Comments on: Kingston DataTraveler 150 64GB USB Flash Drive

By: djamel

djamel — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:20:45 +0000

j’ai flash memory kingston ” data traveler 1gb ” al la forme ” raw ”

I can not format whay the problem

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[...] I’m using the USB3.0 2.5” External Enclosure as part of this review, but I’m also using my Kingston DataTraveler 150 USB2.0 64gb USB drive and the Seagate BlackArmor PS110 500GB 2.5” USB2.0 Drive as well. I was [...]

By: steefozo

steefozo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:06:56 +0000

Regarding to NTFS partitioning of a USB flash drive , sure its possible and I’ve done it on number of flashes , but to be able to format it with NTFS you have to chose “Optimize for Performance” as described earlier somewhere here.
If the flash is reading un-correct size (64 reading 32 ) or even 64 but any files added after a limit (like 16GB or 32 GB ) will start crashing , this means that you probably have faked flash (not original)… I bought my self two Kingston 64GB through eBay from two different resources and found out any files added after 4GB will start crashing (over-writing) the previous files and becomes corrupted , I used a test software and got sure that the useable capacity was 4GB of 64 GBs …

By: Daniel R

Daniel R — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:59:53 +0000

hp usb format

By: Daniel R

Daniel R — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:58:29 +0000

i buy 1 from ebay and just like you ,i screw up my data travel 64gb.Ifind a little program call (HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool ) and for me it is the best.It can FORMAT in Fat,Fat32,Exfat and Ntfs,For now this key is grate,im testing it every day since ……….by the way the indicator LED is RED not blue,it is hard to see.
how about yours…..

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By: Corrine Martell

Corrine Martell — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:13:01 +0000

I would like to know if anyone else has encountered this problem. I have a Kingston 150 64gb data traveler. When I first received it it was formatted and ready to use. I attempted to copy several movies on to the data traveler for storage. When I went to check to see if it was complete, All 8 files had the same. I tried to open them and they all were the same movie it took the title and copies one movie over all of them. I lost all my movie and I was upset. Then it would not even let me access the drive. It continuously told me I had to format but when I tried it would not let me do it. No I have a useless 64gig data traveler. Does anyone know what I can do to make this work and actually be able to put movies on it????

By: Gerry P

Gerry P — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:09:45 +0000

I would like to hear from anyone who has actually formatted a USB key to NTFS and have it work on a daily basis. I have read all the theory and instructions on how to do it…but I have never read of someone actually using it. Anyone?

By: Chris Oliver

Chris Oliver — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:57:21 +0000

Hey guys a little tip on how to format as NTFS, as winxp will not let you format removable storage as ntfs by default.

this guide works for XP but i don’t know about vista you can try it but the device manager is located elsewhere

first you need to enter the device manager – right click my computer, click manage, click device manager.

where it says disk drives click the little plus sign, and right click the Pen drive and click properties.

on the properties box, click the Policies tab, then select “optimise for proformance” and click ok.

now you will be able to format the 64gb drive as NTFS

By: Data Traveler

Data Traveler — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:26:58 +0000

Just received mine and plugged it into my Linux Fedora 10 box and it only shows 34GB rather than 64G, it also had some really strange partition layout.

I removed the partitions, then created 1 Linux partition and formatted it with ext3 filing system (mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdh1) and it formatted 34GB.

I let it set there, after about an hour of doing nothing I got lots of kernel message and I/O errors. I have tested this in multiple machines with the same results.

Who do I contact about the warrenty – I bought this from on Ebay from Hong Kong – that ebay user has since vanished from ebay – Ebay told me that they removed the account

The product says that I can verify with this message”

“www.kingston.com/aswnerifyto identify genune kingston memory products”

lsusb – shows
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1221:3234

dmesg – show
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1221, idProduct=3234
usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-2: Product: Flash Disk
usb 1-2: Manufacturer: USB2.0
usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 1000000000000EE5
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver…
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB2.0 Flash Disk 2.50 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 67108864 512-byte hardware sectors (34360 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 67108864 512-byte hardware sectors (34360 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdc: sdc1
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sdc: 34.3 GB, 34359738368 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 32768 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf92b19b9

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 32768 33554416 83 Linux

By: D Pursey

D Pursey — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:43 +0000

In May 2009 I purchased a kingston datatraveler 150 64gbwhich arrived ok . I plugged it in and trasfered some files ok then remved it., Some time later I plugged it in and the plug pushed into the case but managed to get it out, I reinserted it but it did not work I sent an email explaining what had happened and had a reply to return it There was no addresst to send to only Shanghai China on the EMS delivery note. I have emailed numerous times for a return address but had no resonsI am using windows xp Can anyone help

By: Ssos

Ssos — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:37:58 +0000

Hello, i have a Kingstone 64GB, came formatted with Fat32 file system. So because i wanted to transfer files larger that 4GB, i tried formating it into NTFS, but NTFS does not support Removable disks optimised for quick removal. So i used Paragon Partition Manager professional and was able to format it in either NTFS or FAT32.
But NTFS causes Flash to bring errors in Data copied. So i resolved to formating it in Fat32. Mac formats it in OSX file system and it works OK. But Windows does seem to bring up errors when alot of Data is placed on the Flash

By: Ravi

Ravi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:33:26 +0000

64 GB USB flash drive og kingston and i m not able to format it. its shows the RAW file system

By: madawa

madawa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:04:02 +0000

i have bought a new 64G flash drive and it is functioning for the first 2 days. after that, it show ” the disk is not formated” notice when i try to access my flash drive. i have try to format it by clicking ok but it does not work. i have also try using computer management, VAIO soft recovery manager, Kill disk and other files recovery software but it still doesn’t work. I can detect the 64G capacity under the computer management, but it does not show as NTFS file. i have check the flash drive and it show as RAW file system under the properties.

By: hihi

hihi — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:53:20 +0000

Possible solutions:

http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm

http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4694

Note that if you need to transfer files from/to a Mac, you may need to stick with FAT32.

Also, rejoice as 2010 will be the year of USB 3.0 devices. Motherboards with native USB 3.0 support will appear.