SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB flash drive (1GB)

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2.5 stars

"Stay Tuned ..." on June 13, 2005 by sleepydad

Pros: Compact Size

Cons: First Try No Success

Summary: I just bought this yesterday, and copied some very important files to take with me to the office today. As I copied the files from my hard drive to the flash drive, the status bar showed everything working fine. Well, I got to work this morning and plugged it in ... urrrgghhh ... the file names and folders are there, but over half of the files are file size "zero" meaning they didn't copy correctly. Here I am forty miles from home with a bunch of useless files. I am HOPING that this is an isolated incident, otherwise I would have given this thing a "1" rating right off the bat. Regardless, it was not up to task on it's first outing and I'm up the proverbial creek without a paddle until I get home this evening.
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Okay, for those of you who read my review yesterday this is a followup. I went home last night and re-copied my files to the Sandisk Mini Cruzer. This time I double checked to make sure that all files registered and had content - they did. Sooo, I get to work today and attempt to download the files to my computer. Not once, but twice it froze up my computer to the point where I had to do a hard restart. I'm taking this hunk of junk back to the store on the way home tonight. I have had good luck with other Sandisk products, but this "piece" needs to go back to the drawing board. Two days of non-productivity thanks to this worthless thing. Sorry Sandisk, I'm buying another brand.
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So I stopped by the electronics store on the way home with the intent of returning my Sandisk Cruzer. Because I have faith in Sandisk products from previous experiences with them, I opted to exchange instead hoping that this unit was simply defective. Fingers crossed, the replacement unit seems to be up to task. No problems to this point. I think I may have purchased a defective unit, and am honorable enough to eat crow on this public forum. I still give it a five rating, though, until it can prove otherwise.
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reply on March 27, 2006 by tanger5473

Hi there, I got the same thing going on with my Sandisk flashdrive and I have been told that these aren't authentic Sandisk flash drives. I called technical support and walked through a "million" questions. They came back with mine wasn't an authentic SanDisk flash drive. I told them I purchased this on EBay (4GB flashdrive for $110). I went to the website for the EBay seller and sure enough... he was busted for selling fakes. I've just ordered another one from a reputable dealer and am waiting to see if this one works... sounds like you did the same thing. People suck...

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reply on December 9, 2005 by tmcclain22

My 1GB Cruzer routinely corrupts data. At first it was only some folders that were filled with files that read 00000000.000. Now all of them are. I've gone back to the JumpDrive.

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