Say you save files ona usb thumbdrive, put it somewhere for 3years, then plug it in one day, will the files still be on it?
2007-09-07 17:46:07 · 5 answers · asked by TerminaToR 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Hey that's great that it lasts years without any external power, how is that? Does it store the charge, or just uses gates using binary ?
2007-09-07 18:02:04 · update #1
Yea I was thinking like after or around 3 years it would most definately discharge or something and loose it's info, it has to have some power to keep the info there....
2007-09-07 18:43:37 · update #2
Is there some site out there that expalins it all in detail, had no luck finding any info on this, just stuff which I already know.
2007-09-07 18:44:51 · update #3
Is there a 8 gig and higher thumb out there?
2007-09-09 23:06:25 · update #4
Can thumb be booted from? Like as in starting the system and instead of the HD, it reads the bootup info from the thumb? and while in XP . can the thumb be used as system memory or video memory?
2007-09-09 23:08:27 · update #5
Good answers everyone.
2007-09-15 02:29:19 · update #6
Flash memory should last a long time. The length of time data will be retained may probably be determined by the quality of the flash memory chip.
Flash memory is a type of EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). For an in depth explanation check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory.htm
The sizes in flash drives are increasing pretty fast. There are 8GB flash drives but they are pretty expensive.
To boot off a flash drive, first your motherboard needs to support booting from a USB port, and second you need to format your flash drive properly by using HP/Compaq USB Flash Drive Utilities.
Read here:
http://bootdisk.com/pendrive.htm
or Google
'flash drive boot utility'
Hope that was clear and concise.
2007-09-14 18:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Idiot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically yes, But I have an old one I tried to use having ignored it for a little over a year, had to reformat the drive, as it was corrupt.
Just because they SHOULD hold data does not mean they always will . . . do not use as a sole backup system.
2007-09-08 01:29:55 · answer #2 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The information may become corrupt after a longer period of time, but 3 years is fine.
2007-09-08 01:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barring damage from impact, heat, static, or EMP yeah it should be ok.
2007-09-08 00:50:22 · answer #4 · answered by Dull Jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!
2007-09-08 00:50:43 · answer #5 · answered by MeInUSA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋