Comments on: Formats, Defrags and Flash Drive Death

By: John Holland

John Holland — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:45:01 +0000

Thank you!! I was unaware of the possibility of damaging a Flash Drive by either defragging or re-formatting. I appreciate the Tip!

Ray — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:06:43 +0000

This tip is really helpful.

Liam Ryan — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:57:44 +0000

Very useful and informative because I was not aware of this issue with flash drives.

Thanks for the tip

joe — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:43:35 +0000

Great tip, might go down as a lifesaver for some.

Jerry Chapman — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:49:12 +0000

I don’t see why a non-secure format, quick or slow would cause excessive writes.