USB Flash Drive's Life Span

Hi,

I am a heavy user of USB flash drives such as the Lexar
"Jump Drive" 1G and 2G types. I use these to transfer stuff from one
computer to another, then delete (clear) the flash drive for more stuff.

What is the life span of a USB flash drive (example 1000 re-writes)?

Thanks in advance, Brad

Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.

At least 4 years ago there were announced more than 1 000 000 cycles for a
flash memory (the central part of an USB flash drive). I don't thing this
value became noticeably less since than.

That does not means though, that any _concrete_ drive won't fail before this
value is reached: it is the average write cycles value.

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On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:29:59 GMT, bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) wrote:

>Hi,
>
> I am a heavy user of USB flash drives such as the Lexar
>"Jump Drive" 1G and 2G types. I use these to transfer stuff from one
>computer to another, then delete (clear) the flash drive for more stuff.
>
> What is the life span of a USB flash drive (example 1000 re-writes)?
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.

From anecdotal evidence, most such drives don't come anywhere near those
numbers.

Hi, Mikhail!!!

--

Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm

"Mikhail Zhilin" <mwz@x.REMOVEx.aha.ru> wrote in message
news:5nndm2p1v9rvsrrnsm14sur5dn5m0q4n7v@4ax.com...
> At least 4 years ago there were announced more than 1 000 000 cycles for a
> flash memory (the central part of an USB flash drive). I don't thing this
> value became noticeably less since than.
>
> That does not means though, that any _concrete_ drive won't fail before
> this
> value is reached: it is the average write cycles value.
>
> --
> Mikhail Zhilin
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
> Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
> Please reply to the newsgroups only.
> ======
>
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:29:59 GMT, bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>> I am a heavy user of USB flash drives such as the Lexar
>>"Jump Drive" 1G and 2G types. I use these to transfer stuff from one
>>computer to another, then delete (clear) the flash drive for more stuff.
>>
>> What is the life span of a USB flash drive (example 1000 re-writes)?
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Brad
>>
>> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
>> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.
>

:)

Hi, Gary!

--
Mikhail Zhilin
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:17:24 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org>
wrote:

>From anecdotal evidence, most such drives don't come anywhere near those
>numbers.
>
>Hi, Mikhail!!!