| Art Alexion on 16 Sep 2009 09:12:14 -0700 |
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On Tuesday 15 September 2009 13:20:38 Gordon Dexter wrote: > Ok, so I'm in a Global Knowledge class for the Security+ certification, > and I hear the instructor say that flash drives need to be 'recharged' > periodically, and if you don't then within ten years or so the contents > of the drive will be lost. Now, I've never heard of this before, and a > quick Google search resulted in a bunch of things about write wear, but > nothing about data fading away due to the drive being discharged. > Honestly I'm pretty skeptical, since this instructor seems > poorly-informed and has said a number of things in the course that are > dubious or just plain wrong, and I've had to correct her more than once. > > Has anybody heard of this? Or is this just another example of the > instructor being clueless? Here is my experience, which may or may not be pertinent. I had a first gen iPod shuffle, basically a 512 MB flash drive with music player. During a file transfer, it locked up and I could never get it back with any of the tricks that google provided me. So I left it on. I am not sure what this means because "On" is more like "unlock", as it isn't really "on" unless it is playing and the file system corruption prevented it from playing. I left it on for six months. Still had a charge and wouldn't play. I left it on for about 13-14 months. Charge gone. Erased. Plugged in. Reloaded music. Worked fine So an extended time with no power, at least on this device, does result in a loss of data. Attachment:
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