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Re: Cheap USB flash drives -- (was Re: USB Flash Drive Tester)

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject	Re: Cheap USB flash drives -- (was Re: USB Flash Drive Tester)
Date	2016-02-18 01:19 +0000
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Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>>>> I think I have a somewhat new 2 GB USB flash 
>>>>> drive that is getting corrupted FAT32 files and need to know if it is a 
>>>>> bad drive or not. Mac OS X's Disk Utility and Windows' chkdsk tools had 
>>>>> to repair them and found tons of corruptions. :(
> 
>>>> Stop purchasing crappy cheap-o USB flash sticks. ; )
> 
>>> Actually, it was free from Vizio. I guess they used cheap stuff! :/ 
>>> Anyways, I found my local copy though. I ran its test and no problems. 
>>> Weird. I formatted it and will try again later.
> 
>> FYI since I'm playing with it for curiousity and fun. I finally got 
>> results (e.g., multiple computers and their OSes not seeing the drive, 
>> Flash Drive/Card Tester v1.14 showing errors in its tests: 
>> http://pastebin.ca/3375304 ... I find it interesting that it is not 
>> always reproducable. Sometimes it is perfectly fine, but other times it 
>> is just bad. :/
> 
> Oh, I forgot to mention these observations as well:
> 
> 1. Wiggling it in USB ports makes the media go away. I checked the 
> flash drive and it seems secured. Maybe the inside is lose? My other 
> drives don't do this like my very old 128 MB Sandisk Cruzer drive. :P
> 
> 2. On its cover cap, there is a tiny circular sticker showing CE(logo as 
> shown in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marking ) FCC(logo as shown in 
> https://transition.fcc.gov/files/logos/fcc-logo_black-on-white.jpg ) 
> RoHS (http://www.rohsguide.com/ ). China. No other interesting details 
> like from Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s system information's storage 
> information (generic -- brand name or anything).
> 
> Those sounds cheap, eh? ;) Speaking of cheap, how does one know if they 
> are quality cheap or good? Is there an easy way?
> 
> For kicks, I e-mailed Vizio about it. They know nothing about it. Haha.

A quick web search for CFGear shows they are a cheap promotional flash
drive supplier, advertising "put your own logo" flash products and often
giving away samples for free. Is that not enough of a hint? ; )

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JR

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