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If both USB memsticks and SSD disks use the same technology, why does only the latter "forget" data?
I recently learned (or was tricked into believing) that SSD disks actually forget all their data on them if left unpowered for just a year.
Assuming that this is true, and I've spent more than enough ...
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Do USB sticks and memory cards forget their data if left without power, just like SSDs? [duplicate]
I recently learned that SSDs actually forget data if left unpowered for like a year. This was shocking news to me.
But then I started thinking, and realized that while all my offline backup disks are ...
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Thumb Drive 8GB: slow write rate
I've just benchmarked some memory devices using GNOME Disks and F3. Here's a summary:
Device
Size
Avg Write
Min Write
Max Write
Chart
Compact Flash
64 MB
1.1 MB/s
1.1 MB/s
1.1 MB/s
benchmark 1
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Detect and qualify flash memory (sd card) wear
What is the best way to detect and evaluate/qualify flash memory wear that usually occurs after a lot of data has been written the flash? I mean especially a wear caused by continuous writes by dash ...
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How to install Windows 7 onto cFast USB flash disk
I have a cFast USB 3.0 (eSATAp) flash disk and I am trying to install Windows 7 to it. When the installer displays partition list, my cFast drive does not appear. It is formatted as a normal NTFS disk ...
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Cloning flash drive while preserving empty space
I'm working with an industrial PC running Windows XP embedded.
The PC has a 2GB compact flash memory which acts as main drive.
I would like to clone the 2GB flash memory to a card with 8GB space.
How ...
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