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I hate thumb drives!
ChadTower:
I haven't had any die yet but I've had a few that just didn't like certain machines or certain usb hubs.
xmenxmen:
In the past I have had a few die on me. The batches I have gotten in the last 2 years or recently seems to last longer and still going...
Try buying something newer and smaller (aka parts are snag tight).
JeepMonkey:
I have been using the same Dell jump drive for the last 3-4 years. Lots of reads and writes, never "removed safely", and it has been through the washer and dryer twice.
Still works as good as the day I got it.
boykster:
Heck, I've washed a copule and they still work fine....
:dunno
Zero_Hour:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 21, 2007, 09:33:22 am ---
Heh, so familiar. When I was in college it was Zip drives everyone complained about. Seemed every semester I'd have 2-3 zip disks go dead on me for no reason and complicate getting projects in on time.
--- End quote ---
It was always the dreaded "Click of Death" with Zip disk problems I encountered. The drive heads would actually crash into the platter and physically damage the disk, and then, in a worst case scenario, that damaged disk would be put into a functional drive and damage it. Wonderful stuff, and ultimately why I stopped buying Iomega products.
As for flash drives, I've never had one fail, but I apparently can't keep track of them, losing 4 of them over the last few years. I switched to a very portable (pocket sized really) USB HDD. The few failures I've seen when doing tech support were usually due to removal when reading or writing data, or excessive dirt in the USB connector. Maybe I should have suggested that they throw them in the laundry like boykster. :P
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