I thought the following story might offer hope to those had a s similar experience, or are about to…
A couple of years ago I saw, in the Booragoon Apple Store, what looked a great idea: a 64Gb SanDisk Connect USB drive. The label on the box calls it a “Wireless Stick”, so called because it has a built-in wireless transmitter which creates a wireless network to which other devices can connect. It’s ideal for extending the storage space of my iPad and iPhone. I measn I can keep the device in my pocket or bag and never have worry about dropping or forgetting it. It’s the perfect solution for accessing portable music, for example. Great for the gym. Last year, shortly before Christmas, I found it in the pocket of my gym shorts after taking it out of the washing machine. It was dead. No response of any kind. Not even the wireless was working. I wasn’t prepared to consign it to the bin just yet, so I kept it to one side, asnd I’ve been testing it every couple of weeks ever since. Slowly, changes stated happening. Eventually I started getting messages that I has ejected a drive without warning, similar signs of activity. A couple of days ago I gave it yet another try (it had been a couple of weeks since the previous go) and all of a sudden everything was back! the drive mounted happily, all the files were there, and even the wireless network was working. I guess the lesson from all this is that if you give your USB drive a dunking, don’t give up. Just give it about three months to dry out. Kind regards, Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
