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Thread ID: 113581	2010-10-26 21:27:00	How long does a flash drive last?	jareemon (5207)	PC World Chat

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1147874	2010-10-27 08:17:00	I hear that making a flash drive swap partition ("virtual RAM") will kill it really good. Which makes me wonder: does Windows' ReadyBoost do that to flash drives too? I would imagine so... but i've heard readyboost is a waste of time and can actually slow your computer down very slightly in some areas. I cant test with my 16bg cos it only transfers files at 6mb/s for some reason	jareemon (5207)
1147875	2010-10-27 08:41:00	Real? My Kingston 4GB drive can only go up to 4MB/s.	LynX (14542)
1147876	2010-10-27 14:44:00	Your sig::: One of the Mysteries of the Century: How do you close a bracket that ends with an emoticon? (Happy! :) - doesn't look very right (Happy! :) ) - Okay, looks plain weird (Sad :( - Looks a bit unnatural (Sad :( ) - Looks confusing Miscellaneous Options ▓ Show your signature ▓ Automatically parse links in text ░ Disable smilies (sic) in text Click on: ░Disable smilies (sic) in text like I had to here: However ::: These are brackets - [ ] These are parenthesis - ( )	SurferJoe46 (51)
1147877	2010-10-28 01:05:00	But what about those 10-year data retention rates? Someone told me that they're a load of crap, most USB flash drives start to lose data after 1-2 years.	Agent_24 (57)
1147878	2010-10-28 01:59:00	6 years! LOL< just had a call from Dr who said his PC had a problem couldn't it wouldn't see it. Told him to get another and try - oh look that one works. But...it worked yesterday..... How old is it now? 6 years.....LOL, he thought they lasted forever.	pctek (84)
1147879	2010-10-28 02:26:00	Dr Who? You know The Doctor!?	Agent_24 (57)
1147880	2010-10-28 05:59:00	You got a call from Dr. Who?!	jareemon (5207)
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