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by jobaby 07 Nov 2012 ( edited Nov 08'12 03:27 )
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Question. A flash drive came with my new Viking Diamond; when asked abut purchasing a second one our dealer said one costs $100.00 from Viking so he doesn't carry them and to get a good quality one at an office supply. What is GOOD QUALITY? Anxious to hear from those with experience.

Thanks.

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by pcteddyb 07 Nov 2012
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I would suggest a brand name drive - like Pony, Kingston, Lexar, SanDisk - I would avoid one that is really cheap - they are generally of-fbrand and may or may not keep working for you.
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by cherylgauteng 07 Nov 2012
agree !
by jobaby 07 Nov 2012
Thank you.
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by dragonflyer 07 Nov 2012
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I recommend SanDisk...I think they are the best.
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by jobaby 07 Nov 2012
Thanks
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by sdrise 07 Nov 2012
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Any Flash drives would work fine. I use pny, Sandisk, or the office supply brand ones . I buy what is on sale and they are fine. Suzanne
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by jobaby 07 Nov 2012
Thanks
by sewdoctor 08 Nov 2012
Me too
by rsehorse 08 Nov 2012
I agree. I use scan disk . My machine (Brother) says not to put over 200 designs on it.
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by rachap 07 Nov 2012
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I would add, if you are just using it with your machine try to get one that is not too many Gigga Bytes. With my viking I find that about 1GB is the largest it likes-something aout searching for the designs. Mostly now the bigger the better so you may have to look but if you can find a 512 or256 MB they hold lots of designs and I don't get any error messages.
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by jobaby 07 Nov 2012
Sounds like good advice, but, I haven't seen any that small except for the one from Vivking. Perhaps I am not looking in the right places.
by sandyqueen 08 Nov 2012
I got mine on EBay.
Sandy
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by 02kar 07 Nov 2012
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It is hard to find flash drives less than a gigabyte. So be sure not to load too many designs on the flash drive. Too many designs will overload the machine's computer. Also, try not to expose the flash drive to the internet. Flash drives can pick up viruses from the internet that can interfere with your machine's computer.
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by jobaby 08 Nov 2012
Thank you. There is so much to learn. The Designer 1 wasn't nearly so complicated.
by rsehorse 08 Nov 2012
Good info to know. Thanks for sharing. Susan
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by snowbird42 08 Nov 2012
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you havre some good advice and i personally think $100 is outreagous i use Lexar 8 gig and dthey work fine bought mine on sepcial for aus $9 so you can see why i tghink $100 is a bit high...soozie