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CRUZER MICRO U3 4GB READYBOOST | 
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| Brand: SanDisk
Category: CE
Buy New: £1.84
New (41) from £1.84
Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 90
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers.
MPN: SDCZ6-4096-E10RB
Model: SDCZ6-4096-E10RB
UPC: 619659034696
EAN: 0619659034696
ASIN: B000PD4H38
Release Date: June 23, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Incredibly small, portable, and smart USB flash drive | | • | Retractable USB port eliminates the need for caps and protects your USB connector | | • | Includes Skype, CruzerSync desktop synchronization, antivirus software, and SignupShield password manager | | • | Brilliant amber LED | | • | U3 Smart enabled |
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Product Description
Cruzer Micro is ReadyBoost compliant. ReadyBoost makes your PC running Windows Vista faster by using the USB drive as temporary storage.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Does the Job well! August 13, 2007
T. Mallinson (UK)
149 out of 153 found this review helpful
I didn't need and haven't used the more sophisticated features of this drive, but for my money it is still the biz!.
All the important things I wanted are there -
- It's absolutely tiny
- It seems robust with a nice strong key-chain loop
- cheap as chips (< 20)
- lots of storage
- don't know if it is any faster than my old one or not, but I don't really care about speed anyway
Only a couple of comments apart from that:
1. It includes a software 'mini-desktop' which presumably activates the advanced features like U3 and skype, and seems to feature a bunch of demos, games etc. I don't like this as it just gets in the way and makes the desktop untidy.
2. The retractable USB connector clicks in and out nicely and the whole thing glows orange when connected - cool! The only reservation I have is that without the 'cap' that one normally gets, surely it could still get grit inside the connector if kept in your pocket etc? Again, not something that has been a problem for me but thought I'd mention it as a thought anyway.
xxx
Sandisk Cruzer September 10, 2007
Team ICDT (Solihull, England.)
44 out of 45 found this review helpful
The Cruzer is fast and easy to use, simple drag and drop stuff. There is the U3 programs on it that takes up about 0.2Gb but this is removable if you wish to get the full 4Gb. You can also put it back on via the Sandisk website if you so wish to in future however I don't find the menu makes the desktop untidy and it has some useful stuff on it, security, syncronisation for example. Overall for under 20 I can't really fault it.
Very good USB flash drive. Great value for money. February 10, 2008
PeeGee UK (United Kingdom)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've had around 5 USB drives and this is the best so far. It's great for me as it doesn't need an annoying cap and it's cased in hard-wearing black plastic and not painted like my last few which have ended up being scratched by loose change and keys.
I was going to get the titanium version but realised I won't be leaving it under my car tyre before I drive off. Actually from experience the most vulnerable part of a USB drive is the connector. The titanium versions won't help if you knock the drive while inserted into a PC or laptop.
I actually bought two of these and one I use for documents and find U3 very useful. The second I got rid of U3 as I need it for just a basic drive. Removing U3 from the second drive was quite straight-forward.
Impressive! January 31, 2008
Brophski (United Kingdom)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I own a mac, and don't really use the software that came with it, so my review is for the pen drive alone.
I immediately thought that it might be a little fiddly, especially, since it is the smallest pen drive I have ever owned. The retractable USB socket also made me question if it would slide back in once the pressure is applied, which has been a raised concern in other reviews.
Overall I am impressed with the build quality, once fully extracted its incredibly hard to knock in, so if your like me and you have to reach over the back of your computer, stabbing away to find a USB connector, then you wont go far wrong.
It also had a nice cool orange light, which helps you know when its connected.
Also included is a little ring so you can put it on your keys, personally it looks a little flimsy , but the bar which it is connected to is really strong. Therefore, unless you snap your pen drive in half somehow I really doubt it would break. I don't personally keep mine on my key chain, I wouldn't risk it being knocked about all the time, but should you wish to, then I would probably change the key ring to a more sturdy one.
Due to the design of the pen drive there is also no cap to cover the connector. Some may argue this will cause dirt to enter the pen, but I've never had a problem. USB pens are not really the old delicate design they use to be, I've dropped this little things so much, yet it always works.
For the 14 including delivery I paid, its a bargain.
James.
Highly secure PC backups November 25, 2007
D. Rollinson (London United Kingdom)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I just bought the "Cruzer Micro U3 4GB Readyboost" (it's important to be specific as the models keep changing!). It's just a regular USB flash drive with two special features;
1) It's U3-enabled which means that when you plug it in, before it appears as "removable disk" in your explorer, it boots up a mini-operating system which shows as "U3 system" in your explorer with a CD icon (I think the reason it has CD icon is that it's emulating a CD-rom auto-boot, bit of a fudge). For me the nice thing about this is you can password-protect the whole device ("removable disk" doesn't show until you enter the password). Hint: if your PC has auto-boot for other devices disabled you can double-click launchu3.exe from the U3 system drive to make the removable disk icon appear. U3 also apparently allows you to run applications from the device but I don't really have a need for this.
2) It's bundled with free CruzerSync software (complete licence). This apparently used to be bundled only with the "titanium" series but now seems to be thrown in with the "micro" ones too. This software runs from the device and allows you to sync Outlook, Web browser and - most importantly - regular files. This means it's an effective way to back up your PC (as long as you don't have > 3.7GB or so of data). So what? You can do that without special software? Well, this allows you to "sync" (only backup the changes since last backup) and, crucially, it automatically encrypts all files with 128 bit AES (effectively unbreakable without military hardware) and the whole thing is password protected at a cruzersync profile level (in addition to the U3 device password). This means if you lose your device no-one can read the data - something the Inland Revenue may want to look into :-) The CruzerSync software is a bit clunky and not particularly intuitive but it does the job.
Other than that, it's just a regular USB flash drive. Doesn't seem quite as robust as my Buffalo device and I'm not entirely convinced by the sliding mechanism (moving parts tend to break eventually in my experience) but for the price you can't really complain. Oh and I've no idea what "readyboost" is - something for vista I think (I use XP Pro).
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