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Made in USA Samsung Pleomax USB 2.0 drive

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Operating systems – Windows 98 SE requires driver download from http://www.samsungpleomax.com. Windows ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS 9.0 or higher and Linux are plug and play, good to go without download.

Small – the profile allows insertion of multiple drives into closely ganged USB ports without the need for cables to separate fatter drives.

These Samsung Pleomax USB solid-state drives are made in the USA. Small enough to fit easily, large enough to find and fit correctly, they are a good compromise ergonomically. Seriously, have you ever sneezed on your micro-SD card? Mine needs a dongle much larger than these Pleomax drives so that I can plug it in, and a road case so I can find it if it isn’t in a gadget.The Pleomax USB drives even have a leash eye molded into the LED lens at the end opposite the USB plug.

Three USB Drives plugged in!

When I plugged into my XP laptop the fit was secure and easy to find by feel.The USB plug is full size preventing accidental inversion and misalignment of micro USB connections. Nevertheless the slender profile allows drives to occupy closely ganged USB ports without crowding and compromising connections. The three drives worked perfectly each automatically assigned a unique drive letter and responding as if it had always been there. All three drives at once was no problem. No software is included with the Samsung Pleomax USB drives. The only files were two formats of the warranty in the package insert. Various different scenarios of hot installing, simply plug in, and uninstalling, “safely remove hardware” step; and leaving installed during shutdown and power up showed no hitch.

Next, on the 2GB stick I installed Liberkey, a free and shareware suite of applications and utilities designed to run from a USB drive. The Ultimate edition required about 600 MB of space and worked perfectly running everything from registry cleaner and defrag to Firefox all from the flash drive allowing me to do some long overdue maintenance on the hard drive that had been eluding me when attempted from programs that resided on the same drive. I was surprised at the quick loading and operation of the programs. My C: drive is now working faster and my personal data is copied to the 4GB and the 8GB Pleomax USB drives. The 2 GB is now my portable toolbox with plenty of space left for data files. Portable applications, free and automatically updated on a flash drive give a degree of mobility and convenience known only super geeks in the past, office suite, video, security, utilities, networking, music, browsers everything you need and more.

The USB drives act like internal hard disks including a drive status LED, except for one important way – be sure to use the “safely remove hardware” procedure before unplugging. It is important to close programs and allow other process to complete otherwise there is a risk of data corruption. There is a second, soon to be less important, difference. The USB drives have been inconvenient to set up as a boot drive from Windows. That weakness may be resolved with Windows 7.

A portable secure personal environment with optional operating systems all on one key in tandem with web based applications makes it possible to have a personal life on an impersonal computer, in fact on whatever computer you choose. The USB drive will be the means of bridging and synchronizing between on line and off line cyber space, an identity key, programs and data all in one. These new Pleomax USB drives are Samsung quality and USA made. There is no one to blame but yourself if you don’t have your personal digital life backed up securely on removable, convenient flash memory. The USB on a stick approach is hard to beat for convenience and portability.

Light – a red LED glows when the drive is connected and flashes when it reads and writes.

Eye – to connect a lanyard is molded into the LED lens.

Cap – covers the USB plug.

Colors – different colors make it easy to tell drives apart.

Warranty – “This product is warranted for one year period from the date of purchase. During this period, if defective in material or workmanship and returned to place of purchase with proof of purchase, this product will be replaced free of charge. REPLACEMENT IS THE SOUL OBLIGATION UNDER THIS WARRANTY. THIS WARRANTY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR RECORDED DATA IN ANY FORM CAUSED BY USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT.” The warranty is inside the insert card in eight languages as well as on the drives as .jpg and .ai files.

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As you may know, our focus at DepotEco has always been to make lifestyles simpler, more practical, and less harmful to the earth. It is for this reason that we love the new USB flash drives by Pleomax / Samsung. With people storing more data than ever in digital form, the use of an external storage device has become an indispensable way to save space and memory on one’s computer, reduce wasteful paper files, and create backup files to avoid the awful moment when a spilt coffee can destroy years of build-up data.

External hard drives have continually evolved since the first cumbersome devices that sat heavily next to the computer buzzing away. They’ve decreased in size at the same time as they’ve increased in speed, durability and storage capacity. Now Pleomax by Samsung has raised the bar by creating external media storage devices of the highest quality and efficiency. Their line of USB flash drives are the best that we’ve seen and we’d like to tell you a bit about why.

These MADE IN THE USA, sleekly designed, and durable flash drives hold up to 8 GB of secured files and applications, and they are about the size of your thumb (2.5″ long by 3/4″). They can be plugged directly into any USB port drives and are certified USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatible. They are small enough to allow insertion of multiple drives into closely ganged USB ports without the need for cables.

But they’re still large enough that you won’t easily lose them between the cushions of your couch and they fit snugly and securely into the USB port. With most operating systems they are recognized immediately by your computer and are ready to go as soon as you plug them in, without any need for a driver or startup software (Windows 98 SE requires a driver download available at samsungpleomax.com). There are other USB flash drives of similar size and storage capacity, but Pleomax is ahead of the pack in terms of speed, durability, pricing, and overall quality.

Another reason that we love these USB flash drives by Pleomax is that they’re made right here in California. So not only are we encouraging a decrease in paper usage by supporting this product, but we’re also supporting cutting edge American ingenuity. However, the bottom line remains that these are simply the best flash drives out there for their size, speed, durability, storage capacity and ease of use. And you’ll not believe how inexpensive they are! Check out our current prices at DepotEco.com right now.