Flash cards and USB drives have a certain "number of uses"
and then they no longer function... (Become un-reliable...)
Writes likely "count more" towards use...
It is a similar idea to the way a CD-RW will wear out when
re-recorded, especially if written to in exactly the same physical
spot all the time...
A good flash drive controller chip will have software to spread
out "wear" on the drive to prolong its life...
I have no firm numbers, and forget the ball-park figures I have
seen... I am not a big re-eraser and re-recorder and have
not bumped into this limitation (yet) myself...
Rick Glazier
From: "Veech"
Number of uses?
From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)
I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...
It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)
