In the early days the lifetimes were only guaranteed out to about 1000 writes. But now they talk about 10,000 so it's unlikely you're going to reach that limit. It's more of a concern with the SSD hard drives, but even there they say it's not a practical factor.
A much bigger worry with pocket flash drives is static damage and file system corruption. Happens all the time. These are great ways to store data temporarily, but never count on one as a sole backup. In your case, especially if you have broadband, you should probably be storing this data in the cloud. On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 6:40 AM, katan <[email protected]> wrote: > I ask this--maybe I shouldn't admit this in public--because I use a > thumb drive as my primary data source for email and Quicken. I can use > it among multiple machines, and if my laptop gets lost/stolen, I don't > lose anything (nor will it be compromised). ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
