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Summary: Beware!
Review: I had the same problem with this that a previous reviewer did - This reader had worked fine with other Sandisk cards I had, then I purchased a 512mb SD card that worked wonderfully in the camera, but as soon as I put it in the Viking reader, it corrupted the files and formatted the disk so that the camera wouldn't read it anymore. After downloading and trying every type of file restore program I could find on the Net to restore the files, I finally had to give up, reformat the card (losing all the photos) threw this reader in the trash and purchased a SanDisk reader and have had no problems. I'm just grateful I only lost about 25 pictures and not the 200+ I just took in Europe. If you value your pictures, don't waste your money!
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Summary: cheap & large
Review: I purchased this reader in order to have 2 readers (the other reader was SimpleTech). The Viking reader is used with the desktop (XP) and the SimpleTech is used with the notebook (ME). The two readers together cost what one reader would if purchased in-store. I was surprised at how large the Viking was (about 2x as big as the SimpleTech). Storage is used basically to transfer files between computers. So far no problems. I purchased a 512mb Viking Compact Flash and it works without problems in both readers. I also use SmartMedia cards (8mb to 128mb) for digital camera, and there are no problems reading the disc in either the camera or the reader(s).Before, I was using the 250mb Iomega USB drive, plugging and unplugging - and getting error messages on the disc reading. The reader allows varying storage types and capacities to be read - making it the best solution for data storage and for transferring data between computers that do not have CD and/or DVD writers.
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Summary: Product did not work
Review: Tried to install on Windows xp. Product would only occassionaly read the memory card. In the end it created 4 different drive icons. Gave up and threw it away. Purchased another brand and it worked perfectly.
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Summary: Does Not Work With WINDOWS 98
Review: I purchased this product to use with a second laptop I use for work running on Windows 98. While the product literature claims it works with Windows 98, it DOES NOT! I have been in contact with the company for a period of over three months trying to just get it installed. I am sorry to say that I am disappointed in the customer support who obviously got tired of me and basically "washed their hands" of the case leaving me stuck with a product that I have no use of since it doesn't do what it is supposed to do--read memory on Windows 98 platform. In all fairness, I was able to get the product to read flash card memory on another laptop running Windows XP.
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Summary: The best solution in ONE
Review: This is simply the best reader around the market. This is is a 6 in 1 solution, I use smart media, SD and memory stick and never had a problem with this reader using XP Pro on my PC and laptop, so I don't get why the negative reviews.
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Summary: NEVER THINK OF IT !!
Review: I bought this product since I own three products using different card types. When It arrived I was shocked. It is so bulky. After inserting my SD card, it recognized, I could write data to the card no problem, but whenever the camera writes on the card, and I reinsert to read the data, it shows card corrupted !I tried formatting the card on the device and on the camera, no way
Although the MMC card uses the same slot, it works perfect.
As for the Smart media slot, it formatted the card in a way, that the camera does not recognize.. Now , I can use the card only as a PC mass storage , since the camera can not even format!!
The only slot with no problems so far is the compact flash one.
By the way, I tried another card, and another device at a friend with the same results.
The device does not come with any low level fomat utilities which leaves you helpless after corrupting your cards !!!
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Summary: Get the updated drivers
Review: I had some problems with this reader when using the drivers supplied by Viking. (Even the latest off their web site.) I then discovered that this is a repackaged Sitecom CN-300 reader. I went to the Sitecom site and downloaded newer drivers then Viking was supplying and the thing works much better now.
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Summary: Win XP Pro said my camera was broke
Review: Recently updated from win2k pro to win xp pro and my usb hookup Kodak DC3400 camera absolutely would not be read, it had worked perfectly in win98se and win2k pro. The serial cable (dead slow) would work.The 128 mb cf memory card was too big to download that slowly! My solution was the Viking IntelliFlash 6-in-1 USB Flash Memory Reader.It has worked very fast right out of the box no problems at all!
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Summary: Not recommended for a Smartcard
Review: Plugged in in, XP recognized it immediately. I put my Smartcard in the slot and it disappeared. I can still hear it when I shake the reader.
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Summary: Under Win2K / Great as Long as You Remember 2 Things
Review: This review is for Windows 2000. This is a great little device as long as you remember two things. 1. It likes to occupy the higher drive letters (like "d", "e", "f", & "g"). I had quite a few mapped drives that occupied those spots, and had to move them to lower letters for the device to show up. 2. When you delete off the card, you need to wait a little bit. It shows that it deleted the data very quickly off of windows Explorer, but it's actually taking a little longer to complete the deletion off of the card. I got around this by just reformatting the card each time I reinsert it back into my camera. Otherwise, it's great - it plays nice in Windows - I have tried hooking it up to my USB port directly or through a USB hub w/o any problems. There seems to be a lot of complaints for this device and I think it has to do with an over-expectation problem. These devices are largely kludgey by design, but at the crux of it, it works as it's supposed to - transfers data accurately w/o errors.
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