The Tests

The testbench is composed from the ASUS X55SV laptop, the one that I have used for all the Flash Drive tests I have done before and the operating system was Windows 7 x64.

The drive comes completely empty, formatted FAT32:



To determine the flash drive read speeds, I have used the HD Tune 2.55 utility, which is freeware:



Summary Graph (Read Performance)



To measure the real life performance, I have used the Total Commander application to copy to the flash drive and from the flash drive the same file and recorded the transfer speeds, when they have stabilized.

File Copy



File Read



Summary Graph(Real-life performance)



One of the optional applications you can download is OStoGo, which helps us transfer the Windows 7 kit from the original DVD to the flash drive and install it from there:



Another application that ADATA offers us to download is NIS 2010 OEM, the 60-day trial version:



UFDtoGo is another application that can be downloaded and has the following features:



The application can be started only if the USB Flash Drive is inserted; after the app is initialized, we can see its interface, with the menu on the left part:



One interesting feature that I have found when checking out this software is that you can use your Flash Drive to lock the computer you are working with, when you are away:



Another interesting feature is that we can password protect the data present on the flash drive:



If the device is lost, we can enter out personal information so the person that finds it would know where to look: