Hi I have an Iomega 128MB Mini USB drive which I have had for about 10 years, it is still going strong, it has outlived many other USB drives.
Since the move to OSX (back in 10.1) it has been formatted to HFS+ and it is used every day. Don't see how HFS+ can shorten the life of a drive. Simon --- > > dont format flash with a journaling filesystem > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---