And why ever 6-8 months I remove everything from my flash drive (Crucial 256MB), defrag it, and then put everything back on. Not had/seen any glitches in the 2 years I've been testing this neat little storage device. I'm getting ready to replace all my FD's and just use FlashDrives. Nice, solid technology. Packaging limits my choices, though, because many of today's FD just do not fit my Lian-Li USB strip. No biggie. Crucial does. I like Crucial. Best, Duncan
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:22 , Rick Glazier\(Gmail\) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >Flash cards and USB drives have a certain "number of uses" >and then they no longer function... (Become un-reliable...) >Writes likely "count more" towards use... >It is a similar idea to the way a CD-RW will wear out when >re-recorded, especially if written to in exactly the same physical >spot all the time... >A good flash drive controller chip will have software to spread >out "wear" on the drive to prolong its life... > >I have no firm numbers, and forget the ball-park figures I have >seen... I am not a big re-eraser and re-recorder and have >not bumped into this limitation (yet) myself... > > Rick Glazier > >From: "Veech" >> Number of uses? >> >> From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail) >>>I have run 5.7 for quite a while. >>> It gives different levels of security... >>> >>> It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today). >>> I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing... >>> (I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...) This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
