[nwbcc] Cheap USB drives

[Jim]

Now we really DO have a puzzle :-)

There is no obvious reason I can think for a x20 difference in speed. 
Fragmentation of the files is possible, but would be true of your mixed 
files too and x20 seems a ridiculous level of degradation. Is it 
possible there was a poor connection or some other similar physical 
problem first time you tried? Was the transfer of the slide show the 
FIRST transfer you had attempted onto the drive? Have you tried the 
presentation transfer again?

Mmmm !!!???
Jim

John Case wrote:
> Yes, the flash drive is described as USB 2.0, high speed (110X) and I 
> plugged in to a USB 2 port on a MacBook. 
>
> I have just experimented and transfered 812 MB of mixed files to the 
> flash drive. It took 3 minutes. 
>
> Obviously presentations consisting of pictures, transitions, audio 
> with instructions to the computer how to play them, are a very 
> different. As you say, Jim they need to be transfered to the computer 
> beforehand. In fact I keep my audio/visual presentations on my laptop, 
> they are not taking up a massive amount of hard disc space, less than 1GB.
>
> John 
>
>
> On 24 Feb 2007, at 13:04, Jim wrote:
>
>> I've just transferred 500MB, 2,200 mixed files across a USB 1.1 
>> connection (very slow) to my ScanDisk 1GB memory stick in 12 minutes. 
>> That should be a worst case, I think. If you have another memory 
>> stick, why not see how fast it runs in comparison? There could be a 
>> problem with the drive itself and massive error correction could be 
>> yet another reason for the slow speed.
>>
>> One other thing - I would always recommend transferring your 
>> presentations from a memory stick to the target computer's hard drive 
>> in advance of the presentation (assuming this 1 hour xfer is an 
>> exception...)
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> John Case wrote:
>>> Just purchased a 2 GB USB drive (Dane Electric) from 7dayshop for  
>>> £9.99 plus P&P.
>>>
>>> It works fine for loading and transferring pictures, but executable  
>>> slide shows (10 shows, 860 MB) took one hour to load and each show  
>>> took about a minute to start playing after double clicking. Not long,  
>>> one might say, but can seem like an eternity when you have an  
>>> audience waiting for something to happen!
>>>
>>> The quality was excellent and the sequences played without any  
>>> problems, but I think I will stick to CD's for audio visual  
>>> presentations.
>>>
>>> My only other criticism is that the thing is so incredibly small it  
>>> can easily get lost!!
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24 Feb 2007, at 10:22, Patrick Neave wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>> PicStop are doing some really cheap USB drives at the moment, £5 for
>>>> a 1G drive is a bargain (mine cost about £35 a year ago!). 2G is less
>>>> than £10.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone use PicStop/7DayShop or any of the others for printer
>>>> carts/memory etc. I am wondering whether it is worth putting an
>>>> affiliate link on our website.
>>>>
>>>> www.picstop.co.uk
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Patrick Neave
>>>> www.nwbcc.org.uk
>>>> patrick at nwbcc.org.uk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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