kreed wrote:
> On Jul 5, 8:16 pm, Sheik Yerbhouti <s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Snapper <snapp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>> I have had my second thumbdrive fail. It's a 1 gig Imation. It started
with
>>> files in folders becoming corrupted. ie. one folder had a lot of stuff
in it and
>>> these weird files appearing. and Explorer cannot delete them either.
>>> So I formatted the drive and copied the data back onto it from
backups. Then
>>> other problems appeared, all file related.
>>> So I must assume that the unit's stuffed.
>>> The likes of Harvey Norman have barrells of thumbdrives of various
sizes and
>>> brands in the bargain bins as you walk in the door. Just wondering if
any brands
>>> stick out whether for good reasons or for bad.
>> Stick with SanDisk. I use an 8 GB one without a problem. The **** ones
>> break, had very bad device driver sup****t, and will make Windows crash
and
>> burn without warning.
>>
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>
> HAVE used a couple of kingston 4gig thumbdrives since january and had
> no problems with them.
Same here. Do NOT buy Astone drives. Both of the ones I've had (512MB
and 4GB) have failed for no discernable reason, and either Astone or the
distributor did not act well/stuffed around the retailer when the latter
drive was sent back for warranty replacement.
Ari
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