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| Author: | Goat [ Fri May 30, 2008 10:24 am ] |
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So recently when I've been downloading stuff onto a big flash drive (2GB) I've been getting lots of corrupt files and 'cyclic redundancy' errors. I doubt my sources have suddenly taken a nosedive in quality, so: 1. is the problem that my drive is getting old? 2. can this be fixed or do I need a new one? |
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| Author: | EdgeOfForever [ Fri May 30, 2008 10:35 am ] |
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Usually when you start getting corrupt files it's a sign that the drive is about to fail. It's not fixable, but you could probably keep using it for a while if you scandisk it everytime it starts messing up. That's what I did the last time one of my disks were failing. |
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| Author: | Goat [ Fri May 30, 2008 11:03 am ] |
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EdgeOfForever wrote: Usually when you start getting corrupt files it's a sign that the drive is about to fail. It's not fixable, but you could probably keep using it for a while if you scandisk it everytime it starts messing up. That's what I did the last time one of my disks were failing.
That's what I thought. Darnit, ok thanks. |
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| Author: | The_Voice [ Fri May 30, 2008 5:41 pm ] |
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Yep it seems some sectors of your drive are KOd, time to get a new one. |
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| Author: | traptunderice [ Fri May 30, 2008 9:55 pm ] |
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Possibly format it to ignore bad sectors? |
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| Author: | grandbazaar [ Sat May 31, 2008 5:48 am ] |
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flash memory has a finite number of erase-write cycles so if you've been using it a lot, it might explain the failures you are getting. In that state it's better for you to replace it especially if you use to transport sensitive data. |
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| Author: | Goat [ Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:30 am ] |
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Tried scandisking, didn't help. Looks like a new one's in order. Thanks for replies, all. |
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