I received this devise and it would NOT open up on my computer at all, like all my other jump drives do. I'm pretty disgusted!!
1493422
I ordered five or six, and all have worked. I've had to re-format them to get them to work on some other devices, e.g. my Alpine car sound system.
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Depending on what operating system you have some will prompt you to format the flash drive. If you were not prompted look under my computer, find the flash drive & format it before use. It will sync with your operating system & be ready for use. If it still won't open, contact company where you purchased it for replacement or help.
304548
I clicked on the button as soon as it popped! and still it didn't work and it's not because my mac isn't fast enough! I think that they website is just lousy!
1555869
I had the similar problem but my drive is not seem to run even I turn it on. What do you think is the problem?Simon
1480680
I used this on my Mac and it corrupted two of my drives. I sent it back for an exchange due to a problem with the power supply. Vantec was less than helpful with the corrupted drives. My hard drives worked when I pulled them out of the computer but after using their faulty enclosure it was corrupted, somehow they claim there's no way to tell their enclosure caused the damage. I would never put my hard drives into another Vantec enclosure.
1699329
Fornat it.. just type in youtube " How to Format a Hard drive or SSD drive" if that wont work... than its prob broken, i suggest returning it if it is
1384771
When I got mine, it was completely non functional. Anytime I tried to turn it on, it flashed one light, then turned it off. I plugged it into my computer to see if it recorded anything, and it didn't even try to install device driver software. It's a waste of money if you ask me.
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I would suggest returning it and getting a larger one for starters (I thought 120g would be enough but it's really not.) The one I ordered will tell me it's an unformatted device from time to time and I have no idea why. I often have to reset my console for it to recognize it and that doesn't work sometimes too.
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Neither could I. I wasted many hours on this piece of crap. I'm extremely tech-savvy, and it defeated me. It was never tested properly, and simply doesn't work. Save you time and sanity and send it back.
172744
It was OK not at annoying, just the normal background buzz. But I lost the drive pretty quickly and since I use Linux instead of windows I just replaced both the drive and windows with a new blank 1Tb SSD drive from amazon ($50) - there is absolutely no sound at all! And it is much faster sans windows.
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This is the worst hard drive ever. Don't trust it! I lost all my files even though I had it backed up on two separate externals! Go with a different company. I'm using sea gate now and haven't had a problem.
1087515
I had two different flash drives a day none of them were recognized on 3 different computers. As far as I'm concerned this drive is complete garbage
686725
Just received this sucker in the mail:PNY Attache 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive P-FD4GBATT2-EF (Black)The performance warning appears once the drive is configured, but it does let me store files on it. It just says not to play arcade games and games on demand games from it. Gonna try out some saves, I'll be pissed if it doesn't work. Amazon just lowered the price of it too, the day I receive it. grrrrrr
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Almost sounds like a faulty drive. I would try plugging it into a different computer. If it still doesn't work you'll want to return it.
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i just plugged it in and opened the program and it shut down my computer. then when i opened my computer again in would not open. i also tried it on another computer an it did the same thing!
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My drive failed data transfers and was unusabe. It showed 256G but even 4G could be stored and retrieved before it was loosing files and crashing. Would not recomend unless you were interested in saying you have a 256G drive that you can show. Just dont use for anything you want to keep.
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my computer now has severe psychological issues it registers the hard drive as a USB Drive. if I could return it I would
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Hey Mark, well the funny thing is that I sent this thing back. It just wouldn't format. No matter what I did, or cable I used it didn't work. It also had problems with using the firewire cable. I think I got it to recognize the HD ONCE, and then it said it would take almost 17 hours to format it. I honestly think something was wrong with the drive itself, but I didn't want another one to try. I figured I'd wait.