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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

    Today, my beloved 128 MB USB Pen Drive passed away.
    It served me well for all its life, but this morning, when i connected it to my pc at work .. silence.

    Damn, i have to develop my turn based game this morning What do i do now ?
    If you save your data in a proprietary format, the owner of the format owns your data.
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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

    Quote Originally Posted by {MSX}
    What do i do now ?
    Gives you a good excuse to play WoW instead

    Hope you used it as a backup medium only?

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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

    At least he had a good innings.
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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

    Hmm, didn't realise flash drives died so quickly.
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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

    Quote Originally Posted by Traveler
    Hope you used it as a backup medium only?
    usb drives for backups? they are supposed to be used for easy data transfer

    i just bought a 512mb one, so i can go and download big files in
    the library that has adsl and then bring them home
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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

    Well i used it as a development media There was FPC, Blender Paint shop pro 4, JEDI-SDL etc.. Just to develop at work
    Luckily, i do daily backup of that.

    Saturnday i'll go to PC City and try to get it changed. It should have a warrant.. The nice thing is that if they change it by the same price i'll have a 256 MB now It will have space for lazarus too
    If you save your data in a proprietary format, the owner of the format owns your data.
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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

    What interesting uses could one make of a dead USB drive?

    :arrow: Bury it, but use it as it's own headstone.
    :arrow: Test the robustness of the plastic case with the aid of a car tyre (with car attached).
    :arrow: Attach it to a small chain and wear it around your neck, claiming it is your new iPod Shuffle. Drill a small hole for a headphone jack, 'plug in' some earphones and groove away to yourself.
    :arrow: Attach it to the bonnet of your car. Mercedes Benz have the three-pointed star. Rolls Royce have the flying lady. You have the USB drive.
    :arrow: Cut off the USB plug end and glue the remainder of the USB drive to a baseball cap. Wear the cap in public proudly stating, "I just upgraded my memory". Walk up to someone you know and when they say hi, you say, "Do I know you? Sorry, my memory of you must be on my other USB drive."

    If it's still in warranty though, I would perhaps suggest not to do any of these (potentially destructive) ideas.

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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

    Quote Originally Posted by Delfi
    usb drives for backups? they are supposed to be used for easy data transfer
    True, but With backup I meant, that the actual version of his code on that usb stick was a copy and not the origional.
    I know some people who actually lost important documents that way, because they never bothered to write it to a harddisk.

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    R.I.P. to my USB pen drive

    Quote Originally Posted by Sly
    What interesting uses could one make of a dead USB drive?

    :arrow: Bury it, but use it as it's own headstone.
    :arrow: Test the robustness of the plastic case with the aid of a car tyre (with car attached).
    :arrow: Attach it to a small chain and wear it around your neck, claiming it is your new iPod Shuffle. Drill a small hole for a headphone jack, 'plug in' some earphones and groove away to yourself.
    :arrow: Attach it to the bonnet of your car. Mercedes Benz have the three-pointed star. Rolls Royce have the flying lady. You have the USB drive.
    :arrow: Cut off the USB plug end and glue the remainder of the USB drive to a baseball cap. Wear the cap in public proudly stating, "I just upgraded my memory". Walk up to someone you know and when they say hi, you say, "Do I know you? Sorry, my memory of you must be on my other USB drive."

    If it's still in warranty though, I would perhaps suggest not to do any of these (potentially destructive) ideas.
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