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USB Flash Drive's Life Span
Hi,
I am a heavy user of USB flash drives such as the Lexar "Jump Drive" 1G and 2G types. I use these to transfer stuff from one computer to another, then delete (clear) the flash drive for more stuff. What is the life span of a USB flash drive (example 1000 re-writes)? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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USB Flash Drive's Life Span
At least 4 years ago there were announced more than 1 000 000 cycles for a
flash memory (the central part of an USB flash drive). I don't thing this value became noticeably less since than. That does not means though, that any _concrete_ drive won't fail before this value is reached: it is the average write cycles value. -- Mikhail Zhilin MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:29:59 GMT, (Brad) wrote: Hi, I am a heavy user of USB flash drives such as the Lexar "Jump Drive" 1G and 2G types. I use these to transfer stuff from one computer to another, then delete (clear) the flash drive for more stuff. What is the life span of a USB flash drive (example 1000 re-writes)? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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USB Flash Drive's Life Span
From anecdotal evidence, most such drives don't come anywhere near those
numbers. Hi, Mikhail!!! -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm "Mikhail Zhilin" wrote in message ... At least 4 years ago there were announced more than 1 000 000 cycles for a flash memory (the central part of an USB flash drive). I don't thing this value became noticeably less since than. That does not means though, that any _concrete_ drive won't fail before this value is reached: it is the average write cycles value. -- Mikhail Zhilin MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:29:59 GMT, (Brad) wrote: Hi, I am a heavy user of USB flash drives such as the Lexar "Jump Drive" 1G and 2G types. I use these to transfer stuff from one computer to another, then delete (clear) the flash drive for more stuff. What is the life span of a USB flash drive (example 1000 re-writes)? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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USB Flash Drive's Life Span
Hi, Gary! -- Mikhail Zhilin MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:17:24 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: From anecdotal evidence, most such drives don't come anywhere near those numbers. Hi, Mikhail!!! |
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