16GB Sandisk Cruzer Edge Review

    16GB Sandisk Cruzer Edge features great storage space with SanDisk SecureAccess™ protection and a slim and compact design flash drive from Sandisk. With 16gb storage you can transfer all your files including bulk files with this USB stick.
The actual usable free space is about 14.89gb but still you can use it. The maximum upload speed to the 16gb Sandisk Cruzer Edge(PC to Sandisk) is about 10-11MB/sec and Download speed (Sandisk to PC) is about 22-25MB/sec. I will recommend to format the Drive with NTFS file system for transferring bulk files(4GB and higher) and better file transfer speeds. And Enable "Optimize for performance" policy.

Sandisk Cruzer Edge Specifications
Sleek and tough design that fits in your pocket.

Up to 14.9GB of usable free space that hold your most important data.

SanDisk SecureAccess™ password protection.
Good file transfer speed.
Compatible with Windows, MAc OS and Linux.
Free Sandisk Secure online backup (up to 2GB).

Compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1

5 year replacement Warranty

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[SOLVED] Windows was unable to complete the format

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (USB PenDrives)
 
Q: Unable to format my Pendrive (USB flash drive) Error showing "Windows was unable to complete the format" ?

Sometimes you cannot (actually Windows cannot) format a USB Pendrive or to a particular File system (eg: NTFS, Fat32, etc) in GUI mode. But still you can try format by using command prompt in Windows operating systems.


Format the Pendrive to Fat32 file system using command prompt.
Login as an administrator powered user and go to "Command prompt" and run the below command. In the below command "g" is the drive letter of the USB flash drive. The command will format the Pendrive to Fat32 file system.
C:\>format g: /q /fs:fat32

Format the Pendrive to NTFS file system using command prompt.

Before formating your USB flash drive to NTFS file system, you need to enable the "Removal policy" of the Pendrive to "Better performance" option. Otherwise windows cannot format to NTFS filesystem.
For doing this, go to "Properties" of the pendrive and select "Hardware" tab and select the Pendrive from the listed disks then click on "Properties". Then click on "Policies" tab and enable the option "Better performance" and click "OK". Now run the below command in command prompt.
In the below command "g" is the drive letter of the USB flash drive.
C:\>format g: /q /fs:ntfs

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[SOLVED] Unable to Save Large Files In USB Pendrives

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (PenDrives)
How to save/copy large files to USB Flash Drive ?
Why Windows fail to save large files to Pendrive with error "The file  is too large for the destination filesystem" ?


     If you are having a 8GB or higher flash drive (USB Pen drive) and you cannot save a large file, say a file larger than 4GB in size? Here is  the solution for this problem. This may happen if your pendrive has enough free space to hold the large file.

Why cannot save large files to Pendrive
     I will say your USB pendrive has Fat32 file system on it. Because the maximum allowed file size in a Fat32 file system is 4GB. So you cannot save or copy a file larger than 4GB (exact one byte less than 4 GB) to any Fat32 file system partition. 


Solution1: Format Pendrive with NTFS file system
     As a solution for this, you must format your USB drive to NTFS file system. Before formatting you should backup all the important data from the flash drive and format with NTFS file system. Then you can save the large files into drive.


Solution2: Convert Fat32 to NTFS file system
     Convert the file system in USB flash drive from Fat32 to NTFS without loosing any data on it (However a backup is strongly recommended) To convert the file system Go to "command prompt" and type 

C:\>convert g: /fs:ntfs

In the above command, "g" is the drive letter of USB Pendrive.

Tips: The maximum file size limitation in NTFS file system is 16TB. So you cannot save a single file larger than 16TB in NTFS file system also.

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16GB Sandisk Cruzer Blade Specifications and Review

        Sandisk 16GB Cruzer Blade features 16gb of great storage space with SanDisk SecureAccess™ protection and a slim and compact design flash drive from Sandisk. With 16gb storage you can transfer all your files including bulk files with this USB stick.

The actual usable free space is about 14.9gb but still you can use it. The maximum upload speed to the 16gb Sandisk Cruzer Blade(PC to Sandisk) is about 12-13MB/sec and Download speed (Sandisk to PC) is about 23-25MB/sec. I will recommend to format the Drive with NTFS file system for transferring bulk files(4GB and higher) and better file transfer speeds. And Enable "Optimize for performance" policy.


Sandisk Cruzer Blade Specifications
Sleek design that fits in your pocket.
Up to 14.9GB of usable free space that hold your most important data.
SanDisk SecureAccess™  password protection.
Good file transfer speed.
Compatible with Windows, MAc OS and Linux.
Free Sandisk secure online backup (up to 2GB).
Compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1


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4 Port USB 2.0 PCI Cards: Expand Your USB Ports

USB 2.0 PCI host controller cards can expand your current obboard USB ports. If your on boards USB ports are insufficient or not working properly, you should try a PCI card for USB ports. USB PCI cards brings you a faster, upto 480Mbps to your USB connectivity, and can transfer large amount of data with 2.0 compilant devices.

You can also use hi-speed USB devices like Scanners, Laser printers, Storage drives, HD Webcams, etc. Also USB 1.1 compilant devices also supported by USB 2.0 PCI host controller cards.All the USB 2.0 PCI cards supports plus and play installation and hot swapping feature. You dont need to install a driver for this. After inserting the Card in your motherboards PCI slot, just turn on the Power and the drivers will automaticaly installs and USB slots will be ready to use.


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New HP Compaq Elite 8300 Sandy Bridge Desktops

HP Compaq introduced a new Elite series of desktop computers based on Intel's 2nd and 3rd generation i7, i5 or i3 CPUs. The three new models are HP Compaq Elite 3800 Convertible Minitower PC, HP Compaq Elite 8300 Small Form Factor PC and HP Compaq Elite 8300 Ultra-slim PC. All comes with a wide range of Windows 7 Editions. Users can select from Windows 7 Home Basic to Windows 7 64bit Professional or Ultimate editions and it also comes with FREE DOS. 
And also available with Intel® Core i3, i5, i7 and Pentium® Dual Cores range Processors and supports upto 16GB Memory.

HP Compaq Elite 3800 Series Specifications
HP Compaq Elite 3800 Convertible Minitower PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Editions
Processor: Intel® Core i3, i5, i7 and Pentium® Dual Cores Processors
Chipset: Intel® Q77 Express
HDD Drive: SATA from 250GB to 1TB
Memory: Up to 16GB 
Expansion PCI slots: YES
Energy efficiency compliance: Qualified



The Compaq Elite 8300 series starting Prices
HP Compaq Elite 3800 Convertible Minitower PC: $849.00
HP Compaq Elite 8300 Small Form Factor PC: $759.00
HP Compaq Elite 8300 Ultra-slim PC: $1,204.00

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