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USB Thumb drives and reliability

October 3rd, 2005 · No Comments
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A friend of mine sent me the message just a few minutes ago…

AARRRRRGGGHHHHHH HELP for some reason my computer no longer recognises my USB Jump drives & all my UNI stuff is on them how do i make this F%^%%$# thing read the USB drives i have done what windows said in help to no avail ANY ADvice… MR X puts on MAdam Buttifly & gets Katana Sword ready for his big Hari Kari finaliy arrgghhhh

My reply was…

  1. Hope you have a backup
  2. Bring them over here to test on our PCs
  3. PRAY

I am afraid that people rely on the USB Thumb Drives tooooo much. They are like Floppy disks. They FAIL.

BACK UP AT LEAST TWICE

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