512GB Flash Drive.

X-Machine · 9th June 2008, 14:46

Hey,
My better half brought this awesome 512Gb Flash Drive from HK. It is just too cool and work fantastically well. Infact i have an external HDD which is 200GB and costing probably 10 times more. Now that seems totally useless.
Although its a fake copy of Sony Vaio, but what the heck. As far as it works fine it, that does'nt really matter.

Here are a few pics i clicked this morning:

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jkdas · 9th June 2008, 14:48

512 GB on a stick? Come on!

srishiva · 9th June 2008, 14:56

cheaper than a 200GB hard drive ? A flash drive ?

Are you sure if you had not plugged in something else while you took the photo ?

revved_up · 9th June 2008, 14:57

Wow.. 512GB pen drive and at a price ten times lesser than an external HDD.
Thats some news!

You have any link for the specs for this drive?

NetfreakBombay · 9th June 2008, 14:59

There used be lots of fakes sold in HK.

Trik is to change the chip so that it reports 512 GB even if size is lesser.

Can you try this verification:

1. Copy 500 GB worth of data into it
2. Compare it with original [fc command will do that]

If it is really a 512 GB drive then it is amazing.

ashthedivx · 9th June 2008, 15:02

Congrates... Is this one from Buffalo !!

Just cross check... as many fakes are floating in HK market

nishantgandhi · 9th June 2008, 15:04

I sense impossibility here. I am not a techie, but quite sure that you cant plonk 512 GB on a flash disk. isn't flash memory limited to 16/32 GB only? Thats the maximum I have heard of ever.

However, I am waiting to be surprised if you can post solid proof in the form of a website etc.

Mr.Bangalore · 9th June 2008, 15:12

i doubt it is 512GB in Flash drive, it is not possible.. just try to fill up with some stuff for 500mb+ that will prove it..

lambuhere1 · 9th June 2008, 15:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

I sense impossibility here. I am not a techie, but quite sure that you cant plonk 512 GB on a flash disk. isn't flash memory limited to 16/32 GB only? Thats the maximum I have heard of ever.

However, I am waiting to be surprised if you can post solid proof in the form of a website etc.

32GB was the last effort from corsair with 10 year warrenty. Wondering if we can go beyond that.

SirAlec · 9th June 2008, 15:31

Its a fake drive. its a fat32 formatted. Fat 32 cannot be formatted for larger capacity drives. Its some software trick.

srishiva · 9th June 2008, 15:32

64 GB was the last I heard.
BUSlink's 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive PRO 2 Series - Engadget

If it was this easy and cheap, we would have them all over in laptops.

mobike008 · 9th June 2008, 15:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Bangalore

i doubt it is 512GB in Flash drive, it is not possible.. just try to fill up with some stuff for 500mb+ that will prove it..

I think you meant 500GB.

Even i never heard of such a phenomena of 512gb on a flash drive. If yes, then imagine carrying 1000 movies in a single pen drive. Wow, that would be something

rohithdr · 9th June 2008, 15:36

Format the Flash drive using the default disk tool present in windows it will show you the correct size.

greenhorn · 9th June 2008, 15:40

its a fake 512 GB drive.

They show up in your PC as 512Gb, they format to 512, but in reality, any files copied to them after their much lower limit are unusable. Another good indicator is the time required to copy the files, it shows as 60+ minutes to copy, but when the REAL limit is reached, the copying time suddenly drops to seconds and then completes.

anything you put into it after it reaches its actual limit will be unusable !

Bass&Trouble · 9th June 2008, 15:56

I have one that I bought from China for Rs. 300. Looks identical but reads 32GB as the capacity. Doesnt work.

The method I used to test it was by copying photos onto the drive and then viewing them in thumbnail mode. Most were corrupted.

9th June 2008, 14:46	#1
X-Machine Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mumbai/Tokyo Posts: 1,475 Thanked: 29 Times	512GB Flash Drive. Hey, My better half brought this awesome 512Gb Flash Drive from HK. It is just too cool and work fantastically well. Infact i have an external HDD which is 200GB and costing probably 10 times more. Now that seems totally useless. Although its a fake copy of Sony Vaio, but what the heck. As far as it works fine it, that does'nt really matter. Here are a few pics i clicked this morning: X Attached Thumbnails
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jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,496 Times View My Garage	512 GB on a stick? Come on!
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srishiva Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 4,372 Thanked: 2,260 Times	cheaper than a 200GB hard drive ? A flash drive ? Are you sure if you had not plugged in something else while you took the photo ?
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revved_up BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 802 Thanked: 793 Times View My Garage	Wow.. 512GB pen drive and at a price ten times lesser than an external HDD. Thats some news! You have any link for the specs for this drive? Last edited by revved_up : 9th June 2008 at 15:03.
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9th June 2008, 14:59	#5
NetfreakBombay Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,481 Thanked: 1,128 Times	There used be lots of fakes sold in HK. Trik is to change the chip so that it reports 512 GB even if size is lesser. Can you try this verification: 1. Copy 500 GB worth of data into it 2. Compare it with original [fc command will do that] If it is really a 512 GB drive then it is amazing.
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9th June 2008, 15:02	#6
ashthedivx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 1,359 Thanked: 24 Times	Congrates... Is this one from Buffalo !! Just cross check... as many fakes are floating in HK market
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9th June 2008, 15:04	#7
nishantgandhi Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,223 Thanked: 156 Times	I sense impossibility here. I am not a techie, but quite sure that you cant plonk 512 GB on a flash disk. isn't flash memory limited to 16/32 GB only? Thats the maximum I have heard of ever. However, I am waiting to be surprised if you can post solid proof in the form of a website etc.
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Mr.Bangalore BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bengalooru Posts: 369 Thanked: 56 Times View My Garage	i doubt it is 512GB in Flash drive, it is not possible.. just try to fill up with some stuff for 500mb+ that will prove it..
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9th June 2008, 15:31	#10
SirAlec Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: zxc Posts: 3,395 Thanked: 727 Times	Its a fake drive. its a fat32 formatted. Fat 32 cannot be formatted for larger capacity drives. Its some software trick.
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9th June 2008, 15:32	#11
srishiva Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 4,372 Thanked: 2,260 Times	64 GB was the last I heard. BUSlink's 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive PRO 2 Series - Engadget If it was this easy and cheap, we would have them all over in laptops.
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9th June 2008, 15:36	#13
rohithdr BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 104 Thanked: 0 Times	Format the Flash drive using the default disk tool present in windows it will show you the correct size.
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9th June 2008, 15:40	#14
greenhorn BANNED Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: KL-01 Posts: 7,878 Thanked: 4,910 Times View My Garage	its a fake 512 GB drive. They show up in your PC as 512Gb, they format to 512, but in reality, any files copied to them after their much lower limit are unusable. Another good indicator is the time required to copy the files, it shows as 60+ minutes to copy, but when the REAL limit is reached, the copying time suddenly drops to seconds and then completes. anything you put into it after it reaches its actual limit will be unusable !
	() Thanks

9th June 2008, 15:56	#15
Bass&Trouble Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bombay Posts: 2,756 Thanked: 137 Times	I have one that I bought from China for Rs. 300. Looks identical but reads 32GB as the capacity. Doesnt work. The method I used to test it was by copying photos onto the drive and then viewing them in thumbnail mode. Most were corrupted.
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