Comments on: Kingston 16GB USB 2.0 Data Traveler Thumbdrive Review

By: Geezer

Geezer — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:49:02 +0000

Avoid it like the plague, there seems to be a problem with this product as it went corrup on me and I lost a considerable amount of data because of this.

scan.co.uk has listed it as a poor product

Consider yourself warned.

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:20:15 +0000

you need to make sure you format the drive with ntfs as fat maximum file size is 4gig

By: Ghostman Eindhoven Netherlands

Ghostman Eindhoven Netherlands — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:19:36 +0000

The 16 Gb Kingston datatraveler is faulty were it has to write files bigger than 3.9 Gb’s, it just wont do it and returns messages like disk full or delayed write error.
After some contacts with personel working with the company, it turns out that Kingston was aware of this fact, but failt to do something about it abd started selling the stick anyway!!!!

By: jfc

jfc — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:13:50 +0000

Thanks for the info Adam,

I haven’t had any trouble myself but I’ve heard other people having trouble with USB drives of 16GB or greater and not just Kingston.

Did you try reformatting your USB drive? A few years ago I had a 512MB drive that acted up until I did this. Something had corrupted the file system on the drive I suppose.

By: Alberto

Alberto — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:26:05 +0000

Hi. I’m having the same problem…did you resolve in someway? I bought it only 2 weeks ago. I don’t want to buy an other one.

Thanks
Bye
Alberto

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:12:52 +0000

I bought one and it has given me nothing but trouble. I an a Windows XP SP3 user and the drive just does not work. I took it back to the place I bought it, Futureshop, thinking it was just a bad drive. However, the next one did not work, either. It will give a delayed write error, or “Cannot Find File” error when trying to copy things. Sometimes it works and a single file is copied over, but that is rare.

It is a waste of money, do not purchase this hunk of crap.

That being said, my previous Kingston 4gb drive was excellent. I do not know what went wrong with this model, but do not purchase it.

By: RNB Love Songs

RNB Love Songs — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:12:57 +0000

I can’t believe how big these things have gotten. And so cheap! I think I’m gonna finally bite the bullet now!

By: Darshan Singh

Darshan Singh — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:00:31 +0000

I totally agree with you. I mean how hard can it be for someone to design an automatic cover. At least this will keep some of the dust out. I’m sure that there’s some genius out there who has designed a shock/fire/water proof pendrive. I mean what do the military/firemen/water enthuisasts use when they need to get the job done?

By: SoLinkable

SoLinkable — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:51:44 +0000

I hate the retractable USB part. I’ve ruined more than one thumbdrive that way. I need a cap! Somebody needs to make one where the exposed end automatically covers up when it retracts. Seriously. No more exposed USB ends.

By: Harris Miller

Harris Miller — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:51:06 +0000

i’ve been using different brands usb’s but among all of them , i have found kingston the best of all. It is reliable and dependable and also the prices are very comparitive.

Harris Miller.