Newest drive I have. 16 GB, but probably never had more than 1 GB on it. --- On Thu, 12/20/12, Jim Klimov <jimkli...@cos.ru> wrote:
> From: Jim Klimov <jimkli...@cos.ru> > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Disappearing files on FAT32 flash drive > To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > Date: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 3:13 PM > If the USB flash drive is old, it is > possible that the areas for FAT > tables wore out more than other cells on the stick. I've had > failures > like this when most of the flash was okay, but FAT was > corrupted - > breaking the drive's usability. > > Repartitioning it so it starts later (is smaller) and puts > FAT onto > non-worn-out cells helped in a case or two at least. > > HTH, > //Jim > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss