[OpenIndiana-discuss] Disappearing files on FAT32 flash drive

[Reginald Beardsley]

Newest drive I have. 16 GB, but probably never had more than 1 GB on it.

--- On Thu, 12/20/12, Jim Klimov <jimklimov at cos.ru> wrote:

> From: Jim Klimov <jimklimov at cos.ru>
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Disappearing files on FAT32 flash drive
> To: openindiana-discuss at 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
> 
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