USB Amnesia
February 25th, 2008 Posted in Rants, Technology
Today is another day I breathe a sign of relief that I BACKUP my work. My second USB memory key in the last 6 months has become corrupt. Half of my files either don’t function (if they are media based) or are completely goobildy-gook (if they are text). The first USB key - at least I suspected - had become corrupt due to the plastic housing on the key breaking. Damm you college computers for having USB ports at the exact same height as my KNEES!
The second USB key has become corrupt, but totally out of the blue! That’s what I get for buying cheap (bargain?) memory, from Hong Kong, on eBay. I wonder how long my 2-week-old 2GB of laptop memory is going to last? *cries*
February 25th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
RAM generally lasts more or less forever, assuming it’s good in the first place. Flash, however, does degrade, and cheap flash degrades quickly sometimes. Are you doing anything weird with the key? (Using WinVista’s memory expander thing or anything?)
February 25th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Thanks for the reassurance! :)
I’m doing nothing weird with the key at all. I really just think it’s a piece of junk. I dunno why I thought buying two was a good idea!?
February 26th, 2008 at 2:14 am
I think you’ve been doing something weird with the key Sinead, you have… haven’t you, go on admit it
February 26th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
LOL
Maybe it’s just karma for stealing music and tv off the internets.