Memorex Traveldrive 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

I bought the Memorex 8GB Traveldrive and absolutly love it! It is very easy to use and works well between my two computers (XP and 2000) without any trouble. The security software is very user-friendly. It's like having an extra 8GB of space for any computer! Just plug it in and go! The transfer speed is also very fast! (Less than 25 seconds for a 700MB file!) If you want speed, portibility and ease of use, this is an excellent choice!

I've been using the drive since April (about 4 months). It has worked fine. I use it to transfer/backup files on three different computers: two use Win-XP and one uses Ubuntu. I've not had any problems with a write-protection error.

Bought this a year ago, worked well with XP. Just bought a new HP Laptop with Vista, and when you plugged this into the laptop USB, the whole computer stalled!! Not sure why, still working fine with the XP desktop. Memorex web site has nothing to help, seems like a lot of people are having similar problems

The Solution:

After I posted the first review (see above), I looked around and found a solution that (at least) worked for me. And the fix is the following (hope it can be useful for other Vista folks):

If the drive is found without errors, then Vista might not be assigning it a drive letter.
Right-click My Computer and select Manage.
Then select Disk Management.
See if the drive is listed there. If it is, right-click on the partition and select Change Drive Letter and Path...
Assign it a drive letter or change it to a different one. It may be trying to step on an existing drive letter or Windows may be confused on what...Read more