Card reader

I have not purchased this model (Kingston DT 310/ 256 GB USB 2.0 flash drive), but I own about 25 assorted USB flash drives (4GB to 64GB; and 50 more since my first 64 MB model ca. 1998), several purchased from Amazon, and have yet to be burned or scammed. I offer the following as a help to anyone shopping here or elsewhere for a high-capacity flash drive.

*Between 10% & 25% of all flash drives larger than 64GB (and some of the 64s as well) sold on the web (Amazon included) turn out to be counterfeits of smaller size. Counterfeiters are very sophisticated, turning out very professional looking packaging (including supposed tamper-proof 'blister' packages), and modifying the screening/printing on the drives themselves. These percentages are even higher from sources like eBay, and from Hong Kong and China-based vendors. The BBB and your state's Atty. Gen'l. can't help you there, and the seller will simply change names after being kicked off.

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I ordered this item. I immediately had problems copying photographs--it would copy the folder but not the file. After a couple of attempts the drive does not work at all. I was sold expensive junk. I'm almost certain it's fake as there is no serial number. It was sold to me through amazon by "Fantastic Deal."

When you get your drive open the cap and if there is a serial number then it is is real by KINGSTON otherwise it is a counterfeit. The basic difference between the two models are that with the Kingston one you can have NTFS format which is in VISTA, 7, and so on. Whereas with the counterfeits you can only obtain FAT format. The result, if you use it on the recent computers it will start working and then stop in the middle. Beware what you are getiing!