Implications of limited wash to flash drives

[Jim Ault]

A little poem flashed into my head...

Not to be trusted,
especially when rusted.


Jim Ault
Las Vegas

On 3/17/07 3:49 PM, "Scott Rossi" <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Recently, Chipp Walters wrote:
> 
>> I've used them from the beginning, and have yet to have one fail.
> 
> You know those thumb drives from the first RevCon?  ALL the data on the
> drive I received became corrupt at some point, without my using it.  Just
> popped it into a USB port one day, and while I could see all the files, non
> would open or decompress.  I was able to reformat the drive, and it has
> worked since, but the experience has made me a tiny bit leery of the
> hardware.