I have a box of assorted 1GB and 4GB USB drives.
Funny how stuff you’ve had for years just feels “normal” even when it’s highly unusual.
I have a box of assorted 1GB and 4GB USB drives.
Funny how stuff you’ve had for years just feels “normal” even when it’s highly unusual.
You don’t NEED them you just have them and have no reason to throw them away. I use them for two things:
Nah. For those kinds of things I prefer sending over some platform. There is no need for a drive.I only use them when both computers ante near by and it’s easier
I guess the storage space of the box isn’t an issue there is no acute reason to throw them way … but it feels like hoarding. I see no good reason to keep them.
They are not reliable long-term storage. Any file that I want to retain long term goes on a redundant disk array with data scrubbing and a proper backup.
But even if I want to store something temporarily on an USB stick, I’d just use my single 512GB stick (which costs $40 these days) instead of having to potentially plug in dozens or hundreds of low capacity sticks.
I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me, I throw them away as they break, and I’m not planning to replace them. I just find them incredibly handy as a means of quick and easy data transfer without pissing around with network shares.
What? Why is that a concern when we have tools like Transfer, Mozilla Send instances, etc.? I literally even just use Bluetooth at times.
I once had a USB flash drive break because the exterior detached from the rest of the body in the housing by, like, 1mm while pulling it out; all the files on it were instantly, permanently lost. I will never again use physical file-transfering that involves frequent insertion and removal if I can avoid it, because you’re physically stressing the unit every time you pull on it (a drive that is always connected is totally fine, by comparison).
Yep, that is why I have one on my key chain. But there is really no need to have more than that.
You do know they have limited write cycles, right? Not getting at you or anything. Just checking. I’ve had a handful flip over to read-only mode over the years, would hate for that to happen to anyone else unexpectedly.
Doesn’t larger storage mean that it lasts longer since it can better balance wear on the cells?
If you ever reach that limit, well done. You got a hell of value out of that device.
I have SSDs that are in use 24/7, writing up to 200GB per day and in constant use for 3 years. 99% drive health.
Whoa, what could you possibly be writing that much?!
Torrents.