Memory stick firked?

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  1. ribbo

    ribbo Member

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    Hi, I recently tried to transfer some mp3 files to my memory stick to plug into my home theater system, but found they were corrupt. After investigation I found the file became corrupt when I unplugged from my pc. Looking at the the properties it appears a lot of the data has gone awol!

    Any ideas anyone?
     
    ribbo, Sep 3, 2008
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  2. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Corruption on a USB stick suggests a hardware problem. Back up and replace.
     
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  3. Dragula96

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    Yup, hardware or driver problem. Drivers have been known to corrupt data.
     
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    did you "safely" remove it? That's happened to me a few times..
     
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  5. ribbo

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    Yeh, I removed it 'safely'. There are mp3 files that have been on there a while, and they are ok it seems to be a new problem. Sounds like I need a new stick. Thanks everyone.
     
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  6. Dragula96

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    How old us your USB key and what kind? Those things tend to have a short read/write life - the cheaper ones that is. Always corrupting data, or losing it.
     
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