Suddenly death syndrome and pendrives

Tomas García · 10-07-2009, 04:25 AM

Hi all,

I have a doubt about a subject i remember to have read in the past.

I remember, when the USB pendrives began to be sold, people and the specialists spoke about a serious problem named suddenly death syndrome which caused the USB pendrive´s death without any warning.

A long time ago about this and I have not heard anything about this problem.

Is it still a problem?

Tomás García

Olle P · 10-07-2009, 03:28 PM

I've had a drive corrupting stored files not too long ago, so I'd say that the issue is still valid.
Expect thumb-drives to "wear out" in a year or two, somewhat depending on how actively it's being used. It may very well last longer, but don't rely on it to store sensitive data.

Cheers
Olle

Desert Fox · 11-07-2009, 07:55 AM

I actually had a Kingston 16gb usb key die on me all of a sudden. I looked around online and apparently this had happened to many others. that was 6 months ago. my new ocz rally2 has been great though.

wolfish009 · 11-16-2009, 09:05 AM

A sudden death of a Pen Drive is a common thing we hear and see around. And there is no single reason for this. Defragmenting your USB Drive is often seen to be a good option but it actually shortens the life of your drive by making many unnecessary writes.

Similarly, USB Drive are designed with certain number of write and erase capabilities so even the life of your drive depends upon how frequent you use the drive? But, considering this there are many well designed data recovery softwares and renowned companies that can help you in case of any unpleasant data loss situation from your SSD.

Source: www.eprovided.com

10-07-2009, 04:25 AM	#1
Tomas García Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 42	Suddenly death syndrome and pendrives Hi all, I have a doubt about a subject i remember to have read in the past. I remember, when the USB pendrives began to be sold, people and the specialists spoke about a serious problem named suddenly death syndrome which caused the USB pendrive´s death without any warning. A long time ago about this and I have not heard anything about this problem. Is it still a problem? Tomás García

11-07-2009, 07:55 AM	#3
Desert Fox Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	kingston I actually had a Kingston 16gb usb key die on me all of a sudden. I looked around online and apparently this had happened to many others. that was 6 months ago. my new ocz rally2 has been great though.

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10-07-2009, 03:28 PM	#2
Olle P Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Sweden Posts: 576	I've had a drive corrupting stored files not too long ago, so I'd say that the issue is still valid. Expect thumb-drives to "wear out" in a year or two, somewhat depending on how actively it's being used. It may very well last longer, but don't rely on it to store sensitive data. Cheers Olle

11-16-2009, 09:05 AM	#4
wolfish009 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6	A sudden death of a Pen Drive is a common thing we hear and see around. And there is no single reason for this. Defragmenting your USB Drive is often seen to be a good option but it actually shortens the life of your drive by making many unnecessary writes. Similarly, USB Drive are designed with certain number of write and erase capabilities so even the life of your drive depends upon how frequent you use the drive? But, considering this there are many well designed data recovery softwares and renowned companies that can help you in case of any unpleasant data loss situation from your SSD. Source: www.eprovided.com