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Average customer rating: 2.0

Poor physical design
bitter sweet electronic lemon
Fine at first and then....
Horrible Product
DO NOT BUY THE MICRO VAULT PRODUCT!

Sony 256 MB USB 2.0 Micro Vault

Manufacturer: Sony
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00007E8BE

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Product Description

Storing, sharing and transporting data has never been easier than with Micro Vault USB Storage Media. Micro Vault media plugs directly into the computer's USB port and acts just like another drive. There are no cables or adaptors needed, no power cord and no driver software to install. It's compatible with both Mac OS and Windows operating systems, and even comes with software that password protects the contents of the device. Micro Vault media is perfect for sharing PowerPoint presentations, digital photos, MPEG video and MP3s, transporting files between work and home, or sharing files with friends and colleagues.

Customer Reviews:

Poor physical design.......2004-10-30

We purchased five Sony 256 MB USB 2.0 Micro Vault flash drives and of the five, two have broken cases. Both broke in the same place lending us to believe that the case is weak. Both cracked right in the middle of the drive where the plastic neck piece is glued to the wider bottom.

We will try to see if we can get a replacement drive as these drives were only purchased on 3/30/04 but who knows if they will give a replacement as their warranty only states that they will replace it for the "normal life" of the drive.

bitter sweet electronic lemon.......2004-06-02

Yes, it works with XP and true to its USB 2.0 heritage it is fast too, however...

It's big and bulky so its only reasonable to keep it like lose change in your pocket, but then, by 30 days it will have cracked it in two.

Oh yes, the design is really slick but the cover does not reattach once removed, so put that in the bin since you are going to lose it anyhow.

And on a cold winters night what better thing to keep you warm than a SONY micro vault, yes sir, this device is gona get hot and suck the life from your laptop battery.

Not designed for keyrings (not that any other flash drive is either).

Fine at first and then...........2004-04-25

I used this thumb drive, provided by work, after working with a smaller (64mb) fujifilm one I had purchased myself. I was amazed by the untility of the thumb drive concept and thought a larger one would only be better. Retiring the fujifilm I transferred all of my files to the Sony. It functioned perfectly for several months leading me into a false sense of security. Until...

One day at work the drive would not recognize as it should on a laptop. I tried it out on my workstation and it still seemed fine, big sigh of relief. I brought it home that night and plugged it into laptop and got an install screen for a security device. I tried installing it but with no success, and now it doesn't function on any computer. It seems that something internal to the drive had set the entire drive as a security device. I tried every thing I could find, eventually installing drivers from the original manufacturer(not sony as labeled, prolific technology makes it) Apparently there is a fix that involves reformatting the entire drive, but it's not a simple process. I just left it as trash and moved back to the fuji. All of the files are gone and not recoverable, including the latest draft of my grad school thesis.

Horrible Product.......2004-02-21

It decides to mount as a security device. Not as a drive. Sony offer absolutely no help in fixing this problem. They are not accesible and could care less about this problem. Sony has shamed themselves with this product and disregard for those of us needing to resolve the issue.

I now have an $80 stick that doesnot function and no way to fix it.

DO NOT BUY THE MICRO VAULT PRODUCT!.......2003-10-24

THIS IS A HORRIBLE DEVICE. IT IS NOT USB 2.0 COMPLIANT. IT IS VERY VERY SLOW. I TRIED EVERYTHING!

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