Is my "Generic" USB Flash Drive broken?
- by Jesse J.
So here is the situation. I find myself technological knowledgeable about many things ( I love to code, whether it's websites, C#, C++ or so on). However:
My 2 toddlers (my wife actually) bought me a "Generic" 128 GB USB Storage Device (Usb Flash Drive) for Father's Day. I thought awesome at first..... WRONG! Nothing but problems with it. 3-4mb/s MAX transfer speed.
I can bear with it.
BUT!
When I went to reformat my computer I transferred my save files from my games over to the stick and then the USB Stick managed to become corrupted. Not just a simple format would work either. It's screwed.
I tried to use (Manually changed usb drive letter troubleshooting it to X) "chmod X: /X /F /R" with administrator rights, I did this after a long session to make it work with no errors (had to delete the log) and I finally recovered the files, however when I go to use it (transfer to or from) it transfers a couple kb to the stick or from it and then freezes, It says (Windows 7):
Name:
From: Folder (X:\File\Location)
To: Folder C:\Users\Username\Desktop)
Items Remaining: 0 (0 bytes)
Speed: 0 bytes/second
It does this forever... and ever... and ever... It transfered 3 files atleast, and then stopped.
This is a new USB Stick bought from a "High" reputation company on eBay.
Is the USB Stick screwed?
