Toshiba 4GB Thumb Drive $3 @ Harvey Norman

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  edmobile8 on 01/04/2013 - 14:38

  +5

  these were $2 awhile back ago

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    ryang on 01/04/2013 - 14:42

    +3

    They've been down to $1… Clearly Mr. Harvey bought waaaaaaay too many of these.

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  trinest on 01/04/2013 - 14:46

  +1

  I like how the $ amount is the amount per customer imposed. When these were $2 it was 2 per customer, and now they are $3 its 3 per customer.

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  ZRXS12 on 01/04/2013 - 14:52

  +2

  These are not worth $3.
  They wont even work on my Samsung tv to record because they are too slow.
  And I couldn't even fit Windows 8 on one.

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    netsurfer on 01/04/2013 - 16:32

    Windows 8 does fit on one. I have one of these with Windows 8 on it.

    I wouldn't buy one for $3, but at $1 each (well, HVN used to sell them at $1 each), they are fine to be used as a Windows 7/Windows 8 install USB. Even with just 13.57MB/s read speed, it still beats DVD by a big margin. The write speed (3MB/s) is quite bad, so the most sensible way to use one of these is to just to utilise the read as much as possible.

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      ZRXS12 on 01/04/2013 - 17:38

      That's interesting about Windows 8.
      About a month ago I was doing a clean install of Windows 8, when I attempted to extract from the DVD to USB it ran out of space. I ended up using my Aram 8GB usb (couldn't get the Lexar to work on that laptop).

      I thought it was odd. Just running the extraction right now, but I've got several of these so if it's restricted to one.

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        ZRXS12 on 01/04/2013 - 18:13

        Just finished extracting with 277mb remaining of 3.62GB, either the other USB was defective or was formatted with NTFS.

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        netsurfer on 01/04/2013 - 21:27

        Not NTFS. Mine is formatted as NTFS. NTFS is more efficient than FAT32. The one I have actually have a bit more free space than yours. Though, I might re-do it as FAT32 in order to create an UEFI bootable version.

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        ZRXS12 on 01/04/2013 - 23:19

        NTFS gives me 3.58GB free of 3.63GB
        FAT32 gives me 3.62GB free of 3.62GB

        Does that match yours?

        When did you purchase yours?

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  [Deactivated] on 01/04/2013 - 15:46

  Heaps of stock at Harvey Norman caringbah (NSW)

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  oztonyau on 01/04/2013 - 16:00

  +4

  8Gb same price at Dick Smith on staticice so neg -1 because not the best value as can get more for same price

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    JMZ on 01/04/2013 - 16:50

    Lexar 8GB Jump Drive Twist Turn USB Blue $5 at Dick Smith

    http://dicksmith.com.au/product/XM5710/lexar-8gb-jump-drive-…

    Promo ends today (1st April 2013)

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  Punkboy on 01/04/2013 - 16:22

  These are just really bad flash drives and not just the speed. If you go through the previous deals on these you will see that they are totally unreliable as well as slow. Save your money.

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  fuzor on 01/04/2013 - 16:37

  The deal is good but the product is not. Please do not post anymore as they all have a tendency to lose people's data. This is a case of a huge quality drop as a result of being too cheap…its unexpected of a good brand but its the case here.

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  MasterScythe on 01/04/2013 - 18:31

  Can anyone find me some $1 2GB cars or something please? I only use 500mb at max for an arcade machine tool but they need to be dedicated, so i need a lot of em.

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  cminez on 01/04/2013 - 18:44

  -1

  This stick helped me get iTunes $20 BOGO three times in a role. First I bought gift card alone. Second and third time I bought with this stick and acted as new customer. Save huge $$$

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  Click_It on 01/04/2013 - 20:54

  Would love a $1 deal to come around again. I don't care if its 1GB, 2GB or 4GB. I need LOTS of them, each of which wouldn't be storing more than maybe 50MB. Speed not a factor etc. I bought the $2 ones last time but $3 isn't a deal for me.