Flash drive sizes?

Are there any issues on the size of flash drive or type you use? for example

http://www.supermediastore.com/super...ash-drive.html

vista home premium 32 bit amd 64 x2 4600

delete the link if it is not appropriate.

thks

What do you mean by issues?

As long as the PC is Windows ME or higher, you shouldn't have any issues running most any flash drive (Microsoft built drivers into these versions of Windows to be able to use flash drives without any additional software.) Also, from a memory type standpoint, again, you should be able to use most current flash drives. AFAIK, USB flash drives all come formatted as FAT or FAT32 (which again, will work with all of these versions of Windows.) The only limitation is that individual files on a FAT or FAT32 system can't be larger than 4GB. If you need to store files larger than 4GB, then you need to convert the drive to NTFS (which is not as universal as FAT or FAT32 for usage.)

From a physical perspective, while drives are drives ;) , there are differences in durability and in read/write speeds. The best thing here is to look for websites that sell the products and read as many buyer reviews as you can. Typically, the most common drives at US retail stores are fairly durable but also very slow (PNY and SanDisk.) As to the drive you list for your link, I would not recommend it solely because the contacts are fully exposed. The risk of damaging the contacts on the drive (by scratches or foreign material), along with the corresponding contacts on the PC which it is used on would be much higher than a typical drive (with protected contacts.) If small size is what you're after, there are several drives that offer small size but are physically a better idea. One example... http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-OCZUSBDSL1...6278148&sr=8-3

And DO NOT buy a bunch until you test the particular brand/model.

Fighting a computer that will read brands right nicely, EXCEPT Cruzers :(

A Clean install did not help the situation neither.

thanks Han and Train

kind of like an SD card,,

thanks for all the advice
:)

High Capacity SD cards (4 GB and above) are not readable in all card readers and in some older cameras, MP3 players, etc. You may need to check if you are going to buy larger capacity cards. Any recent card reader (from ~2007 on) should read anything.