| Eliminate need for floppy diskettes |
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| Drive fits in same space as existing standard 3.5" floppy drive |
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| Store multiple floppy disk files on one thumb drive (100) |
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Store only 1.44MB on entire thumb drive |
| No special formatting of thumb drive |
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Reformat thumb drive with special software |
Reformat thumb drive with special software |
| No wasted space on thumb drive |
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Waste all but 144MB on thumb drive |
Waste all but 1.44MB on thumb drive |
| Use thumb drive for floppy replacement and for normal use |
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Only can use thumb drive as floppy disks |
Only can use thumb drive as single floppy disk |
| No special software required for formatting or using on PC |
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Special software necessary to format and read partitions |
Special formatting software required |
| Use thumb drive on any computer with USB ports, including Mac |
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Must run special software to access multiple floppy disk files |
May require special software to access files |
| Use of free utility software is optional |
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Must use special software to format and access thumb drive |
Must use special software to format and access thumb drive |
| Use any off-the-shelf thumb drive right out of the package |
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Standard thumb drive must be reformatted |
Standard thumb drive must be reformatted |
| Easily share files between floppy drive thumb drive and normal PC |
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Cannot access free space on thumb drive |
Cannot access free space on thumb drive |
| Free utility software is lightweight with no installation needed |
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Utility software controls USB port and file system |
Utility software controls USB port and file system |