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Review on AUV128-16G-RBY ADATA UV128 16GB USB πŸ“€ 3.0 Flash Drive, Yellow - Retractable & Capless by Jason Chaplain

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great flash drive for the price but has caveats

First of all I don't want this review to be all about what's wrong with this flash drive so I'll start with the positives aspects. For the price, this flash drive works well, very well. While I haven't personally delivered read and write speeds like other reviewers, this flash drive is more than capable of everyday use for general tasks. Well, one disappointing aspect of this flash drive is that for some weird reason it doesn't support booting from USB. I've tried booting my computer from various live USB images of different Linux distributions, but every time I tried I just got a black screen and couldn't boot from the USB. Tried different flash drives and other flash drives worked. I then concluded that the problem was not with my computer but with the ADATA flash drive. This isn't a big deal as most ISOs of the Linux distros I use are less than 2GB and my other flash drives should suffice. However, in cases where the Linux distribution ISO is larger than 2GB, the ADATA flash drive will not boot from the USB drive. Aside from that minor issue (which most people probably won't use their flash drives for), it's a solid flash. Drive. Personally, I would only recommend this if a person doesn't want to use this ADATA stick as a live USB. Aside from not being able to use it as a live USB in my case, it's once again a full flash drive.

Pros
  • Worth the money
Cons
  • It's ok