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I am certain that there is some tech that is rolling their eyes at me, but my experience is that I have never had corruption on a USB drive.
I have had them in the clothes washer & dryer repeatedly, have repeatedly dropped them, never used eject. The only time one of them stopped working is after it was bent in half and the shell shattered. Even then, I could get it to work well enough to transfer the data before giving up on it.

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Like 14 Sep 2024 at 21:46 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mstdn.party

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Melissa BearTrix

{Knocking on wood {taps head} for you}

I've only had a couple just not work from purchase

Hugz & xXx

14 Sep 2024 at 21:50 | Open on hugz.online

Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️

@Woodswalked @Melissabeartrix Back in the day, I had a friend who used SCSI drives and would frequently hot-swap the connections.

"You're supposed power those off before swapping the connection," I said.

"Yeah, I know they *say* that," he said. "But I've never had a problem."

About a year later, I saw him again and he was powering everything off before swapping the connection.

"Oh!" I said. "I notice you're powering those off before swapping them out now."

He grimaced. "Yeah."

14 Sep 2024 at 22:33 | Open on wandering.shop

@stevendbrewer
Your experience makes it sound like SCSI are inferior.
I use USB, but if I ever switch then I will keep that in mind.

cc: @Melissabeartrix

14 Sep 2024 at 22:43 | Open on mstdn.party