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| From | ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage |
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| Date | 2016-10-19 17:50 -0500 |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I think, for the industry, flash drives are seen as the new floppy. It
> >> > doesn¹t much matter who you go with, they¹re all built to be
> >> > essentially
> >> > disposable.
> >> >
> >> > That said, though, they all seem to come with a 2+ year warranty, so
> >> > you¹d be getting some nifty free refreshes if you¹re seeing failures
> >> > every year. Personally, I just buy the MicroCenter store brand in
> >> > whatever size $10 will get me, and it generally lasts until at least
> >> > the warranty runs out. It¹s not a huge expense, so I don¹t worry
> >> > too much about it.
> >
> >> USB flash drives (thumb drive, keyring drives, pen drives, memory
> >> sticks, whatever else you want to call them) and SSDs do have a limited
> >> lifespan measured in the number of write cycles ... so using them
> >> continuously (e.g. as an OS boot drive with things like virtual memory
> >> going) as Ant said can be a bit silly and cause them to "wear out" much
> >> sooner than simply using them to store files on for backup or
> >> transport.
> >> https://www.techwalla.com/articles/life-expectancy-of-a-usb-flash-drive
> >> http://www.storagecraft.com/blog/data-storage-lifespan/
> >> http://www.flashbay.co.nz/blog/usb-life-expectancy
> >
> > The weird part is that I was still installing mac OS Sierra v10.12
> > on these two old USB flash drives. Is that too much already?
> Yeah, much more likely that it was that that killed them.
Too much writing from it? It didn't even finish installing and booting!
I know those USB flash drives were hot to touch. :/
> > I only wanted to install and use the OS for quick tests like those
> > bootable read only live discs for OSes. :( In the past, I used these
> > USB flsah drives to copy all kinds of files (giant sizes too) to use
> > between various computers.
> > I love flash drives for being super tiny and light to stick into my
> > wallet to carry easily! Argh.
> Yeah, very convenient for some situations like that and moving
> movies around like I do.
That is what I wanted to and yet they die on me. Argh!!!!!
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Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-20 15:02 -0500
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 20:08 +0000
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 05:09 +1100
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-18 16:48 -0500
Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-19 13:32 +1300
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Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-18 21:30 -0500
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Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2016-10-24 16:11 -0700
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