Xtra-PC Reviews 224

Rubbish, you can do it for free with a little research, cannot use windows programs with it, the scam ad's are so bullsh** bad that they are funny especially the guy holding up a optical drive and not a HD as he states, and the guy who gets the Boot list up and says well thats fast, that part is nothing to do with Xtra pc or the usb stick, LOL

Ordered Xtra-PC several months ago. On reading info that came with it I decided it was not right for my computer. Took a long time but finally was notified method of return. Sent it back. About 35 days ago I received email stating my refund processed but could take up to 30 days. As of yet (34 days) no refund ! Their Colorado phone # is actually an Arkansas # that has been disconnected or no longer in service. Tried to use their online chat - No response. AND - No help from Master Card. With taxes & shipping I guess I lost $64 and some odd cents. STAY AWAY FROM THESE CROOKS !!!!

After reading all the reviews, I will definitely not be buying something that doesn’t actually work. Sounds like a massive scam. Shame they are allowed to advertise.

The worst thing I ever bought they don't deserve not even a one star

It’s an absolute scam, they use a free Linux operating system and just add their branding. They just charge you double for a sandisk flash drive with a sticker on it.

I bought this after my PC was ded, and my stupid dog was angry at me.
This USB-Stick did not work at all, but it was a great dog killer.
Thanks homies

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Agreed. I bought two of them. One mac, one windows.

Outrageous scam and I got fooled. Forget about tech support. I was online with their useless 'chat support' and they don't help you. All they do is send you a link to a set of instructions.

Avoid.

Complete waste of money. Product does not work and no customer service communication when trying to return the faulty product.

One star for a misleading add.
This is a Linux operation system that runs from the usb drive.
And if you like it, their is an option to completely wipe your hard drive and install it permanently.
This is what is called a live cd/usb OS
This is only good for older pcs/laptops
You can get the cd versions of them.
I use it to access the pc or laptops hard drive and to check if hardware is faulty or has viruses in it.
What people don’t realise is that you can only use apps that is compatible with the Linux system.
You won’t be able to load or run windows or Mac programs.

Du kan downloade softwareen gratis på nettet og stikket koster 25 kr

Not as advertised. Difficult to load. Did NOT SPEED UP my computer, and reformatted my desktop to look like a cartoon. Bought 2, sent them back. S U C K S

After reading the previous buyers of your product I have changed my mind about purchasing this product. I thank you all for your rating and saving me and many others future buyers from this product

Thanks for your honest reviews. Shame on YOUTUBE for advertizing garbage like this. I been scammed several times on the internet with products or the sellers offereng money back gaurentee. That don't mean diddly wink. Ive sent merchandise back to sellers even thru paypal..and been scammed

Don't waste your money when one can accomplish/acquire the same OS (Linux) on a stick for free. I have done it many times. The commercial is rather misleading. The alleged hard drive in the ad isn't really a hard drive. It's actually a optical (CD/DVD) drive. The only reason to boot up a OS on a stick is if one wanted to try out (Take a look at) an alternative OS prior to actually installing that same OS onto a hard drive to actually use it.

I got this for my old tosiba laptop. I loaded it with not too much trouble, and it did work faster. However, when I re-started my laptop, the old software was back! I did this several times and everytime my compter is turned on it resorts back to the orginal software.

Thanks to all the reviewers that told me to save my money. Also Walter Fednyak (or whatever) should get a better translation software. The mistakes are typical Chinese to English mistakes in grammar.

Mine works ok.
The knack is to interrupt the boot-up as soon as your computer name pops up by pressing esc or F8 or whatever opens your 'boot from' screen.
From the list choose Sandisk. After a while the Xtra-PC desk top page appears once you've done the initial set-up.
One thing I found though was that I needed to plug in a wired keyboard instead of my wireless one in order to arrow down to the Sandisk option and press return.
Basically it is Linux instead of Windows of course but it can access your computer's usb ports, CD drive, wifi, audio, Bluetooth and keyboard. It is better than a dead, dying or old Windows OS.
In that sense it actually does make an old computer work again.
But then my main computer is a Mac so I only use Xtra PC on my hitherto discarded laptop for streaming BBC iplayer TV or playing audio files etc..

This a piece of junk. It does open automatic as it claims. In fact it does not open at all. Waste of money!!!!!