Vic Smith wrote in
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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:08:11 +0000, Larry wrote:

http://www.thetornado.com/backup_files.asp

I was rummaging through Staples store last night looking for a cable
when I stumbled upon this gadget they are dumping for $20, so I bought
one.

Flash drives are getting pretty cheap. Do you know about them?
My kid has one on his key chain, and sometimes we exchange data.
Think it's 4gb, but they're up to at least 64gb now.
He got it for 5 bucks or it was a free promo, can't remember.
He has a few of them.
It's a slower transfer since you have 2 read/write cycles, but also
more flexible because you don't need the computers in proximity.
I'd go that way for non-networked data transfers, or get an external
USB hard drive. He has some of them too.
The speed issue is easily fixed by not using a stop-watch.
Or getting a beer while the data moves.
Computers are like kitchens - always another gadget.
You sound like a real shopper, Larry.
Used to do that myself. Until I saw how much junk I had laying
around.

--Vic


The house is full of my "stuff"....piled all over...(c;]

It keeps me from being married again....a real benefit.

Tornado moves files 6 times faster than writing to a flash drive. If
you consider you have to copy it from the flash drive to the other
computer after you flash it, that's 12 times as fast....a real time
saver!

Flash drives and SD cards are awfully slow to write to. They read much
better than they write.

On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:39:43 +0000, Larry wrote:



Tornado moves files 6 times faster than writing to a flash drive. If
you consider you have to copy it from the flash drive to the other
computer after you flash it, that's 12 times as fast....a real time
saver!

That's perfectly good beer drinking time you're trying to eliminate.
Think long and hard about what you're doing there.
A couple beers while cogitating will keep you from thinking too
straight, and get you out of the time box.
If you don't drink beer, just read a book.
But not one titled "Paradigms of Disk Read/Write and Data Transfer
Speed (and Implications for Video Transfers) "
Maybe something by Henry James, so you can sleep while the stuff is
moving.

--Vic