USB drives

[AndThePickles]

I know, I'm probably the last person in the world to buy one of these, but I've never needed one before I have an external hard drive, and that was the most portable thing I've ever needed!

Anyways, I'm going to be taking a 4 week Adobe Photoshop class soon in order to add that particular certification to my resume, and the course requires a USB drive to store files. Any advice on what size to get?

 

[CELTICPRED]

I never needed more than 1 gig for all the photoshop work I did at school for 2 years, and they're not all that expensive anymore.

 

[AndThePickles]

Yeah, they're very inexpensive. I've seen some for only $10.

 

[CELTICPRED]

I bought an 8 gig at Best Buy a few months ago for 20 bucks, they have decent selection.

If you're working primarily with jpegs and .psd documents, you won't need much storage.

 

[AndThePickles]

I'm sure it'll be useful for other things eventually, as well, just didn't know if there was a "standard" good size to purchase.

 

[SuperFerret]

I got mine at Walmart for around $5, not sure exactly how much memory it has though.

 

[JaD]

Interesting, I've been needing to buy one too. I'm probably gonna end up getting a 4gig one just for the heck of it. But be careful when working with those things, very easy to leave them behind in the library (computer), etc. Why I need a new one anyways. As long as you remember to 'eject' the drive anytime you're finished with it, I don't see why you would forget to grab it before leaving.

 

[Malice]

I suggest encrypting the data on it, so if you ever leave it somewhere...the data is unreadable to the person that picks it up.

 

[Darthphere]

Yes, you wouldn't want anyone to see you photo shopping Jamal to look like Omar Epps.

 

[Kable24]

Got an 8gig for 10 bucks on meritline.com Them Tigerdirect and newegg always have some killer deals.

 

[AndThePickles]

Got an 8gig for 10 bucks on meritline.com Them Tigerdirect and newegg always have some killer deals.

Wow, meritline really does have good deals. I really may as well get a larger storage one as a lot of the 8 gb ones are on sale there for less than even some of the 2gb ones are at other sites.

 

[Scarlet spidey]

As long as you get 1gig plus you really can't go wrong. That 8gig one seems like a deal. You can always buy a "geek squad" one from Best Buy on the cheap, as well.
I don't suppose you're willing to wait, but I've seen these things go home for less than a dollar on Black Friday.

 

[AndThePickles]

As long as you get 1gig plus you really can't go wrong. That 8gig one seems like a deal. You can always buy a "geek squad" one from Best Buy on the cheap, as well.
I don't suppose you're willing to wait, but I've seen these things go home for less than a dollar on Black Friday.

It's for a class in April, so I definitely couldn't wait til Black Friday I ordered this one earlier today, seemed like the most bang for the buck

http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-4GB-Titanium-SDCZ7-4096-A10-Package/dp/B000N4Z4JK

 

[Mixairian]

I've a 16 gig PNY. My co-worker a 32 gig custom build.

If you're just carry basic text documents you can get away with 1 gig or less. If you want to be able to carry a few pictures and songs, I'd recommend at least 4 gigs (little smaller than a DVD.)

If they expect you to carry full portfolios designed from Photoshop, an 8 gig or higher may be prudent.

 

[AndThePickles]

The one I ordered from Amazon just arrived...with all-Japanese instructions!!!

Not only that, but when I plug it in...all in Japanese. No instructions on how to return from the vendor, or even a receipt aside from my online purchase confirmation. Looks like I got ripped off.

 

[Kable24]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html?ie=UTF8&seller=A18L51YSS6FNZE

There is a link about the company and how to do a return.

 

[AndThePickles]

The one I ordered from was ABX ProTech. I found that type of page though...it says they haven't specified their return policy. Guess I'll e-mail them and see what they say.

Edit: Which I did. Hopefully I can return it and get a refund. Either way, I'm going to Best Buy today and I'll just buy one there

 

[Kable24]

Well if you used a credit card and you don't hear anything from the seller, you can always contact your credit card company and get it charged back.

 

[Mixairian]

My Computer, Right Click the Drive in question, Format. That should've taken care of the language issue.

 

[AndThePickles]

Oh, darn Wish I'd known sooner. That makes me feel like an ass, but it's just not something I'd know to do. I'd already right-clicked on it when it popped up on my computer and didn't see any options that weren't in a foreign language, so I figured that was that. Grr.

 

[Bnightwing]

AndThePickles get a 16 gig from newegg.com they are cheap there

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134721

that is the one I have and I use it for portable apps and holding a lot of what I have despite most of my info is on a 250 gig hard drive

 

[AndThePickles]

AndThePickles get a 16 gig from newegg.com they are cheap there

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134721

that is the one I have and I use it for portable apps and holding a lot of what I have despite most of my info is on a 250 gig hard drive

I'd already bought one. Unfortunately, I now have two, haha. I have an 8 gig from Best Buy, and that 4 GB Sandisk. I did try the formatting option as suggested, but the only option that gave me was to delete all the software. It came with quite a lot of extras (all in Japanese) that I wouldn't want to just delete; I'd wanted to use them. However, the company DID surprisingly e-mail me back, finally, and if they can't help me figure out how to change the language options, they'll refund the purchase.