imwithstupid Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 So i've been using this usb drive i've had for about a year to move stuff around from various PC's with various operating systems. However, it decided to go to junk the other night...it reported its size correctly but every time i tried to send files its way it told me it was full. Full of what you ask...beats me. So i've done some hunting around and found some interesting stuff. -Flash drives are only expected to last 2 years !!! (this was most suprising for me) -Flash drives can be formated...though this is not supposed to be good for their longgevity. -Pick FAT32/NTFS/ext2/ext3 wisely...this is where i ran into trouble. -On some formats you cannot single files over a certain size on the root directory of the drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 So i've been using this usb drive i've had for about a year to move stuff around from various PC's with various operating systems. However, it decided to go to junk the other night...it reported its size correctly but every time i tried to send files its way it told me it was full. Full of what you ask...beats me. So i've done some hunting around and found some interesting stuff. -Flash drives are only expected to last 2 years !!! (this was most suprising for me) -Flash drives can be formated...though this is not supposed to be good for their longgevity. -Pick FAT32/NTFS/ext2/ext3 wisely...this is where i ran into trouble. -On some formats you cannot single files over a certain size on the root directory of the drive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> heck... i shoulda read that before spending a day reformatting it to ext2/3, fat and every other fs on the sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imwithstupid Posted August 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 what did you finally format it as? I was thinking FAT32 but i think that's what it was before...and it lasted a couple of months before crapping out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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