Will this flash drive restore an image faster than an external USB drive? I have an ADATA that just arrived that is much slower than my passport drive
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This flash drive is a lot faster than commons HDD. It could easily write and read at more than 100MB/s
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I haven't seen any flash drive faster than this. I tested this and R/W 194/170. so, you won't regret.
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Yes, probably so. This flash drive is blazing fast and much faster than the passport drive I have
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I can only tell you about my experience - I was in the process of transferring files to the drive. The transfer stopped about an hour in, and my system no longer recognized the drive's existence. Rebooting did not help. I also tried the drive on other computers, and they failed to recognize the drive also. The return process was fairly painless and my refund was processed very quickly.
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Yes too slow. I used something else that allowed me to transfer hundreds of gigs in a few minutes instead of days. Do a search for USB ssd enclose.
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yes; but USB connection is slower than regular hard drive. However, if you use eSATA connection, it's speed is just like your internal drive.
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It's slower being it's usb 2.0. I don't know what the benchmark numbers for usb 3.0 but I would assume it's quite a bit faster. I had need of the older legacy 2.0 and the price was right for me.
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The drive is used for dvd backups and picture storage. When the old drive failed, I purchased another USB 3.0. That didn't help. I recovered almost 1 TB in two days. Then, since I had not yet received the new 3.0 card, I tried using the USB 2.0 to transfer from another backup (a western digital) to the Seagate. In 3 days, I moved about 300 Gb. That was left on 24 hours, too. After I got and installed the new 3.0 (I still doubted the old one), all remaing 500 plus Gb moved in less than 3 hours!. I never measured or recorded the speed. And the old 3.0 USB worked similarly.
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Over USB 3.0, it's reasonably fast. If you're doing a lot of post-processing work at a time on very large RAW files, you might be better served with a Thunderbolt external drive or even a Thunderbolt RAID0 (fastest but not redundant) or RAID10 (fast & redundant) system, and then using the Drobo as a backup device. Batch processing would also be faster on those. Just as an additional note: while I really love Drobo's simplicity when it comes to swapping new drives to expand storage, don't rely on it as your only copy of your data. I had an original Drobo Gen 1 that I used for almost five years as an external storage and backup device before it began to reboot randomly. Luckily I was able to retrieve most of the data on my Drobo before it stopped working entirely, but what I didn't may still be locked up on those drives - or not - I still haven't found a way to get to the data due to their non-standard RAID setup. Having said that - backups, especially offsite, are ALWAYS a good idea, no matter where you store the primary copies of your files.
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It is somewhat slow. I have not tested with an HDD but it seems that transferring a 1 GB from an SD card to a USB flash drive took a little longer than 10 mins for me. It might depend on the speed of the SD card and the HDD. When I connected the SD card and the USB flash drive directly to the computer the same file transfer took about 4-5 mins. So I would say that there is a factor of 2-3 drop in speed when using this device. I used the FtpMate app on my iPad to do the transfer.
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ldynrddoor, I was wondering that also when I purchased my Sony. The best answer I was able to come up with was; possibly, but by a Sony affiliated repair shop. I couldn't get a solid yes or no answer. One comment was; utilize a USB 3 external SSD. Between the enhanced speed of USB 3, and the speed of an SSD, retrieval of stored data should be plenty fast for most users. Hope this helps. Mike
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Hello, If your file sizes are larger, they will fill the the supplied 4GB USB drive "faster". It really depends on the file sizes of how many can be stored. The resolution of this frame is 80 x 600 with a DPI of 72. If you do not resize to this optimal resolution, there could be playback issues or pixelation. It is actually very easy to resize. Here is a helpful link: https://nix.zendesk.com/entries/22222492-How-to-Re-Size-Photos-for-your-Digital-Frame
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I don't recommend using a USB flash drive. Use a powered external hard drive.
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USB devices are generally backward compatible. The transfer will be slower, though.
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My experience is you should NOT rely on this memory usb to save your files. I bougth it because the large amount of memory (256 gb) at such a low price. It just NOT true. I suggest not buy it.
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They claim it is a USB3, I even questioned them about it, but it does not seem to work any faster than a USB2. It does use a USB cable. It is a good drive and is probably limited by its read-write specs.
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that is generally depicted by the quality of the flash device you are using. i have used a patriot usb that shows no serious speed improvement over usb2.0, and i have a Kingston that is faster than any usb flash ive seen. this card has been stable, reliable, and quite fast during my usage. (use at work in IT environment daily)
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I don't have the 32gb, I have the 64gb drive. I don't have specific speeds, but this guy is really fast when paired with a 3.0 USB. I've saved very large AutoCAD and Photoshop files on it and it writes very quickly.
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Simple answer: Does this rumor apply to your typical USB flash drive? No. Same thing goes for the SSD.Don't go defragging the SSD, though. First, you don't need it because there are no moving parts and secondly, there is miniscule degradation with each (re)write. I do mean tiny, too. You'll be buying a new computer before you replace an SSD, unless you go around defragging every couple of days.