Kingston DataTraveler 310 256GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model DT310/256GB

Pros: None really! They made it look authentic.

Cons: The 256gb is actually about 4gb. Once you go over that your drive will become corrupted.When you try to format it will not work.

Other Thoughts: To salvage your 4gb u have to pretend like u r going 2 install windows all over with your windows cd.Once u c ur flashdrive mb 26..... format it. Then create put 3777 mb.U will probably c [3555] to the right of the 26......mb.That's because that's the actual amount of storage.Once u create remove the drive and cd then F3 guit.

Manufacturer Response:

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Pros: High capacity storage

Cons: When it works

Other Thoughts: (bought for me by business partner, not from newegg but I wanted to review this here since I always buy my pc hardware from this site)

This device comes formatted in the "exFAT" format. XP pro/sp3 saw this as 255gb, allowed me to copy about 100gb of data/files to it. Took FOREVER on usb 2.0 and when I tried to access the data on this drive, on the computer I used to transfer/copy the data too, it showed up as corrupt and would NOT allow me to see the data. Then it just stops working. Had to reformat the drive to NTFS, it works until I try to copy/transfer data to it. It will lock up, become corrupted, basically just will not work.

I'll stick to the various external HDD's I've gotten from newegg when I need high capacity mobile storage of data.

Pros: Massive capacity

Cons: N/A: I don't own a working one

Other Thoughts: I did not purchase 2 of these items on newegg but rather
on ioffer.com for $25/item. Both arrive in good condition,
were recognized in both linux and windows, but after a
few i/o's they died. Windows from the beginning reported
"No enough space left on device" after a few megabytes
transfer.
I tried to get an RMA from Kingston but they said it is not
available for items purchased abroad; they were sent from
China.
Since this is a comment I do not rate the items; I only
hope Kingston reads it and posts a comment. I strongly
suspect these items that I got are fakes made in China:
It is impossible that they sold them to me for $25 while
newegg sells them for over $700.
My low rating is because newegg requires one but I hope
is for Kingston to reply

Pros: Great price for the amount of storage you get. Would reccomend it to anyone. I have 5 of these in RAID 5, and I back up my ten SMTP servers every other day.

Cons: Absolutely none. The price-to-space ratio is perfect for my budget.

Other Thoughts: The other people that wrote reviews don't know what they're talking about. All you have to do is use ReadyBoost to intertwine the Hyper-Threading and if you have enough RAM you can set up a RAID 6 with triple-mirroring.

Pros: Lots of storage space and looks cool

Cons: Slow interface

Other Thoughts: They need to redo this with USB 3.0 interface

Pros: i use a pair of these in RAID for my business backup needs, works great and I like the portability they offer

Cons: color scheme is dull

Other Thoughts: my computer only has 2 usb ports so i can't run RAID 5 with these

Pros: lots of storage, but you already know that

Cons: $800+
files transfer slow even on USB 2.0

Other Thoughts: wait until the USB 3.0 versions come out before you start using a flash drives over 128GB in windows 7 / vista

eSATA and Firewire both have better transfers