How to check if a usb flashdrive is legit

[TwilightLink]

Hello!

 

I recently bought a usb flashdrive (kingston) for what I thought it was a good price, after receiving it everything seemed fine until I checked the price on amazon to see the price difference (I know, should have done it before buying it) and I noticed it was like 10 dollars cheaper here (normally in my country prices on flashdrives are a little over 10-15 dollars more expensive that on the US).

That got me wondering if I didn't get a bootleg drive (the store is supposed to be good, I bought many hardware from them) so I wanted to know if there was a program that can check if the drive is legit. Looking arround I found a link to h2testw (https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/H2testw.shtml) in an old forum post here, has anyone ever used that? That page seems kinda suspicious to me.

 

EDIT: forgot to mention, according to kinsgton the max write speed is 15MB/s but according to windows i can reach about 75MB/S

EDIT 2: according to the kinston page, it doesn't have any of the technology that it can be used to identify fakes

 

Thanks for all the answers!

Edited May 4, 2021 by TwilightLink
Added some more info

[JamesTheFolf]

8 minutes ago, TwilightLink said:

Hello!

 

I recently bought a usb flashdrive (kingston) for what I thought it was a good price, after receiving it everything seemed fine until I checked the price on amazon to see the price difference (I know, should have done it before buying it) and I noticed it was like 10 dollars cheaper here (normally in my country prices on flashdrives are a little over 10-15 dollars more expensive that on the US).

That got me wondering if I didn't get a bootleg drive (the store is supposed to be good, I bought many hardware from them) so I wanted to know if there was a program that can check if the drive is legit. Looking arround I found a link to h2testw (https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/H2testw.shtml) in an old forum post here, has anyone ever used that? That page seems kinda suspicious to me.

 

EDIT: forgot to mention, according to kinsgton the mas write speed is 15MB/s but according to windows i can reach about 75MB/s

 

Thanks for all the answers!

I'd recommend checking this out:

https://www.kingston.com/unitedstates/us/support/product-verification

[TwilightLink]

Just now, jrhaberland said:

I'd recommend checking this out:

https://www.kingston.com/unitedstates/us/support/product-verification

Thanks for the answer! Unfortunately, my drive doesn't have any of those technologies according to that page, so I need to use a program to check it.

[JamesTheFolf]

3 minutes ago, TwilightLink said:

Thanks for the answer! Unfortunately, my drive doesn't have any of those technologies according to that page, so I need to use a program to check it.

Sorry, I wasn't much help. I hope someone else can help you :3

[TwilightLink]

Just now, jrhaberland said:

Sorry, I wasn't much help. I hope someone else can help you.

No problem! It's the thought that counts.

[danny_the_lion]

29 minutes ago, TwilightLink said:

Hello!

 

I recently bought a usb flashdrive (kingston) for what I thought it was a good price, after receiving it everything seemed fine until I checked the price on amazon to see the price difference (I know, should have done it before buying it) and I noticed it was like 10 dollars cheaper here (normally in my country prices on flashdrives are a little over 10-15 dollars more expensive that on the US).

That got me wondering if I didn't get a bootleg drive (the store is supposed to be good, I bought many hardware from them) so I wanted to know if there was a program that can check if the drive is legit. Looking arround I found a link to h2testw (https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/H2testw.shtml) in an old forum post here, has anyone ever used that? That page seems kinda suspicious to me.

 

EDIT: forgot to mention, according to kinsgton the mas write speed is 15MB/s but according to windows i can reach about 75MB/s

 

Thanks for all the answers!

what kingston drive it suppose to be?

[TwilightLink]

2 minutes ago, danny_the_lion said:

what kingston drive it suppose to be?

It's a data traveler 128gb with usb c, windows does recognze it as 115gb and when I went to disk manager, it showed 64mb of unallocated space in the drive appart from the 115gb.

[danny_the_lion]

9 minutes ago, TwilightLink said:

It's a data traveler 128gb with usb c, windows does recognze it as 115gb and when I went to disk manager, it showed 64mb of unallocated space in the drive appart from the 115gb.

does it look anything like this?

 

https://www.kingston.com/unitedkingdom/en/usb-flash-drives/datatraveler-70-usb-c-flash-drive

or this

https://www.kingston.com/unitedkingdom/en/usb-flash-drives/data-traveler-80-usb-c-flash-drive

[TwilightLink]

3 minutes ago, danny_the_lion said:

does it look anything like this?

 

https://www.kingston.com/unitedkingdom/en/usb-flash-drives/datatraveler-70-usb-c-flash-drive

or this

https://www.kingston.com/unitedkingdom/en/usb-flash-drives/data-traveler-80-usb-c-flash-drive

None of those, it's one with usb a on the other side, one of the little ones, microduo something (don't have access to it right now)

Why is the model important if I may ask?

[danny_the_lion]

2 minutes ago, TwilightLink said:

None of those, it's one with usb a on the other side, one of the little ones, microduo something (don't have access to it right now)

Why is the model important if I may ask?

the model will help determine whether its meant to have verify logo or colour shift full model id would help.

[TwilightLink]

4 minutes ago, danny_the_lion said:

the model will help determine whether its meant to have verify logo or colour shift full model id would help.

Thanks! I already checked if it has it (the kingston page says both microduo doesn't have phamtom technology or color shift). That's why I was looking for a program or somehow on windows to check

Edited May 4, 2021 by TwilightLink

[danny_the_lion]

8 minutes ago, TwilightLink said:

Thanks! I already checked if it has it (the kingston page says microduo doesn't have phamtom technology or color shift). That's why I was looking for a program or somehow on windows to check

Np you can try this app to get full info of a usb flash drive it may help you determine if its legit or not best i can offer hope it helps.

 

https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Flash-Drive-Information-Extractor.shtml

[TwilightLink]

41 minutes ago, danny_the_lion said:

Np you can try this app to get full info of a usb flash drive it may help you determine if its legit or not best i can offer hope it helps.

 

https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Flash-Drive-Information-Extractor.shtml

Thanks! When I'm free I will check that out. I hope it's not fake (this store is supossed to be a Kingston reseller according to the official kingston page).