[werd]

Hello


Anybody here have a USB stick fail on them yet? Have 32gb lexur that garbled my latest Hi-rez Rolling Stone from HDtracks. It will not let me delete the files off the stick and besides the file name ok the tracks are all garbled. Does this sound like a failed usb ?. I can't see it being a virus but it will not delete off my stick. 

[James Tanner]

Hello


Anybody here have a USB stick fail on them yet? Have 32gb lexur that garbled my latest Hi-rez Rolling Stone from HDtracks. It will not let me delete the files off the stick and besides the file name ok the tracks are all garbled. Does this sound like a failed usb ?. I can't see it being a virus but it will not delete off my stick. 

Hi werd,

Not seen that before - have you tried reformatting the drive to get rid of them?

james

[werd]

Hi werd,

Not seen that before - have you tried reformatting the drive to get rid of them?

james

haha the file size shows 22gbs also.... I haven't tried to reformat. How do i do that.

Link would be nice.

[skunark]

mac or windows?

Some SDHC/Flash devices have a RO switch.

[werd]

mac or windows?

Some SDHC/Flash devices have a RO switch.

Hi

Windows

[skunark]

Try http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/cant-format-usb-drive-in-ntfs-format/b6d01d15-c66a-4f25-83f4-401bfceb0f12

[James Tanner]

haha the file size shows 22gbs also.... I haven't tried to reformat. How do i do that.

Link would be nice.

I use this one
.
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

james

[Diamond Dog]

 

I'm thinking we've not seen the last of our mutual friend, Nap...

D.D.

[werd]

Thanks guys, it looks like reformat is in order here. If it doesn't reformat then i can assume its defective?

Might stick with the fat 32 format over NTSF. Is there a difference that i might see down the road using either format.

[skunark]

Fat32 has poor character support for file names.  I going to switch to ext3 this weekend which should resolve that.    NTFS is better than fat32 in that regard but has limited support with Linux, probably requires licensing...

[James Tanner]

Fat32 has poor character support for file names.  I going to switch to ext3 this weekend which should resolve that.    NTFS is better than fat32 in that regard but has limited support with Linux, probably requires licensing...

Hi skunark,

Please let me know how you make out with ext3.  I have been using FAT32 because of the file transfer advantage on the BDP-1.

james

[werd]

Thanks got it done and the usb is back to 29gbs free. I have to re- dl everything but ....oh well...

[Bugsy]

Hi Werd

I hope you kept a back up, I keep seperate back ups on 3 different drives of all my flac files.

Good luck

Larry

[James Tanner]

Hi Werd

I hope you kept a back up, I keep seperate back ups on 3 different drives of all my flac files.

Good luck

Larry

Yes I always download my music to my main music computer and then use that as a backup. That way if anything ever goes wrong with your USB drives you have a feash copy.

james

[skunark]

Yes I always download my music to my main music computer and then use that as a backup. That way if anything ever goes wrong with your USB drives you have a feash copy.

james

I do hope you backup your main computer.

Jim

[James Tanner]

I do hope you backup your main computer.

Jim

Hi Jim,

Yes it is a mirrored system.

james

[skunark]

Mirrored isn't a backup. 

[werd]

Hi Werd

I hope you kept a back up, I keep seperate back ups on 3 different drives of all my flac files.

Good luck

Larry

Hi

I back up all my pics ,my hirez and music. Thats about it, multiple times too. My pics and hirez are the only things i don`t want to lose.

[djbnh]

Werd are you sure you're not using one of these:

http://blog.jitbit.com/2011/04/chinese-magic-drive.html

Nap. 

Priceless, ty.