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Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors

From Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors
Date 2021-11-24 11:20 +0100
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deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@deloptes.org> wrote:

> I'm sure there are many ideas around, but I want to hear your opinion

> so there is one USB stick that I noticed started mocking about errors when
> booting off.
> I ran badblocks (without options) and then with -s -n and this produced a
> slightly different output.
> Is the output resulting from the options or is something really wrong with
> the USB

> Should I throw it away?

Yes.

When even the lowly and beyond-cheap flash controller of a USB stick
throws external errors, then it is time to just throw it away.

> If no should I try reformat it

No.

S!

-- 
Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

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what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@deloptes.org> - 2021-11-23 14:00 +0100
  Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2021-11-24 11:20 +0100
    Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-11-24 16:50 +0100
      Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-11-24 17:20 +0100
        Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-11-24 18:50 +0100
  Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-11-24 18:00 +0100
    Re: what to do with USB stick that gives badblocks errors Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2021-11-24 21:40 +0100

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