RIP my thumbdrive + warranty? - Page 2

Chai · 11th Jun 2008, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Well, I would rate flash drives as many, many times more reliable than what they are replacing - floppy disks and CDs. God knows how many dead and malfunctioning floppy disks and CDs I have.

As for their reliability, all of my flash drives are still running fine, even the oldest one - a 256MB Kingston flash drive. Of course, I really take care of my stuff!

I have very good experience with CD though, especially rewritables.

Adrian Wong · 11th Jun 2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Chai

I have very good experience with CD though, especially rewritables.

Yeah but they are slower and have limited capacity. I used to back up my data on rewriteable CDs and DVDs, but no longer. Practically all current flash drives can store more than 3 CDs and many can now store as much, if not more than a single-sided DVD.

The best thing about it is you do not need special software or hardware to write to it. And you can be assured of extracting your data in any computer with a USB port, even if it's a slower USB 1.1 port. Don't need any CD/DVD drive at all!

Chai · 11th Jun 2008, 08:48 AM

That's why I started using DVDRW very long ago. Sometimes I still use it, but not as often now. I still have an unused High Speed DVDRW.

Adrian Wong · 11th Jun 2008, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Chai

That's why I started using DVDRW very long ago. Sometimes I still use it, but not as often now. I still have an unused High Speed DVDRW.

I kept a couple for Tech ARP backup.. but every since Tech ARP started requiring 2-3 DVDs to back up, I decided to just back up on a hard drive instead!

Zenphic · 11th Jun 2008, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Chai

That's why I started using DVDRW very long ago. Sometimes I still use it, but not as often now. I still have an unused High Speed DVDRW.

I've had qutie a few DVD+RW die on me, mostly Maxells so far. I guess I've used them too much. I burn them about twice a week since I watch some TV series on my DivX DVD player

mikegas · 11th Jun 2008, 10:29 AM

I got 4 thumbs for my work which I keep my software in. the bigger ones (1GB) a few time got corrupted and had to reformat. The older ones 32MB and 64MB are basically flawless...

Chai · 11th Jun 2008, 03:16 PM

I usually buy good quality DVDRW like Verbatim. Crap, I have some high speed Maxells.

belikethat · 11th Jun 2008, 04:32 PM

my older thumbdrive which i lost it long time ago.256mb..went thru the washing machine and survived.. who said they are not reliable?

it was some unknown brand

Chai · 11th Jun 2008, 05:59 PM

I managed to kill a 256MB Kingston.

Adrian Wong · 11th Jun 2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by belikethat

my older thumbdrive which i lost it long time ago.256mb..went thru the washing machine and survived.. who said they are not reliable?

it was some unknown brand

Well, they will usually survive if you allow them to dry out before using them! But if you don't, you may just fry your motherboard too!

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mikegas I'm a regular Join Date: 7 May 2008 Posts: 325 Reputation: 206 Rep Power: 3	I got 4 thumbs for my work which I keep my software in. the bigger ones (1GB) a few time got corrupted and had to reformat. The older ones 32MB and 64MB are basically flawless...