanDisk Cruzer Contour 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ8-016G-A75 (Personal Computers)

I get 27MB/s read speed and 19MB/s write speed which means it is actually faster than expected. The sliding retractable connector is my favorite part because no cap can ever be lost. It is enhanced for Windows® Vista(tm) ReadyBoost(tm) and includes U3 software. Data encryption is also available. It is very handy and the included leather pouch can be attached to a keyring or lanyard. I'm very satisfied with it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great speed, wish is was smaller, November 30, 2008

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Paul S. Okstad - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk Cruzer Contour 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ8-016G-A75 (Personal Computers)

I bought this to run Ubuntu 8.10 on. It installed faster than other flash drives I have tried. Ubuntu ran very smoothly from it, even though I enabled home directory encryption. The only gripes about it that I have are: (1) It's very large compared to SanDisk's TItanium (2) Sometimes it's hard to open and close it. It would have been very helpful if it came with a short extension cord, I am sometimes afraid that due to it's weight it will fall out of the USB port, or due to it's length I might hit it loose.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great product, needed a better lanyard, November 17, 2008

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Tommy Grundy (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk Cruzer Contour 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ8-016G-A75 (Personal Computers)

The SanDisk SDCZ8-016G-A75 16GB Cruzer Contour is a great product. I immediately replaced the lanyard. The pros: are it's huge, 16 Gig provided all the room I need to carry important programs and documents anywhere I go.

The Cons: The Cruzer will close while inserting the unit into a PC if you press the back of the unit and not the steel case; this a a bit picky and I've gotten used to the problem but one machine I worked on had only rear facing USB ports.. I was just about to boot the PC before I got the Cruzer plugged in.

Finally, the unit should come with a small USB port extender, the unit is a bit larger that most and it can be hard to get the unit into a tight place, one of those 3 inch extension cords would be great. I had one from a previous SanDisk product.