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Re: On the sturdiness of today's USB thumb drives

Posted By: Howard, on host 68.155.18.119
Date: Saturday, June 25, 2005, at 19:42:44
In Reply To: On the sturdiness of today's USB thumb drives posted by Ciaran on Saturday, June 25, 2005, at 19:01:06:

> My USB thumb drive accidentally got put in the washing machine tonight. I had left it in my pocket.
>
> Luckily, though, these things are hardy beasts. It survived with apparently no damage whatsoever to either the casing or the data. I did run it through CHKDSK just to make sure, and the only things to come out were 3 lost chains in 3 lost files; 2 of which I can account for, and the other one isn't a problem anyway (and I'm fairly sure it wouldn't have been caused by the washing machine; if there had been any damage to the data at all from that, it would have been far more devastating than one lost chain).
>
> I'd read tales about these USB thumb drives surviving things like that in the past, and now I'm thankful they're true. ;) And now the casing is clean and smells nice. Bonus!

What is a USB thumb drive?
What is a chkdsk?
I know what a chain is. It transfers power from the engine and/or transmission to the rear wheel of the motor scooter. And a file is a tool made of very hard metal so it can be used to smooth out rough places on used scooter parts.
Or are my mind and yours running on different tracks?
Howard

Replies To This Message

Re: On the sturdiness of today's USB thumb drives - commie_bat - Sat, 6/25/2005, 21:37:14
- Re: On the sturdiness of today's USB thumb drives - Howard - Sun, 6/26/2005, 10:49:11
  - Re: On the sturdiness of today's USB thumb drives - whitehelm - Wed, 6/29/2005, 20:50:49
    - Re: On the sturdiness of today's USB thumb drives - Howard - Thu, 6/30/2005, 20:03:34

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Message:	> > My USB thumb drive accidentally got put in the washing machine tonight. I had left it in my pocket. > > > > Luckily, though, these things are hardy beasts. It survived with apparently no damage whatsoever to either the casing or the data. I did run it through CHKDSK just to make sure, and the only things to come out were 3 lost chains in 3 lost files; 2 of which I can account for, and the other one isn't a problem anyway (and I'm fairly sure it wouldn't have been caused by the washing machine; if there had been any damage to the data at all from that, it would have been far more devastating than one lost chain). > > > > I'd read tales about these USB thumb drives surviving things like that in the past, and now I'm thankful they're true. ;) And now the casing is clean and smells nice. Bonus! > > What is a USB thumb drive? > What is a chkdsk? > I know what a chain is. It transfers power from the engine and/or transmission to the rear wheel of the motor scooter. And a file is a tool made of very hard metal so it can be used to smooth out rough places on used scooter parts. > Or are my mind and yours running on different tracks? > Howard
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