5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Nice! Love it! But software needs improvement.,
January 13, 2010 Megan Madison (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk 8GB Ultra Backup USB 2.0 Flash Drive (SDCZ40-008G-A11) (Personal Computers)
The 5 stars is for the drive itself. For the software, I'd give it a 4 at most.
I love this flash drive! I love the retractable port. It's reliable and very large (virtually)... lots of space! I am cautious about flash drives because of data security so haven't used one in awhile.
I like the idea of the software. It's easy to use. It doesn't appear to load any software on your hard drive or change the registry. It just loads the backup software to RAM. You can password protect the drive and can back up a little or a lot. Do incremental backups when you need to, or archive the last backup so you can do a new one. When password protected, you cannot see any data whatsoever without the password. You can't even access the drive itself without it (can be a good thing or a bad thing).
The software itself is kind of buggy (I am using vista 32 on one unit and XP on another). Sometimes it would work in one USB port but not the other. Not sure why. I had a...Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Waste of Money,
December 27, 2010 John Pearcy "Bookworm" (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SanDisk 8GB Ultra Backup USB 2.0 Flash Drive (SDCZ40-008G-A11) (Personal Computers)
Before I bought this I asked if it would work with Windows 7. I was told YES by SanDisk technical support. Well, it does NOT work with Windows 7. The drivers are incompatible. I can use it on my friends computer using Windows XP. I can use it on my work computer using Windows Vista. But when I try using it in Windows 7 the drivers start to load, are found incompatible and then the drive is useless. I spent hours trying to talk this over with SanDisk technical support. They just ran me around in nonsensical circles. I'd tell them the Wondows 7 operating system has reported the drivers as incompatible and they would tell me the SanDisk drivers come pre-ploaded on the drive and will work with Windows 7 therefore there is no problem. I'd say, but it is not working and they would tell me to contact my computer manufacturer. I'd tell them it is the SanDisk drivers that are not working and they would tell me SanDisk drivers come pre-ploaded on the drive and will work with Windows 7 therefore...Read more
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Does not work with window 7,
December 20, 2009 Donald W Hunt "Don" - See all my reviews
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I called Sandisk BEFORE I purchased and asked if this product would work with Windows 7... ..the answer was... yes...but if it does not work ,call us and we will fix it. It did not work so I called Sandisk...after many attempts..the anwser they gave me was this must be a Windows 7 problem, you need to contact them. Really bad customer support!
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