Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: David Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Can I only put one .iso file on a flashdrive Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:34:11 +0000 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net cUfPKzE1p3tp6YULyH5AdQaoE3SXl1U6y5rrwV5vWCVRk2LuDR Cancel-Lock: sha1:uAgauULL08eyq9BuNjQihf2+k/U= sha256:GeMqeisEsYQ8FaguUmXJqV3jo/B/Dz9cPkQ1RPY9byQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:181759 On 27/01/2025 08:00, Ant wrote: > David wrote: >> On 26/01/2025 16:00, Frank Slootweg wrote: >>> David wrote: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> In the bottom of my 'box of bits' I still have this (working!) device:- >>>> https://icecat.co.uk/en/p/buffalo/ruf-c512m-u2-4/usb+flash+drives-usb+flash+blue+512mb-834254.html >>>> >>>> At the time of purchase, it cost me 'an arm and a leg'! >>> >>> I also still have one of those, a 512MB SanDisk cruzer micro with nice >>> coloured covers (for the stick and the connector) in a small plastic >>> box. It is still used as a 'Rescue media' stick for Macrium Reflect >>> image backups. Probably still have the (paper) invoice somewhere, but as >>> I still have both arms annd legs, I can't be bothered to check what it >>> cost! :-) > >> Haha! Thanks for responding, Frank! > >>> The next bigger one is 2GB, also a SanDisk cruzer micro, same size, so >>> I can use the same covers. > >> My 'best' thumb drive is also a SanDisk 'Cruzer Edge' 32 GB but it's >> amazing what one can buy nowadays at very modest cost. > > Too bad they can be very slow and don't last long compared to the very old USB flash sticks. How do you know this to be true, Ant?!! > My 128 MB SanDisk Cruzer flash drive still work today! :O That is GOOD news, but it cannot hold a 2GB file! ;-)