Corsair Flash Voyager GT 32 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive CMFUSB-32GBGT
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Manufacturer: CORSAIR VALUE SELECTFormat: CD
Platform: Windows
Model: CMFUSB-32GBGT
Product features:
- Fast! On a par with portable USB hard drives, and faster than competing high-capacity USB flash drives!
- Compatibility: Works with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems, without the need for drivers!
- Durable: With no moving parts and a ruggedized, rubber housing.
- 10 Year Warranty Backed by Corsair - A respected name with a passion for great service and support
- Convenient: Just plug it and go! No special cables, no power adapters needed
- AmazonBasics IEEE 1394 4-Pin/6-Pin FireWire Cable (6 Feet/1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (3.3 Feet/1.0 Meter)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to B-Male Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Corsair Flash Voyager GT 32 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive CMFUSB-32GBGT
Customer Review: The best money can buy
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got this today. I wanted a thumb drive that could hold all my "choice" digital wilderness photographs so I could easily bring them over to a friend's house and show him my work. I like to view my images full screen on a 1920x1440 pixel display, and so I always scale my 12 MPixel camera images down to a size that will fit into a full screen window that size that has no borders. To copy my images onto the Corsair, I ran a program that I wrote that can copy digital photographs scattered all over my hard disk to another disk. I ended up copying 8,173 JPEG files each of which is scaled to fit within a 1920x1440 pixel display. These files average 1.18 MByte each, totalling 9.42 GBytes. Thus this Corsair is actually overkill for my immediate needs, although if I put *all* my "choice" scaled images on the drive, most of it would be used up, since I'm also into taking reams of family photos. In any case, I timed how long the copy operation took: 18 minutes and 34 seconds, or 7.33 images/sec. I guess I can't complain.
I plugged the thumb drive into a 7-port DLink USB hub. Other people have complained that this thumb drive is too wide to put other USB devices right next to it when using various other hubs or directly into their PC USB jacks. I wouldn't be able to plug two of these right next to each other in my DLink hub, but had no problem plugging it in right next to my wireless mouse receiver. Besides, it comes with a narrow connector cable that will let you plug as many as you want into a hub, or even the back of your computer, a nice touch.
As others have pointed out, the build quality of the device lives up to its premium price. Dropping it with its cap on is never going to do any damage to it. And it is perhaps the best *looking* thumb drive currently available: very sharp looking and distinctive. You get your money's worth on that score.
This thumb drive is rated as fast as the fastest thumb drive I've been able to find (until this one came along): the stainless steel Lexar JumpDrive Lightning that is apparently no longer available from the manufacturer. I bought a 4 GByte version of this Lexar about 18 months ago for about the same price I paid for this Corsair, which has eight times the capacity. I used the Lexar on an almost daily basis all this time and it has worked flawlessly. I waited and waited for Lexar to come out with a 16 GByte JumpDrive Lightning and it never happened. For a short while they offered an 8 GByte version for an astronomical price, then apparently they dropped the whole line. Just couldn't compete on price, I guess. Anyhow, I found the performance of this Lexar exemplary and since this Corsair is spec'd just as fast, I presume I'll be just as happy with its performance.
One of the reviewers seemed to have trouble digging out the technique for reformatting this thumbdrive as an NTFS. This is an admirable thing to do for such a capacious thumb drive, but the method he uncovered seems obscure and convoluted. There's a much more straightforward and standard technique to do this:
1. In Windows Explorer, right-click Computer.
2. Click Manage.
3. Click Disk Management.
4. Scroll through the listed drives until you find the USB drive.
5. Right-click in the right column.
6. Click Format.
7. In the file system dropdown, choose NTFS.
8. Click OK.
Nothing to it. Using this technique, I converted my Corsair into NTFS in about ten seconds flat. It's no big deal when you format this drive when you first get it: it comes completely empty: not a single file on it. So there's nothing to back up or accidentally lose.
Description of Corsair Flash Voyager GT 32 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive CMFUSB-32GBGT
The Flash Voyager GT 32 GB is the most convenient way to transport large amounts of any kind of data: high-resolution photos and artwork, massive databases, or even entire music collections. And with its blazing 30MB per second read speed and 16MB per second write speed, it rivals the fastest portable hard drives. The Flash Voyager GT 32 GB outperforms other high capacity USB flash drives by a wide margin. It?s ruggedized rubber housing is designed to provide durability and enhanced protection for your valuable data. The Flash Voyager GT 32 GB needs no special drivers, no external power, and no cables, making it the world?s fastest, most convenient high capacity storage solution for anyone who needs high-performance, rugged, portable storage.Digital Cameras and Photo Categories
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