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Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue

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On Wed, 09 May 2012 22:18:04 +0200, Jeroen Mostert
<jmostert@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>On 2012-05-09 21:50, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> On Wed, 09 May 2012 20:44:18 +0200, Jeroen Mostert
>> <jmostert@xs4all.nl>  wrote:
>>
><snip>
>>>>        I download them to my XP system.  Anything that I want on my 7
>>>> system, I copy to a memory stick and from there to the 7 system.
>>>>
>>> If only there was some way to have computers exchange data without using
>>> storage media. A sort of "network", if you will. :-)
>>
>>       Sure.  I could easily connect the two of them.  They are already
>> connected to the same router.  A bit of software configuration and my
>> 7 system will able to trash my main system!  That is not something I
>> want.  I prefer the separation.
>>
>Then don't shuttle executable data between them?

     No, that would not prevent me from a typing error hitting the
wrong drive and targetting the wrong system.

>I do get your point, but this seems either overly paranoid or not paranoid 
>enough. I would have to stop and think to "trash" one system with another 
>over a network connection. I wouldn't be worried about this happening 
>spontaneously. I'd think disconnecting after the copy is sufficient -- this 
>is no more dangerous than ferrying in code from the Internet in the first place.

     I do not want to have to connect, etc.  Mounting a memory stick
is simple.

[snip]

>There are a Windows XP machine and a memory stick in existence that together 
>seem to corrupt large files. Check. I did indeed not know that. People who 
>want to replicate your exact scenario without corruption should... I don't 
>know, use DVD-Rs instead, I suppose.
>
>You can relax now, I'm just teasing you. :-) Maybe this will indeed be of 
>use to someone, how should I know.

     Well, given the amount of trouble I have had with SQL Server
installations and that others have had troubles, too, this is a
heads-up for them.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Memory Stick Reliability Issue Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-09 10:37 -0700
  Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue Jeroen Mostert <jmostert@xs4all.nl> - 2012-05-09 20:44 +0200
    Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-09 12:50 -0700
      Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue Jeroen Mostert <jmostert@xs4all.nl> - 2012-05-09 22:18 +0200
        Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-09 13:31 -0700
  Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2012-05-09 13:59 -0600
    Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-09 13:35 -0700
      Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2012-05-09 21:42 -0600
  Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue Philipp Post <post.philipp@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-25 06:32 -0700
    Re: Memory Stick Reliability Issue rja.carnegie@gmail.com - 2012-07-02 03:53 -0700

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