There are limitations to the number of writes you can make with a flash drive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive So you'll have to decide how much writing is actually being made to the disk. > > I loaded a small VFP executable test app along with > the runtime files onto a folder on a flash drive. > The > plan is to plug the flash drive into various systems > to see how the test performs in each environment > without > needing to install and then uninstall anything. It > seems to work well. > > My question: Is this an abuse of a flash drive? > Will the repeated reading and writing quickly wear > it out? > > TIA, > > Joe Yoder > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

