bargain 32gb USB drive at Play.com only £9.99

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  DrJon11 months, 6 days ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  Bargain price, but dreadful product, have sent 2 back for failing, ended up with a refund
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  gogosteve11 months, 6 days ago1 Like #2Show comment toolsReply

  32gb drives seem to be hovering around the £10 mark now which is nice! I have had this drive for over a year and never had a problem, pretty fast write speed too
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  matt10110111 months, 6 days ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  Good price, but I wouldn't feel comfortable trusting it with 32GB of anything even half important.I like to know my data is still going to be there when I plug my memory stick into a computer.
  
  Heat for the price, but I wouldn't buy one.
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  killainc11 months, 6 days ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  Bought one of these not so long ago and it was faulty so I sent it back.
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  glduuk11 months, 6 days ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  Shoddy product I am afraid and likely to fail
  
  Bargain price.
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  stamfordblue11 months, 6 days ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  Reviews look ok.Speeds are pretty good for a cheap stick.
  Heat added.
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  ambc_66611 months, 6 days ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  I bought one at £16 about 12-18 months ago and never had a problem with it. For its price it is slow but you would expect that for a cheap drive. I own 3 play drives and none have failed so far (touch wood). You all must have bad luck. Excellent price for it though :)
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  ekon11 months, 6 days ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  bought one..just for mp3s into the TV ..had 2 of their 4gb ones for years with no problems
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  Jaaj11 months, 6 days ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Gotta say I had one of these a while ago and it was a 16GB, even though it quoted 16gb is wasnt true 16gb as it could only hold files smaller than 4gb. For me wanting to transfer 9gb file it was useless unless i could split the file.
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  Just_some_OS_info11 months, 6 days ago1 Like #10Show comment toolsReply

  [quote.]
  Jaaj2 minutes agoShow comment toolsReply #9Gotta say I had one of these a while ago and it was a 16GB, even though it quoted 16gb is wasnt true 16gb as it could only hold files smaller than 4gb. For me wanting to transfer 9gb file it was useless unless i could split the file.
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  I think you'll find that was an issue with the drive being formatted as FAT32 rather than the USB drive - reformat it as NTFS and it will accept files over 4GB.
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  Syx11 months, 6 days ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  Jaaj

  Gotta say I had one of these a while ago and it was a 16GB, even though it quoted 16gb is wasnt true 16gb as it could only hold files smaller than 4gb. For me wanting to transfer 9gb file it was useless unless i could split the file.

  
  
  Reformat as NTFS rather than FAT32?
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  Just_some_OS_info11 months, 6 days ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  [quote.]
  Jaaj2 minutes agoShow comment toolsReply #9Gotta say I had one of these a while ago and it was a 16GB, even though it quoted 16gb is wasnt true 16gb as it could only hold files smaller than 4gb. For me wanting to transfer 9gb file it was useless unless i could split the file.
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  I think you'll find that was an issue with the drive being formatted as FAT32 rather than the USB drive - reformat it as NTFS and it will accept files over 4GB.
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  Just_some_OS_info11 months, 6 days ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  [quote.]
  Jaaj2 minutes agoShow comment toolsReply #9Gotta say I had one of these a while ago and it was a 16GB, even though it quoted 16gb is wasnt true 16gb as it could only hold files smaller than 4gb. For me wanting to transfer 9gb file it was useless unless i could split the file.
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  I think you'll find that was an issue with the drive being formatted as FAT32 rather than the USB drive - reformat it as NTFS and it will accept files over 4GB.
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  Blaiz11 months, 6 days ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  Jaaj

  Gotta say I had one of these a while ago and it was a 16GB, even though it quoted 16gb is wasnt true 16gb as it could only hold files smaller than 4gb. For me wanting to transfer 9gb file it was useless unless i could split the file.

  The larger capacity drives always come as FAT32 by default in order to work with older versions of windows or other OS's. Just follow the steps in this guide and you'll be able to save larger files.
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  badasschris11 months, 6 days ago4 Likes #15Show comment toolsReply

  Jaaj

  Gotta say I had one of these a while ago and it was a 16GB, even though it quoted 16gb is wasnt true 16gb as it could only hold files smaller than 4gb. For me wanting to transfer 9gb file it was useless unless i could split the file.

  Not sure if anyone has mentioned this to you but if you format it as NTFS instead of FAT32 then you can transfer any sized files.
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  getknk11 months, 6 days ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  welcome to below £10 for 32GB..
  expect other companies to come up in 3 months..
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  spraint11 months, 6 days ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  badasschris

  Not sure if anyone has mentioned this to you but if you format it as NTFS instead of FAT32 then you can transfer any sized files.

  
  
  or exFAT, which might be a better choice for plugging into devices.
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  Graham197911 months, 6 days ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  glduuk

  Shoddy product I am afraid and likely to fail
  
  Bargain price.

  
  
  Looks like a cheap brand and many returns too by the look of things. Will pay a few more quid for a recognized brand.
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  smallclone11 months, 6 days ago #19Show comment toolsReply

  I've got the 16gb one and never had a problem with it, touch wood. Bought a 32gb one from the Hut over the weekend for £10.99.
  
  Russell
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  deathydeath11 months, 6 days ago1 Like #20Show comment toolsReply

  Jaaj

  Gotta say I had one of these a while ago and it was a 16GB, even though it quoted 16gb is wasnt true 16gb as it could only hold files smaller than 4gb. For me wanting to transfer 9gb file it was useless unless i could split the file.

  
  
  Have you tried formatting it as NTFS?

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