On 7/6/19 2:27 PM, Galen Seitz wrote:
On 7/6/19 2:17 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
I put a flash drive in a shirt pocket and forgot about it. The shirt
and the drive went through the washer and dryer. I just tried it and
it works. (I had already downloaded the contents, so I wasn't worried
about losing data.)
The question is, did running it through the dryer right after it ran
through the washer dry it out enough that it will be okay? Or simply
because it got wet, and corrosion began, one day it will die?
Not a big deal. It's an older, smaller flash drive that I don't use
often. Just an academic question.
It's certainly possible that there is still moisture inside. If you
want to try to preserve it, try burying it in some uncooked rice.
Alternatively, if you have an electric oven or toaster oven, you could
bake it for an hour or so at 125 degrees. I wouldn't do this in a gas
oven due to the moisture given off by combustion. OTOH, given the low
cost, I would just recycle it.
Sounds like the best plan. As I said, it's old (as these things go), and
I wouldn't want to depend on it.
Had you intercepted it between the washer and dryer, I might have
recommended an extra rinse to attempt to get any detergent residue out
of it before drying it out.
Rinse and repeat.
Thanks for your analysis.
--
Regards,
Dick Steffens
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