DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 28, 2010 ID:320014 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I've been seeing a lot of flash drives go out with the recent and most painful my 16GB's death. Most if not all have been bought from Wal-Mart and have had 4-5 go out. Could these be defective or misuse? Have had a lot of poor experience from them with a lot of my purchase such as my laptop that has dvd drive issues, flash drives and possibly some others. Normally I just pull the flash drive out without having the OS safely remove it. Should I have the OS to remove it or is just pulling it out fine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted September 28, 2010 ID:320019 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I for one just pull mine out, and have not had any issues. I just make sure to wait till any info is done writing to the flash drive if I had something open from it.Were you able to get any data off the drives that went bad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 28, 2010 Author ID:320032 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Nope. They all just quit working. My 16GB just sits there and flashes. The OS can't recognize it or open it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 28, 2010 ID:320042 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I always ALWAYS "safely remove hardware".I know there are risks not doing so. They've never happened to me personally, and I used to just take them out w/o doing that, but I don't risk it anymore. I safely remove any removable drives prior to removal.It could be defective, it could be that you didn't safely remove one times too many, or maybe you're just unlucky. I always always recommend safely removing the removable drive, just to be safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 28, 2010 Author ID:320045 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I always ALWAYS "safely remove hardware".I know there are risks not doing so. They've never happened to me personally, and I used to just take them out w/o doing that, but I don't risk it anymore. I safely remove any removable drives prior to removal.It could be defective, it could be that you didn't safely remove one times too many, or maybe you're just unlucky. I always always recommend safely removing the removable drive, just to be safe.Yeah, I'll start doing that again. Can't help to think it's partially my fault. I'm pretty sure it is and not safely removing it isn't helping.Maybe I can catch a leprechaun and that would increase my luck.Eh, no good pictures on google. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted September 28, 2010 ID:320056 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I have always been able to get data back by using a program called BadCopy Pro:http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 28, 2010 Author ID:320058 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Thanks for that. Will check it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 28, 2010 Author ID:320074 Share Posted September 28, 2010 So far every sector read is bad. Scan progress and data loss = same or .7 percent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haider Posted September 28, 2010 ID:320099 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Hello Buttons:Probably a stupid question Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 28, 2010 ID:320135 Share Posted September 28, 2010 It would be a good idea definitely to start doing that, Buttons.Maybe a no-go, but, did you try Recuva? I am not sure if it would work on Ubuntu, but if you can get it to install in your VM it's worth a shot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 29, 2010 Author ID:320190 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I'm back to stay with Windows. Yeah, I need to. Now I to go hunt down all my bookmarked sites. Ugh.@HaiderI have not tried that. Will shortly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 29, 2010 ID:320192 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Good luck Buttons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 29, 2010 Author ID:320197 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Heh, thanks. That was one of the lost items. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320650 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I always use "Safely Remove Hardware", especially in Vista and 7 due to how they index everything so if they're still accessing the drive, it could lead to data loss or corruption. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 30, 2010 Author ID:320651 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Ah, thanks exile. That could be my problem. I'm using Windows 7(server based edition). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320654 Share Posted September 30, 2010 me to, I use OS safely remove it, when the lights out I take it out.... watch out for the 4GB San Disk's Flash USB's they tend to crash. There was a newsletter on that. Now I can't find it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320655 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I always use "Safely Remove Hardware", especially in Vista and 7 due to how they index everything so if they're still accessing the drive, it could lead to data loss or corruption.How would you stop it from indexing items when you want to safely remove the drive? Or would waiting be sufficient? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320657 Share Posted September 30, 2010 San Disk's Flash USB's they tend to crash.Oh that's a peach. San Disk flash drives are what all my backups are on. That's okay though, I always safely remove first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320659 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Oh that's a peach. San Disk flash drives are what all my backups are on. That's okay though, I always safely remove first. don't feel bad MT16 thats all I own are San Disk's at $8.00 for a 2GB stick... someone I know I get a discount... avoid the 4GB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320661 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Register the purchase on line with San Disk.... if they fail me I send them back or exchange them for a new one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320662 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Well I have a 2 GB and an 8 GB. I thought I had a 4 GB but I don't.I didn't know you could register them. That's pretty cool.To be honest I don't think I'd bother though, heh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320665 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Check your "My SanDisk" which includes the history of your support cases, to register your product, RMA and also edit your profile.http://kb.sandisk.com/app/utils/login_form...odreg%252Falist I don't remember what the Warranty is? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 30, 2010 Author ID:320668 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I've had 3-4 fail all being scandisk. They are very poorly made. Wouldn't buy them again, but not much of a choice in town as if not all are scandisk.My 16GB was a PNY. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320670 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I don't like how they retract, too easily able to break. Bleh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted September 30, 2010 ID:320671 Share Posted September 30, 2010 http://www.fantomdrives.com/EDIT Look under Products for the "2.5" USB 2.0 Titanium Mini Hard Drive" just wanted to toss this in there. my 2 cents Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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