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How many USB flash stick drives do you have right now?
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Ant
Apr 13, 2023, 9:19:57 PM4/13/23
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I have like 15. Smallest and oldest ones are Sandisk's 128 MB that still work. :O
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Rod Speed
Apr 14, 2023, 1:35:52 PM4/14/23
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Ant <a...@zimage.comant> wrote
> I have like 15.
I don't have that many, essentially because the main
PC won't boot from a usb flash stick and I dont use
them to move stuff between machines anymore.
> I have like 15.
I don't have that many, essentially because the main
PC won't boot from a usb flash stick and I dont use
them to move stuff between machines anymore.
Ant
Apr 14, 2023, 3:21:05 PM4/14/23
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ant <a...@zimage.comant> wrote
> > I have like 15.
> I don't have that many, essentially because the main
> PC won't boot from a usb flash stick and I dont use
> them to move stuff between machines anymore.
So, you use optical discs, network, and/or floppy disk(ette)s for that old PC?
> Ant <a...@zimage.comant> wrote
> > I have like 15.
> I don't have that many, essentially because the main
> PC won't boot from a usb flash stick and I dont use
> them to move stuff between machines anymore.
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"Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, 'If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.'" --James 4:14-15. Will TGIF B quieter / still slammy like da rest of da wk? 4h of Z overnite. :(
Rod Speed
Apr 14, 2023, 7:36:59 PM4/14/23
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Ant <a...@zimage.comant> wrote
the True Image full backup to external hard
drive image creation on that older PC.
> network,
Yes.
> and/or floppy disk(ette)s
Nope.
> for that old PC?
Yep. It isnt that old, just can't boot USB sticks.
> Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote
>> Ant <a...@zimage.comant> wrote
>>> I have like 15.
>> I don't have that many, essentially because the main
>> PC won't boot from a usb flash stick and I dont use
>> them to move stuff between machines anymore.
> So, you use optical discs,
Only for recovery and for booting linux and
>> Ant <a...@zimage.comant> wrote
>>> I have like 15.
>> I don't have that many, essentially because the main
>> PC won't boot from a usb flash stick and I dont use
>> them to move stuff between machines anymore.
> So, you use optical discs,
the True Image full backup to external hard
drive image creation on that older PC.
> network,
Yes.
> and/or floppy disk(ette)s
Nope.
> for that old PC?
Yep. It isnt that old, just can't boot USB sticks.
Ant
Apr 14, 2023, 8:58:48 PM4/14/23
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > for that old PC?
> Yep. It isnt that old, just can't boot USB sticks.
How old? Strange that it can't boot all of your USB sticks.
> Yep. It isnt that old, just can't boot USB sticks.
Rod Speed
Apr 15, 2023, 2:50:46 AM4/15/23
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Ant <a...@zimage.comant> wrote
> Strange that it can't boot all of your USB sticks.
Nope.
> Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote
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>> > for that old PC?
>> Yep. It isnt that old, just can't boot USB sticks.
> How old?
June 2011
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>> > for that old PC?
>> Yep. It isnt that old, just can't boot USB sticks.
> How old?
> Strange that it can't boot all of your USB sticks.
Jeff Jonas
May 1, 2023, 5:51:02 AM5/1/23
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I lost count how many I have.
I put them in ziplock bags sorted by capacity.
Verbatim 16 gig "paper clip" drives
were $1.77 at Brandsmart (Florida appliance store),
so I bought maybe a dozen from 2019-2022.
I load them with spec sheets and projects notes
and put them in the parts bag or project box.
That way, I can always find the notes
or even hand it to someone else.
As to oldest:
- my Kingston 256 megger is the smallest in size and capacity.
It looks like a 1x2 Lego piece!
- my green 512 meg PNY Attache is the ONLY one
with a real write-protect switch.
I still use it for presentations
to be ABSOLUTELY SURE my files are never corrupted!
[in the early 2000s, PNY was often on sale
at Staples or BJ's warehouse.
Each size/capacity was a different color]
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I still use many old flash formats
such as "smart media" (for embedded systems)
and "Compact Flash" cards.
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WARNING: Microcenter's purple 256 gig flash drive LOVE TO FAIL :-(
I have 3 dead ones right now.
1 gives read errors, 2 won't even enumerate.
I've had several no-name show-swag flash drives fail on me,
but real brand-name ones (Sandisk, PNY, Verbatim) tend to work well.
***
Now that flash drives are commodities sold everywhere (CVS/Walgreens),
"value engineering" has taken away just about everything:
- no more lanyard
- no more colored sleeves
But taking away the activity LED and write-protect switch
means they cannot be used responsibly :-(
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I put them in ziplock bags sorted by capacity.
Verbatim 16 gig "paper clip" drives
were $1.77 at Brandsmart (Florida appliance store),
so I bought maybe a dozen from 2019-2022.
I load them with spec sheets and projects notes
and put them in the parts bag or project box.
That way, I can always find the notes
or even hand it to someone else.
As to oldest:
- my Kingston 256 megger is the smallest in size and capacity.
It looks like a 1x2 Lego piece!
- my green 512 meg PNY Attache is the ONLY one
with a real write-protect switch.
I still use it for presentations
to be ABSOLUTELY SURE my files are never corrupted!
[in the early 2000s, PNY was often on sale
at Staples or BJ's warehouse.
Each size/capacity was a different color]
***
I still use many old flash formats
such as "smart media" (for embedded systems)
and "Compact Flash" cards.
***
WARNING: Microcenter's purple 256 gig flash drive LOVE TO FAIL :-(
I have 3 dead ones right now.
1 gives read errors, 2 won't even enumerate.
I've had several no-name show-swag flash drives fail on me,
but real brand-name ones (Sandisk, PNY, Verbatim) tend to work well.
***
Now that flash drives are commodities sold everywhere (CVS/Walgreens),
"value engineering" has taken away just about everything:
- no more lanyard
- no more colored sleeves
But taking away the activity LED and write-protect switch
means they cannot be used responsibly :-(
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Jeff Jonas
May 1, 2023, 5:53:06 AM5/1/23
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jeffj@panix(dot)com
The original Dr. JCL and Mr .hide
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