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Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
2:51 PM EST 2/9/05
I know their have been a lot of discussions about the jump drives. I was curious if anyone could share theirs with us?
We have several new HP's with XP running the PAC tool and from my experience the jump drives plug in, work, and remove with no issue.
I have not tried on any of our remaining Gates/Gateway/2k machines.
Any advice for both?
Thanks,
Chad
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
12:57 PM EST 2/16/05
as a reply to Chad Eller.
Chad:
There has been several threads on this topic, most of which I think were under USB drives. I did a Search the Forum with USB drives in All Categories and got 59 hits.
We have used USB drives in our public library for about a year and have had no problems whatsoever. I use one exclusively to backup my staff computer and have several downloads on it to use on PACs because with the Gates computers there are two USB ports on the front next to the floppy drive.
Bobbie
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
8:15 PM EST 2/17/05
as a reply to Bobbie Chapman.
one question: is there a difference between usb drives and jump drives?
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
8:57 AM EST 2/18/05
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
The two terms are often used interchangably; however, a usb drive could be any drive that plugs into a USB port, including external hard drives. A jump drive, on the other hand, usually refers to those little "dongles" that people carry around with them on their keychains. I suppose that it is similar to the brand name Kleenex often being used to refer to any brand of tissue.
That being said, whenever I hear someone use the term USB drive or jump drive, I usually think of the same thing.
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
12:40 PM EST 2/18/05
as a reply to Wendell Gragg.
In that case, chad - you might want to check out these articles:
The Future of Storage for Patrons?
http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=7756
Securing USB flash drives on Public Access Computers
http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=8896
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
5:03 PM EST 3/28/05
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
At the Computers in Libraries conference, floppies were being tossed around like Frisbees to emphasize the point that they are a totally dead technology. The new cool storage alternative is the keychain-sized jump drive. All that storage in such a tiny package! (See the attached photo, but don't take it as a product endorsement --it's just an illustration.) Most of the conference speakers had their slides and other important files backed up on the highly portable, packable jump drives. The word is: don't leave home without one.
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
5:40 PM EST 3/28/05
as a reply to Betha Gutsche.
We have had no problems allowing patrons to use jump drives. In fact, I encourage regulars who are working on complicated documents or who carry around many disks to get jump drives. I will help them transfer their files to the jump since we have "My Computer" blocked on the public computers.
Bonnie Lease
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
11:39 AM EST 3/31/05
as a reply to Bobbie Chapman.
Bobbie,
I have been trying to get our Gates computers to recognize a jump drive, camera, etc..however I cannot get the G drive to show as a choice.
I tried the instructions that were available on PAComputing, however, they didn't work.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Lois
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
2:10 PM EST 4/1/05
as a reply to Chad Eller.
I'm curious about the different terms that are used for what I think of as "USB flash drives". I've heard the terms "keychain drive" and "USB stick" used, and Wikipedia.org seems to prefer "keydrive".
Is "jump drive" the preferred term, at least in the WJ community?
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
2:48 PM EDT 4/19/05
as a reply to Jeff Hall.
Hey "oldjoe" - it seems that either term will do the trick, but 'jump drive' might indicate more storage than a 'flash drive'.
What has been your experience with these terms?
I wonder if we need to update our articles so that both terms are indicated (and people can find them when they search)?
BTW: where ya from, oldjoe?
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
11:55 AM EDT 4/21/05
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
I'm used to hearing them referred to as "flash drives" or "USB flash drives". However, I recently relocated from the East Coast to the West, so it might be one of those regional things, like "soda" versus "pop".
It's kind of cool to think that there might be regional variations in high-tech terminology. Perhaps this explains George Bush and his "Internets"? Back on the East Coast we just had the one "Internet".
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
2:51 PM EDT 4/21/05
as a reply to Jeff Hall.
LOL. (And I heard that Al Gore invented it.  ) So, you're in the West? Me too. Seattle. Where are you?
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
2:53 PM EDT 4/21/05
as a reply to Jeff Hall.
Personally I prefer 'flash drive' as well because it is the most specific and descriptive of the particular technology.
Most of the other names are either brand names, or could be describing different types of drives. A 'USB drive' can be an external hard drive. Of course in another sense, especially for discussions about library patron use, the USB connection is probably more important than the media the device uses. Whether it is flash memory, hard drive, writeable CD/DVD, zip or even floppy, they all raise the same issues and have the same potential for abuse.
I do just really wish a standard name for flash drives had caught on from the start.
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
1:15 PM EDT 4/28/05
as a reply to Lois BLythe.
Lois:
I don't know why the instructions didn't work....did you disable centurion guard first so the change would "take"? I just followed the directions and the extra drives were enabled. Maybe DaleM will chime in with his wisdom.
Bobbie
P.S. Our patrons continue to enjoy using flash drives as the floppy drives on our Gates are giving out or have that Gates floppy problem of wanting to format every disc.
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
2:52 PM EDT 4/28/05
as a reply to Bobbie Chapman.
Are all jumpdrives HOT pluggable ? or is it the case, that some you will need to use the Eject icon in the systray on W2K or XP ? Anyone ?
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
3:16 PM EDT 4/28/05
as a reply to Thad Guidry.
USB, by nature, is a hot swappable technology. When it comes to USB storage devices, it is best to use the "Safe to Remove Hardware" icon. XP uses caching on storage devices and it needs to make sure that there is no data in cache that has not been written back to the device.
I've never had a problem with just pulling it on the few occasions I accidentally did that, but there is a potential. It is probably more critical on USB hard drives.
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
4:51 PM EDT 4/29/05
as a reply to Thad Guidry.
Basically, with 2K, you should use the icon, but with XP you can just unplug. Notice that 2K will pop up a warning if you simply unplug, but XP does not.
Of course, just the same as using a floppy, if you unplug in the middle of saving, you will have a problem, but all the flash drives I've seen have an led (again, just like a floppy drive) so you can tell if it is reading or writing.
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
4:54 PM EDT 4/29/05
as a reply to Lois BLythe.
Yes, sorry I missed this post originally.
Lois, if you are still around, can you give any more details? What state are you in and what OS?
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
7:15 PM EDT 5/19/06
as a reply to Betha Gutsche.
Jump drives come in many colors, formats and styles. They are also becoming a fashion statement, especially in Japan. Just for some fun, here is a pretty funny post on the Top 10 Weirdest USB Drives ever:
http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-usb-drives-ever/
I like the sushi drive!
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Re: Jump Drive Experiences - - - Please Share
7:47 PM EDT 5/19/06
as a reply to Janie Hermann.
Ha! These are too much!! I'll take the USB Shrimp. USB Barbie is just way over the top loaded with socio-/psycho-/ and other implications that I wouldn't know how to begin to handle one of those. This is a treat on a Friday afternoon.
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