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Summary: Finally!
Review: With all the digicams I have, I've collected a lot of memory formats and quite a few card readers along the way. None were perfect and none were all that versatile. For example, my Viking combination SmartMedia & CompactFlash required being unplugged and then plugged in again before each use. It was also, as a USB 1.1 device, a tad slow. Recently I got the SanDisk 6-in-1 vertical reader and I have been 100% satisfied. I took it out of the pkg., plugged it directly into the USB 2.0 port, and it self-installed (on WinXP). No power plug is required. Then I opened my junk drawer and found 4 "mystery" cards: a SM32, a CF8, a MS8 & a MMC16 (I think these were all original equipment cards that were quickly replaced by larger ones). Only the CompactFlash 8 was blank. The others all yielded some fun, forgotten about pics that came up on the screen with no prompting whatsoever. Read speed was awesome. This SanDisk unit is a winner at a great price.
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Summary: Sandisk 6 in1 has it's limits
Review: I have tried it with a 512 Sandisk SD memory card. 1st on a win98SE laptop platform, & subsequently on a WinXP desktop w/ USB 2.0In both cases the process starts OK & then stall @ about 15 Second left when copying to the HD on the pc with files over 1MB.
The PC then locks up. In win98, a newer driver must be downloaded from Sandisk's website.
In Win Xp no driver required.
Each port shows up as a different drive letter to allow copying from one type card to another.
When the disc copy option is selected only options for other media in this device are listed, along with floppie ( Not HD's ).
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Summary: DONOT WASTE MONEY ON IT
Review: looks and Feel great, read 32M CF card and SD card is ok, but not read the 256M CF card. Try to get another brand now :(
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Summary: Works fine with XP Home on Pentium 2.4
Review: I plugged it into a free usb 2.0 port and 3 mins later it was ready to use. I have only tried it with a smartmedia card and it works well. I tried it with WIN 2000 SP 2 and no go, it really does have to be SP 3 or better to work with WIN 2000. I took 68 pics with my fuji 4800 today at 4MP resolution (interpolated), took out the smartmedia card and put it in the sandisk 6 in 1 for transfer... believe me it is very fast compared to making the transfer from my camera (at USB 1.1) Pics showed up almost instantly in Windows Explorer, seconds later I was slideshowing in Picasa!!. So far no complaints..it's fast and very mobile. It does what I want it to do. I'm a happy customer !
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Summary: I hope the store will take this one back ...
Review: I've had a [$$$]SD reader for some time but it's a USB 1.1 and even waiting for the folders to open was too long for me. I shopped (too quickly) for a 6 in 1 (now 8 in 1's out there) and picked up this SanDisk USB 2.0 reader. After taking a lot of pictures I couldn't wait to plug it in and ...wooosshhh... them onto my hard drive. No go ... I plugged it in and XP did its bit to auto-install the drivers and then told me that the drive was unavailable "J:\ refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer, ...". After some digging around I realized that Norton AV auto-protect disables the drive because it considers the SD card to be a boot drive - DISABLING NAV allows this card to work just fine thus far. So, it it NAV fault or SanDisk? - no idea but until I find out that all readers do this then I'll be trying to return this one. Now I'm off to remove drives H,I,J,K,L,M from my computer. If you don't have NAV auto-enabled then this card reader may be just the one for you. PK
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Summary: Sandisk 6 in1 has it's limits
Review: I have tried it with a 512 Sandisk SD memory card. 1st on a win98SE laptop platform, & subsequently on a WinXP desktop w/ USB 2.0 In both cases the process starts OK & then stall @ about 15 Second left when copying to the HD on the pc with files over 1MB.
The PC then locks up. In win98, a newer driver must be downloaded from Sandisk's website.
In Win Xp no driver required.
Each port shows up as a different drive letter to allow copying from one type card to another.
When the disc copy option is selected only options for other media in this device are listed, along with floppie ( Not HD's ).
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Summary: Quite good - just a bit delicate
Review: Very capable and suits all my needs - I had to replace it as my first failed as a result of bent internal conductors. But, I did replace it with another like - so I must like it.
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Summary: You Get What You Pay For
Review: I got one of these from a supplier other than Amazon. It does not work. It sometimes freezes my Windows 98 SE computer (admittedly a USB 1.1 that this is supposed to be backward compatible for). It does not read the cards properly. I thank the person who suggested disabling NAV, but that didn't work either. ...
Recommend against
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Summary: Hates Lexar, just like the other
Review: This unit is not working correctly with my Lexar 256 CF card and Mac OSX. Lots of corrupted data, and worse, it freezes up an OS that is nearly UNFREEZABLE! My mac stays running for weeks on end, but this little bugger will keep the finder in spinning beachballs. While I can use other apps fine, if I need to access a disk, that app will freeze too. Seems to hate the Lexar cards, which is not exceptable, because Lexar makes the only reliable memory cards on the market at the moment! I will be returning this to Circuit City tomorrow for another product. Shame I didn't read the reviews here first...
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Summary: Works great...
Review: Plugged it in (Windows XP Pro) and it has worked great. Used it with Compact Flash and MMC cards with zero problems (and zero setup). Quick and brainless to use.
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