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Kingston's DataTraveler II USB Flash drive offers secure, portable data storage and transfer at an exceptional value. Good for small-office and home users.
Store, carry and transfer important files quickly in a convenient and reliable format. Smaller than a highlighter, the DataTraveler II helps break storage barriers and delivers a data transfer rate of up to 11 MB/sec read and up to 7 MB/sec write speed.
With its SecureTraveler security software for Windows-based systems, DataTraveler II protects your data from unauthorized access. Using password protection and private zone partitioning, guard your most important content - reports, presentations, pictures, spreadsheets and other valuable records. Customizable through Kingston's Co-Logo Program, it's also backed by a five-year warranty and Kingston's legendary service and support.
Features/Specifications:
• Capacities* - 256MB, 512MB, 1GB
• Dimensions - 2.67" x 0.829" x 0.355" (67.7mm x 20.8mm x 9.0mm)
• Operating Temperature 0º to 60º C / 32º to 140º F
• Storage Temperature -20º - 85º C / -4º to 185º F
• Compatibility - Designed to Hi-Speed USB 2.0 specifications
• Fast - Data transfer rates of up to 11MB/sec. read and up to 7MB/sec write**
• Safeguarded - Includes SecureTraveler security software for Windows-based systems
• Convenient - pocket-sized for easy transportability
• Simple - Just plug and play into a USB port
• Guaranteed - Five-year warranty
• Customizable - Co-logo program available
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Product reviews...
Review by: kiwireviewer-01
Dated: 8th of August, 2005
What can I say, the Kingston Datatraveller II is a great product for a great price.
It's small compact size means it can be easily carried anywhere, and it can't be surpassed for Durability, this flash drive has taken a few knocks and it still keeps on chugging along with no sign of any risk of the case coming apart like another product reviewed here.
Whilst it isn't the cheapest on the market when it comes to flash drives you do mostly get what you paid for. And for the extra you might pay for this it is well worth it, especially with the added bonus of the SecureTraveller on Windows-based systems gives it an extra bit of flexability you don't get with other brands.
This drives small form design also means it can plug into any computer with a usb port with ease and no worries of it not fitting in a tight space or not making full contact with the USB socket because of the strange design of the casing around the USB plug on the drive.
All in all a great product and i'll certainly be buying Kingston in the future.
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NB: If I could give this device a better score I would, as since this review was written I accidentally left my stick in the back of the laptop and went to put it in the laptop bag. Whoops, I noticed this, but a bit too late, the usb plug was bent at an approx 20 degree angle to the rest of the casing and the casing was cracked open down part of it's length and to make matters worse it had some important data on it I needed, so I bent the plug back to being semi straight, taped the casing shut with some tape and plugged it into the PC, and to my amazement I could read the data, and the stick is still going today.
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