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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Disks / File System / November 2006USB 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. 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. ====== >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., > be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. From anecdotal evidence, most such drives don't come anywhere near those numbers. Hi, Mikhail!!!  SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm > 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 [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., >> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. :) 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. ====== >From anecdotal evidence, most such drives don't come anywhere near those >numbers. > >Hi, Mikhail!!! |
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