Implications of limited wash to flash drives

[Stephen Barncard]

That REVCON drive didn't work very well when I got it. I had to 
reformat right away. Also PC formatted drives on Macs seem to be a 
bad idea in general if you don't have to.

>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.
>
>Regards,
>
>Scott Rossi

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stephen barncard
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