Bootable Usb Flash Drive Linux Mint 19

For the money, this flash drive performs well. On my Linux Mint 19.1 system read speed was about 110 MB/s with write speed around 13 MB/sec. Comparable Silicon Power flash drives I have clock-in at reads of 111 MB/s and writes of only 8 MB/s, while a Lexar unit reads at 138 MB/s while writing at 9 MB/s. So overall a good performance and well suited to my sneaker net uses.

Perfect size for bootable flash drive

I use these mainly when I want to make bootable USBs for various flavors of Linux, but also for sharing files when internet transfer is not practical (it is true! Sometimes "the cloud" is impractical!) I have not noticed any slowdown in data transfer relative to other USB 2.0 drives. I keep them on a keychain-or rather, several keychains, as I can never seem to have enough of these small-capacity, compact drives. I wish the 16GB size were not special order. It is getting harder to find small USB keys, and it seems a waste of admittedly cheap space to use half to an eighth of a thumb drive that will only be used to boot from a modest-sized OS. Of course, instant gratification/shipping is not always absolutely necessary. I mean, theoretically. I suppose.

Great to use as an additional bootable OS drive (eg: Linux, Portable Apps, etc). Stays flush to the laptop's body. I do miss a little activity LED...

Plug and play on Linux Mint 21.1 . Throughput benchmark matched hard drive throughput maximum specifications.

I installed the drive in a old Mac Mini that has Linux Mint install. I did a disk copy to the new drive, replace the old drive. The drive works great and I was surprised at how much faster the drive works. It was a good buy, I recommend it.

I'm using the usb3 flash drive on a usb 2 hub and it is 19 times faster than my usb2 flash drive on the same port. Amazing. The best part is that it works with all my equipment as if it was usb2. No hassles.

I bought this for my linux mint pc. It was as easy to get working as plugging it in.

Small! Fast! Easy to grip and pull out! It makes a great bootable USB drive for Windows 10 installations. I bought 3. The other 2 are now Windows Recovery Sticks.

Works well with Linux Mint Mate 20 and so do all the Logitech combos since they use the same driver.