[plug] USB Flash Drives - A word to the wise...

[Senectus .]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:31:36 +0400, Brad Campbell <brad at wasp.net.au> wrote:
> Craig Foster wrote:
> >
> 
> > I'll agree with that. My original 64Mb only died after the third wash :)
> > Oh, and I always set my Windows PC to 'no write cache' for the sync
> > reasons...
> 
> After the last rain storm here I came home to find my USB hub with memory key sitting on the floor
> submerged in 10mm of water. The hub did not survive. I washed the key out with metho and dried it
> with a hair dryer and we were back off and running. The WP switch is a little dodgy now, but it
> still goes. It's now my HTPC boot disk.
> 
Both of my 512mb USB mem keys have been through the washing machine
many times... they are not water tight.. but after you let them dry
completely they work fine..
maybe I 'm just lucky..


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