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[Dev]

Well, I am finally converting from floppy disks to a USB Flash Drive. I'm not really knowledgeable about these things, so I want to ask you what size of drive is most popular if you just want to save MS Word documents?

[gsxr750r]

Just get something small. 256 is what I have on my keychain. That will save a lot of MS Word documents. If you want to transfer movies or larger files, go bigger.

What I learned, however, is that physical size and convenience are more important than storage space.

Having it with me at all times (on a keychain) is what has been best for me.

Try a small one first. They're dirt cheap, and if you need a bigger one, you can always move up.

Another thing -- always back important stuff up. These things tend to die after a time, get lost, damaged, and whatnot.

[cubanlord]

If you want to transfer music, video, and just your everyday stuff, go 4 gig. You can pick up a stick at yongsan for around 45,000WON. Superhero just got one about 2 weeks ago. Go 4 gigs and you wont regret it.

[mytime]

you can get a 4 giga one on the english gmarket website for 32 000 won
i have one like that and its reallly light

[Demophobe]

I read recently that thumbnail drives suffer tremendously when doing large small file transfers. For example, transferring a large number of .doc files significantly slows down the transfer rate.

I'm not sure how meaningful that is to you or anyone else here, but I know that I work with smaller files a lot, and indeed, do large quantity transfers when backing up my work. I suppose if time is of the utmost concern, one may want to do some homework before buying a flash drive.

The Kingston Datatraveler Secure is very high-performance, secure and extremely durable drive. Availability seems to be the issue.

Probably best to get a vanilla drive.

Personally, for that kind of file storage solution, I would want strong (256bit), on the fly hardware encryption in case I lost it.

I use an 80GB 2.5" laptop hard drive in an enclosure. Small, secure and usb port-powered makes it a great solution for me. Not as small or durable as a flash drive though.

[SuperHero]

a couple of weeks ago I picked up a 4gb thumbdrive for 32,000. I went back to yongsan yesterday and picked up another for a friend.

[spliff]

Certainly have come down in price. I bought a 4 giger 5 -6 months ago and the cheapest I could find was in the 90,000 range.

[Wrench]

[Sincinnatislink]

Let's fight over digital storage.

[mindmetoo]

[Demophobe]

[SuperHero]

[Missile Command Kid]

Thanks to Sandisk, I've consolidated my entire life onto one 2GB Sandisk Cruzer Titanium. Thanks, Sandisk! You are great! (Homestar Runner -> Senor Cartgage)

[mindmetoo]

Besides a thumb drive, you can buy an SD card and a little USB thingy you can plug the SD card into. Instead of buying a dedicated thumb drive, an SD card you can pop into various devices might be better.

[Wrench]