On 9/2/24 07:23, Hans wrote:
A little side effect of this was, that some manufacturers obviously do not like ext2/3/4 format (to which the usb-stick were reformatted). After about 10th to 15th time of reformate, they died (memory segments got lost). Others I already during years are reformatted about 50 times or more and are still in best health.
I've had some thumb drives die and that might be the cause. Have you noticed any patterns? -- Your pretended fear lest error might step in is like the man who would keep all wine out of the country lest men should be drunk. -- Oliver Cromwell