Sony Micro Vault 128 MB USB Removable Storage MediaSony Micro Vault 128 MB USB Removable Storage Media
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- When used with a USB 2.0 port, reading data from the device is over 5 times faster-a transfer speed of over 5 MB per second
- Plugs directly into the computer's USB port
- Password Lock software lets you partition and password protect the data you want to keep private
- Ultra compact and stylish design
- Compatible with Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP and MAC OS 9 and higher
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- Publisher: Sony
- Label: Sony
- Studio: Sony
- Average Customer Review: based on 18 reviews
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- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (9.8 Feet / 3.0 Meters)
- AmazonBasics IEEE 1394 4-Pin/6-Pin FireWire Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
My big point, however, is that I accidentally put mine through the wash last week. It survived just fine. For that, I give it 5 stars.
After all of that, I must add a word of caution. If you do not undock your USB drive properly, you run the risk of toasting it. Something gets modified and you forever run the risk of having any version of Windows detect it as a security device. Don't ask me how to fix it because I haven't been able to and Sony had no idea what to do. I had bought a 256 Micro Vault and had this happen after a couple months (but in that instance it was undocked properly and it still died). I bought a 128 meg Micro Vault to see if I could "force" the same thing to happen.
Long story short - YUP. So there seems to be a problem if the unit is not removed properly - meaning you have to click on the little icon on your system tray and tell it to "stop" the device. Basically this lets your computer know the USB drive is going to be unplugged. You might get away with not doing it, but the Micro Vault seems prone to some sort of internal damage and after that happens, you won't be able to use it on any computer as a USB storage device. All you will get are prompts asking for drivers for your new USB "security device." At this point, there is no known fix and you will be regulated to trying to get your money back. My recommendation is get a USB drive - they are so darn handy to have ... but avoid the Sony brand until they fix whatever is going wrong with their various Micro Vault models.
Very good random read and write speeds.
Disk Test Total: 6.14
Sequential 8.01
Uncached Write 6.74 4.14 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 7.44 4.21 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 8.66 2.54 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 9.90 4.97 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 4.98
Uncached Write 1.51 0.16 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 9.85 3.15 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 323.68 2.29 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 26.68 4.95 MB/sec [256K blocks]