help IT boffins

Burty · 11-04-2007, 12:04 AM

How the feck do you transfer big files onto a usb memory stick. Can drag and drop 10megs no problem but try a 350mb file and computer goes mental and crashes. What do i do???

Rupert Munro · 11-04-2007, 01:28 AM

no use to you but my pc does fine transferring any size file to my 2gb usb drive. What system do you use? Also stupid question but is the drive big enough?

BluFin · 11-04-2007, 07:27 AM

Fine here (Windows XP Pro) drag and drop 6 gig to the stick all the time.
USB 2.0 gives a much better Data Transfer Rate than previous versions. reformat the stick & try it again.

Burty · 11-04-2007, 03:22 PM

i've done that, works fine at work on xp pro but i only got xp at home does this make a difference?? and if so can i update that part of the software?

BluFin · 11-04-2007, 07:26 PM

Try downloading & installing SP2 (service pack 2) it might make a difference a full blown install of XP Pro will pretty much be a clean install from scratch so losing a lot of whats on ya drive.

Burty · 11-04-2007, 09:04 PM

got sp 2 already. tis very stupid cus i can copy the same file to my sony digital camera's memory card through the usb lead fine but i cant copy it to the memory stick

Toffy · 11-04-2007, 10:16 PM

You don't need any software driver. XP (both pro or home edition) should recognize your USB stick automatically and assign a drive letter... Data transfer should be no problem at all... So far I'm telling nothing new here...

1/ I would recommend also reformatting the stick. But you said that didn't work.
2/ Try someone elses memory stick... this way you'll know if something is wrong with the stick or your computer... I guess this won't work either... 99% chance something 's wrong with your computer, but these first 2 steps are worth a shot right...?
3/ You could check on your USB controller = a so called hardware driver
Open Device Manager by double-clicking on the System icon in Control Panel, choosing the Hardware tab, and clicking Device Manager. Scroll down to your USB controller. It's my guess you'll see a yellow question mark which means there's something wrong. Update the hardware driver by following the wizards instructions... You can read all about it on http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...devicemgr.mspx

Hope this helps, but I'm far from sure...
Regards, T.

Burty · 11-04-2007, 10:35 PM

Thanks Toffy, but all my other USB devices work fine. The stick also works perfectly in the office but that is XP Pro. i can transfer a large file to my camera down the USB cable but not to the memory stick. Why?????

Toffy · 11-04-2007, 10:52 PM

This is really a strange problem...
I'll ask my collegues at work, but I doubt to get an answer that's usefull to you ... In the meantime : do try someone elses USB stick on your problem-computer, and post the result...
Greets, T.

Burty · 12-04-2007, 09:03 AM

The thing is crap, works when it wants to. tried it on 6 XP Pro machines at work and only worked on 2 of them. it was working on mine at work but now it doesn't even see it.
Buy cheap buy twice!!!
So where can a get a decent one from????

Captain Chaos · 12-04-2007, 11:30 AM

my kingston one is excellent........... although its only a 2gb

Jon Fuller · 12-04-2007, 11:34 AM

I have a few 'dabs value' USB-2 mem sticks. they're as cheap as chips

2 gig is 15 quid inc vat see here: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...avigationKey=0 ,

4 gig is 25 quid inc vat, see it here: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...avigationKey=0

and 8 gig is 47 quid inc vat see here: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...avigationKey=0

buy a new one, and stamp on the old shitty one, then drive over it, then flush it down the bog. Don't waste any more time on it

Matt · 12-04-2007, 12:22 PM

Agree with JF, although might be quite good fun to plug it into the mains and see if it explodes.

Burty · 12-04-2007, 01:00 PM

only just bought the thing off ebay. £11 shite that what i say. Just ordered a 4gig one from that site thanks Jon

Captain Chaos · 12-04-2007, 01:48 PM

aha, now i know where its all gone tits up for you!

If you do a google search "ebay USB pens" you'll see some articles about this sorta stuff. Aparantly (and I dont have a fkin clue how) there is a method by which these (generic) pens are formated so that as to appear as if they are (say) 4gb when they are actaually 256mb or similar. They then advertise them as USB 2.0 when they're not & all sorts of shit happens when the customer gets hold of them.

Matt · 12-04-2007, 02:04 PM

Yeh, I can see how that would work. Very sneaky.

Jon Fuller · 12-04-2007, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Chaos

aha, now i know where its all gone tits up for you!

If you do a google search "ebay USB pens" you'll see some articles about this sorta stuff. Aparantly (and I dont have a fkin clue how) there is a method by which these (generic) pens are formated so that as to appear as if they are (say) 4gb when they are actaually 256mb or similar. They then advertise them as USB 2.0 when they're not & all sorts of shit happens when the customer gets hold of them.

Funnilly enough, I was given a 'generic' USB stick the other day (not branded at all), by a friend, it was apparenty a 'return' of some sort, through some retailer or another. It had '4Gig' writen on it. Nice, I thought, but it did exactly as you described, turned out to be a 32meg!!...Kin useless!

I assumed a innocent mistake in the labelling at manufacture, .....but!

So, yet another retail scam. there ya go burty boy, you've been rodgered!

..mind you, didn't you say it worked ok at work on another pc??

Rupert Munro · 12-04-2007, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Chaos

my kingston one is excellent........... although its only a 2gb

I've got one too - great drive and only £12 from Amazon

Burty · 12-04-2007, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Chaos

aha, now i know where its all gone tits up for you!

If you do a google search "ebay USB pens" you'll see some articles about this sorta stuff. Aparantly (and I dont have a fkin clue how) there is a method by which these (generic) pens are formated so that as to appear as if they are (say) 4gb when they are actaually 256mb or similar. They then advertise them as USB 2.0 when they're not & all sorts of shit happens when the customer gets hold of them.

Bollocks!!! Now you mention it the packaging said not 256mb stick only formats to sommat or other.

edit. actually says 2gb on the stick
whatever the reason its just shit and suprise suprise the seller hasnt responded to my email

JamesM · 12-04-2007, 09:08 PM

Have you left him feedback yet

Report him to ebay!!!