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Offline 1839cc

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R.I.P. Cruzer Micro 2.0 GB
« on: Sat, 05 December 2009, 22:15:11 »
My flash drive became corrupted and unusable a couple of months ago and tonight I confirmed it is non-recoverable.

Now I have to get another one. >:(
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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 05 December 2009, 22:38:10 »
They aren't too expensive, I bought an 8gb one not too long ago for pretty cheap, like $10

I love it, just make sure to get rid of that junk u3 firmware thing ;)
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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 06 December 2009, 15:17:51 »
You don't hear about Cruzer micros failing often.
I have a 256mb stick from around 2003.. still works like a charm after going through the washing machine about a dozen times.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 06 December 2009, 15:19:16 »
Get a Corsair... I had one for 3.5 years and the connector snapped off it. I sent it off to Corsair and they sent me out a new one for free (I had a 2GB one, but they didnt make that size any more, so they gave me a 8GB one)
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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 06 December 2009, 15:24:24 »
I've got 2 4GB flash drives... a PNY and a Cruzer...  The PNY drive seems to be much more solidly built than the cruzer, and costed about $3 less to boot.
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Offline 1839cc

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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 06 December 2009, 15:40:15 »
I liked the retractable connector. I would lose the little caps that come with other ones.
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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 06 December 2009, 18:15:39 »
Been using a Cruzer Contour 8 gig for a while, now replaced by a 16 gigger (I tend to lug around my collection of service docs, almost 6 gigs alone, and then some other stuff). The only computer where I can use it at full speed (only USB 1.1 here) seems to have flaky ports, but other than that they've been working fine. Yeah, a 16 gigger on USB 1.1. Fortunately I never need to move a lot of data at a time.
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Offline ironcoder

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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 09 December 2009, 12:21:44 »
Depends on which cruzers you have I have a bunch and the old ones were brick ****houses while the new ones don't seem nearly as well built but I haven't had one go bad on me yet. Bummer. But prices are coming down alot and capacity is going up. Maybe send it back and see if Sandisk will replace it.
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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 09 December 2009, 13:13:21 »
Quote from: PRISONER 24601;139479
You don't hear about Cruzer micros failing often.
I have a 256mb stick from around 2003.. still works like a charm after going through the washing machine about a dozen times.


That happened to my 256mb flash drive too! All that happened was the cover broke so it now looks like a little PCB. Don't think that thing's going through airplane security...
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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 09 December 2009, 13:33:00 »
I don't think they would let you through airport security...

Anyways, I have an 8g Cruzer Micro, and it works like a charm once you remove the extra software.
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« Reply #10 on: Sat, 12 December 2009, 08:44:19 »
That's OK with me. I've never gone on an airplane and have no plans to.
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« Reply #11 on: Sat, 12 December 2009, 10:15:01 »
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That's OK with me. I've never gone on an airplane and have no plans to.


Luddite? :pound:
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« Reply #12 on: Sat, 12 December 2009, 11:02:49 »
I've got a few 32GB ones that are MicroCenter-branded (no clue who actually makes them).  Pretty inexpensive considering the storage capacity.
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Offline skriefal

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« Reply #13 on: Sat, 12 December 2009, 11:31:47 »
I can't stand the flash drives with retractable USB connectors.  They always seem to want to retract into the drive whenever I attempt to plug the drive into a USB port.  I then need to try to hold a small lever or similar in place while simultaneously plugging the drive into the USB port.  Ugh.
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