Is my Flash Drive it failing?

hysoak · Aug 21, 2010

I've got a TDK 2gb flash drive and I would like to ask if a 700 mb of data being written to it took about 4-3 minutes is a sign of my flash drive going to say "bye-bye"?

I forgot to do a time test during when my flash drive is new, and i felt today it becomes a little slow. My flash drive will be one year in October.

If you gonna ask how often i write to this drive, i would say at least 5 times a week.

DavidGP · Aug 21, 2010

Hi

No wouldnt say its one its way out, just at times data being written can go slow or really quick, just depends at times if other devices are using the I/O (input/output) of a particular controller device.

Could format the flash drive and then try the same data again and see if its any quicker, but 700mb is a fair but of data to move from a quick HDD to the reletive slower USB devices.

What Windows version BTW?

Caliban · Aug 21, 2010

To follow in Halo's footsteps: you might check the TDK site for any updates for your device...

hysoak · Aug 25, 2010

Thanks guys! btw my OS is Win XP sp3, I guess my Flash disk isn't going "bye-bye" yet =P

Again thanks for the Help!

Caliban · Aug 25, 2010

No problem - glad you're up and running, and welcome to MG!

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