Would you...

[DjJaZz]

Use a jump drive for your games for safety :haha:
I do :3 I wanna hear your remarks if you do or don't.
I do use a Jumpdrive for stuff like common saves because my sister goes on Cartoon network alot...
And mom uses Ebay and buy stuff a lot via computer.

Just want a nice answer to see if anyone does or doesn't ^_^
(Because Luminier made such a nice request I'll explain what a Jump Drive is)
A Jump Drive is a portable device used to store/keep data incase of computer/server crash so the data will not be lost.
It usualy has a USB attachment for most computers to use, and comes in a varaiance of Gigabyte sizes. Useualy 1,2,or 5 gigs of space.

(Edit: Sorry had to go to the bathroom so i had to cut it short :blank: )
(Edit2: But i like Poll's it helps people who don't feel like debating about it, just leave if they use it or not ._.)

 

[Surmuck]

Not a very well written thread.

If you do use a jump drive, say why or something so this thread has at least some content :/

Anyway, I use a jump drive for anything important that I'd prefer not to lose. Computers crash, data is lost -the least I can do is make sure it's not the most important data. It's just an easy, and usually cheap method to protect yourself from losing your 408 page novel, or 22 hours worth of game. If you don't have one already, you really should buy one. I got two small ones with a pack of blank CD's once, and I've used them ever since.

 

[Luminier]

Hey DJjazz this thread is poorly written! We don't like single sentence threads in RM Discussion. Maybe you could explain what a jump drive is and why you use it to beef up that post? That'd be boss. Also the poll is totally unnecessary since we want people DISCUSSING, not just voting. Thanks!

 

[DjJaZz]

Err... Sorry? I had to rush to the restroom so i was sorta rushed...

 

[Luminier]

Hey DJjazz that's not really all that much better! Take a look at some other threads in this forum to see how a post should be made. Explain what a jumpdrive is and what it does, why you use it, why others might use it, etc. And that poll is pretty lame

 

[DjJaZz]

...And that poll is pretty lame

Aww, but I like my Polls. They let me keep up with people who actualy decide to post "Yes", "No", or "I guess" it just helps me keep my track on people who really cares. Ya' know.

 

[Glitchfinder]

Actually, the sizes that jump drives (or flash drives, thumb drives, etc.) come in (or have in the past) are:

64mb(defunct)
256mb(defunct)
512mb(defunct)
1gb(headed the way of the dodo)
2gb
4gb
8gb
16gb
32gb(in development)

As you can see they double in size every generation. (At least, you would see that once you knew that a gb is 1024mb, and that a mb is 1024kb, etc) I personally have an 8gb Lexar that I use for various things, like carrying stuff around if I can't bring my laptop. I also have a large portable hard drive that I use for similar purposes, as well as for storage. (A portable hard drive is essentially a giant flash drive, measure in hundreds of gigabytes instead of tens or ones. Thagt is in comparison to the slightly bulkier external hard drives, which hold more but are basically like a normal hard drive, only outside the computer. Plus, they have to plug into a wall, while portable hard drives don't)

 

[Ocean]

I have a 512 MB flash drive, two 2 GB flash drives, an 8 GB flash drive, and a 250 GB external hard drive. I got the flash drives for free at work, hence why I have so many of them (and that's after giving some away to my family). I tend to use a 2 GB one and the external one the most, although I also back up to the 8 GB one a little less often. In the past I also had a backup online, though I haven't been doing that recently, it's time consuming.

I don't like to assume that it'll all be fine and nothing will happen to my computer. In fact, one time I was working on my project and screwed up something big, so I found it easier to go to an early copy of the project rather than go fixing up everything. As long as you don't forget which versions of the project you have backed up and accidently overwrite a new version with the old one.

 

[DjJaZz]

Gosh 32 gigs!? Thats pretty amazing! I only have a 2,4 and 8 gig Jump Drive :fap:! Well it's pretty amazing that our tecnology today can make such powerful drives so small! Before you know it, JumpDrives might hit 100++ Gigs of space!

But wow to all thepeople who know so much about all this! Thats pretty cool. :haha:

 

[So fist]

This is basically a hardware discussion. So it's been moved.

 

[DjJaZz]

This is basically a hardware discussion. So it's been moved.

Thank you very much! Err do you have anything to go with this topic?

 

[Tohsaka]

I use SanDisk FLASH Drives (I don't know why you call them Jump Drives, when they use Flash Memory), and Chipbank Flash Drives- The Chipbank one I got from my College, for joining the Computer Science program.

I thought Flash Drives were pretty common these days? Any reason to ask?

 

[DjJaZz]

Reason I call them JumpDrives is because everyone calls them that... and the once i buy from say Jump Drive on it, so I really don't know D=

 

[Tohsaka]

Lexar has a line of devices that they name as JumpDrive.
http://www.lexar.com/jumpdrive/index.html <-- Do you use these ones? "Lexar JumpDrive USB flash drives"

 

[So fist]

This is basically a hardware discussion. So it's been moved.

Thank you very much! Err do you have anything to go with this topic?

Jump drives are for cowards who fear losing their data. A real man backs up by installing a second internal hard disk, migrating the data, and then putting it in the freezer next to his thirty pounds of venison.

 

[DjJaZz]

Lexar has a line of devices that they name as JumpDrive.
http://www.lexar.com/jumpdrive/index.html <-- Do you use these ones? "Lexar JumpDrive USB flash drives"

Yea thats it. Also KillFace I run on a cruddy laptop and do my work on it. And my mom uses it as well as my sister my main one is for taxes and such so i cant run a 2nd hard drive at the moment. Cost to much.

 

[Glitchfinder]

I use SanDisk FLASH Drives (I don't know why you call them Jump Drives, when they use Flash Memory), and Chipbank Flash Drives- The Chipbank one I got from my College, for joining the Computer Science program.

I thought Flash Drives were pretty common these days? Any reason to ask?

I know they use flash memory. So does the hard drive on my laptop, but I still call it a "hard drive" (BTW, the first time they put a flash based hard drive into a laptop and tested the hard drive to see how long it would take to break, the testing machine broke first) The real issue is that people just call is various things, like flash drives, thumb drives, memory sticks, jump drives, and many more. It's just what's easiest for the person. SD cards use flash memory, but flash cards are a completely different product. Another example is that fact that the British don't vacuum, they "hoover". Good advertising for Hoover, wouldn't you say? Not to mention most people call those patches you put on wounds "band-aids", even though that's just one company that makes them. Or "Kleenex" instead of tissues. I could go on, but I think you get my point. (BTW, have you ever noticed that in some parts of the country, people say words that end in "a", like China, as though they were spelled like "Chiner", and that they end words that end in "er", like reporter, as though they were spelled "reportah"?)

 

[Tohsaka]

Lexar has a line of devices that they name as JumpDrive.
http://www.lexar.com/jumpdrive/index.html <-- Do you use these ones? "Lexar JumpDrive USB flash drives"

Yea thats it. Also KillFace I run on a cruddy laptop and do my work on it. And my mom uses it as well as my sister my main one is for taxes and such so i cant run a 2nd hard drive at the moment. Cost to much.

You can get a pretty decent Hard Drive for below 100USD these days. My brother picked up a 500GB Seagate on sale for around 89USD.


Back on topic: I've actually be using Flash Drives since, say- 5 years ago. Had a little 512mb to start off, but I'm using GB sized ones now. They're aren't as necessary, since I have my laptop with me during classes too.

 

[___]

I have to point out that portable drives are significantly more prone to failure than internal / stationary drives. Solid-state drives (e.g. flash) are particularly vulnerable to heat exposure - I've lost half a dozen or so by leaving them on my dashboard in the summer; disc drives are very vulnerable to magnetic fields and physical abuse.

Don't use them to store important data. Their purpose is to make your data portable, not to make it safe. You should be backing up important information to an external drive such as a NAS, CDs/DVDs, other PCs, or online storage -- preferably reduntantly -- if you're really concerned about losing it. The more places (and physically seperate locations) your information is copied to at any given time the less likely you are to lose it, but portable data storage is about the worst case scenario imaginable in terms of data security.