XP to Vista memory sticks

[Ian Burrett]

I am expecting delivery of a new laptop with Vista installed. I have also bought a 4 GB memory stick to transfer data from my PC to laptop. The guy i bought it off suggests the data transfer could be unstable.

 

Has anyone experienced this?

[IanR]

News to me Ian. I've had no problem with USB keys on my two Vista machines.

 

Though your acquaintance could be referring to the "Readyboost" feature of Vista, where a USB key is utilised as a kind of extension the the RAM. That feature is currently limited to using a maximum of 4Gb, but should not cause instability on devices with higher capacities; only 4Gb will be assigned for Readyboost.

 

 

Cheers

 

Ian.

[Ian Burrett]

News to me Ian. I've had no problem with USB keys on my two Vista machines.

 

Though your acquaintance could be referring to the "Readyboost" feature of Vista, where a USB key is utilised as a kind of extension the the RAM. That feature is currently limited to using a maximum of 4Gb, but should not cause instability on devices with higher capacities; only 4Gb will be assigned for Readyboost.

Cheers

 

Ian.

 

Hi Ian

 

Thanks for the help,It looks like my guaranteed 24 hour delivery has failed again

[IanR]

It looks like my guaranteed 24 hour delivery has failed again

 

I can't believe that, sorry.

 

 

Cheers

 

Ian.

[Fastd]

Ian,

 

Data transfer can be done using a home network either via wireless or cross over cable.

 

Or utilising your router at home with a parrallel cable. Many options are available if the usb key proves unreliable...which I doubt.

 

Another thought is to back up documents online so you can access them worldwide cos we all know what you jet-setters are like. I you need space/help to do this let me know.

 

I dont see any reason why a usb key should be any more unreliable than any other type of media transfer device.

 

Cheers

dave

[UK_Ozzie]

Rather than using a USB stick especially 4Gig, nice, maybe use a crossover cable as stated above or if its possible a USB data cable between the two?

Maybe keep the 4 Gig stick as a back up medium?

And of course you have backed up onto a DVD as wells o you dont rip your hair out when that vital data goes down?

[Ian FG]

I wouldn't be without my USB hard drive, no power supply needed with this one, it's like a giant USB stick.

 

Free Agent USB drive

[ColinW]

If you have a laptop you really should get a wireless router. Once you have that it is an easy job to set up your own little local area network. Then put a shared folder on each computer to use for file moving.