Author: Sheik YerbhoutiSheik Yerbhouti
Date: Jul 5, 2008 03:16
Snapper y7mail.com.invalid> writes:
>I have had my second thumbdrive fail. It's a 1 gig Imation. It started with
>files in folders becoming corrupted. ie. one folder had a lot of stuff in it and
>these weird files appearing. and Explorer cannot delete them either.
>So I formatted the drive and copied the data back onto it from backups. Then
>other problems appeared, all file related.
>So I must assume that the unit's stuffed.
>The likes of Harvey Norman have barrells of thumbdrives of various sizes and
>brands in the bargain bins as you walk in the door. Just wondering if any brands
>stick out whether for good reasons or for bad.
Stick with SanDisk. I use an 8 GB one without a problem. The shit ones
break, had very bad device driver support, and will make Windows crash and
burn without warning.
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