[nwbcc] Cheap USB drives

[John Case]

It cross did my mind, eventually,  that the drive may need formating.  
I didn't mention it as I feared showing my ignorance!

John

On 24 Feb 2007, at 18:06, Jim wrote:

> It's the smell of Apples, isn't it? I like that smell!
>
> Actually, on second thoughts, OSX supports FAT and FAT32 I think  
> (not too hot on Apple OS support) so it might just be the drive was  
> sold unformatted. Lots are, but most are pre-formatted.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
> Ray Cottrell wrote:
>> The Mac Factor?
>>
>> Something smells here. Open the Windows someone!
>>
>> Ray
>>
>> On 24 Feb 2007, at 16:40, Jim wrote:
>>
>> I suspect it's the Mac factor. Flash drives usually come pre- 
>> formatted for PC FAT or FAT32. To run on a Mac I suspect it  
>> reformats first time through and that could take some time.
>>
>> Glad it's working to spec now!
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> John Case wrote:Yes, it was the first transfer. Have now  
>> transfered the sequences to the drive again (having erased the  
>> first lot in Mac Disc Utility ). It took 3 minutes this time!!  
>> Some difference!!
>>
>> Furthermore the shows started immediately when I clicked on them,  
>> with excellent quality. What happened the first time is a mystery.
>>
>> Many thanks for your advice Jim.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On 24 Feb 2007, at 15:18, Jim wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
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