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Portable Drives "ThumbDrive"

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I need to transfer alot of my data to a new computer and I saw these new forms of portable drives. One was made by memorex called the ' ThumDrive' anyone know anything about these, and if they are worth the money? I was going to get the 258MB one, how many MB's is a gig? Let me know if u guys know anything, or have a better sugggestion





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Aug 9 2003 2:29AM
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use maybe a zip drive, i forget how much the disks hold, but i think they're cheaper or something than those things ur talkin about

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Aug 9 2003 4:49AM
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just go get a crossover or serial cable if all you need to do is transefer... uh a gb is 1000 mb zips hold 100 or 250s i think jazz drives are bigger but i forget how much.

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Aug 9 2003 4:58AM
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you could just use rewritable CD's...i think that tumb drives are type II compact flash cards, i have a 340 microdrive for my digi cam...you're probably a lot better off with a rewriteable cd
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Aug 9 2003 5:59AM
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Yeah the only problem with that is though is that my burner is messed up, i had a burner for an old imac, and hooked it up to my laptop now and the driver got all fucked up, so I need something to transfer all my shit, and I can't burn anything onto Data CD's because of the burner, but maybe i could transfer it with the cable to another computer and use that burner to make data cd's... haha i dunno, shit i just typed alot.. fuck it





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Aug 9 2003 7:15AM
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Amazing - 666 said something worthwhile. I agree with him - just get a crossover cable if both machines have network cards. I tranfered about 1Gb from my old Win95 to my new WinXP that way.
Aug 9 2003 3:20PM
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Actually, a gig is 1024 GB, or 2^10.
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Aug 9 2003 5:13PM
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enigma
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uh, no a gig is 1000 megabytes, not 1024

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Aug 9 2003 6:54PM
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He's right.

1Mb = 2^10 = 1024 bytes.
1Gb = 2^10 = 1024 Mb.
Aug 9 2003 7:06PM
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Haha - yes, I fucked that up.

1Kb = 1024 bytes
1Mb = 1024 Kb
1Gb = 1024 Mb
Aug 9 2003 7:06PM
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if both computers have netowrk cards, get a crossover cable and transfer it that way.

Or if both have firewire ports, you could use a FireWire cable to transfer stuff as well.

Of the easiest thing would be to figure out why your burner wont burn, fix it and then make some CD's
Aug 9 2003 8:32PM
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enigma
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k, ya sry i fucked that up

1 gig = 1024 mb

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Aug 10 2003 2:46AM
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yeah the cross-over cable seems to be the best way out, i know a friend and his friend that use it on they're comps all the time to transfer data like loads of it gigs, so it works and also seems like a cheaper way out even if you have to buy network cards for them and stuff, they're pretty cheap

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Aug 10 2003 6:38PM
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Ho do i check to see if they both have network cards?





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Aug 10 2003 9:48PM
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look on the back of the computer and look for a female port that looks like a wide phone connection.

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Aug 10 2003 10:58PM
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Yeah - look for a port that looks like this (RJ45 port):



If the computers have a broadband internet connection, it's likely that it's through a network card. If they are both running Windows 98 or higher, it should be pretty easy to transfer stuff I think. I connected my Win95 and WinXP and it took quite a lot of work, but I got it in the end.
Aug 10 2003 11:53PM
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sweet man thanks for the help, ya I have this on the back., i just gotta check my other computer and make sure its ligit... how much will the cable run? like 15 bucks?





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Aug 11 2003 1:23AM
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666
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yeh something like that, if you have a hub u dont need a crossover cable u know.

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Aug 11 2003 1:54AM
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ya i dont have a hub i dont think.. haha





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