Have been told never to defrag them at all will give you probs with them if you do
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jeremy Sent: 03 June 2009 20:35 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] formatting a flash drive Not sure, I do know that from what I have read, you don't really need to defrag flashdrives, but, as far as formatting, it's just a matter to how much you read and write back and forth to the drive that can make it go bad. They are supposed to have a life span of so many read/writes, but, I have never had a flashdrive go bad yet so I can't really give any guesses to how long that may actually be. I have actually thaught of doing linux installs to a flashdrive and this is where I got this info. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:40 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] formatting a flash drive >I must print a retraction because my memory failed me earlier. Smart >computing mentions defragmenting a flash drive is not good for them, I do >not recall anything mentioning reformatting. > David Ferrin > Life is a work in progress > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4128 (20090603) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4128 (20090603) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4128 (20090603) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
