Generally when you go over it's actual storage limit the device screws up, and you have to reformat to get it to work again, where it shows it's true capacity. The data in that section isn't unreliable, it just doesn't exist at all!
Noticed how cheap USB sticks are now?
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Generally when you go over it's actual storage limit the device screws up, and you have to reformat to get it to work again, where it shows it's true capacity. The data in that section isn't unreliable, it just doesn't exist at all!
Hmmm waste of time 
The pendrive came yesterday and I have been testing throughout the day. Above 8GB the data becomes unreadable, Windows 7 detects errors on the drive and won't read it beyond that.
Will file a refund through Paypal to get my money back
I am now going to get a 2.5" USB2 enclosure for £9 as I have a spare 60GB laptop HDD that I could use instead....should have thought of that instead before lmao!
The pendrive came yesterday and I have been testing throughout the day. Above 8GB the data becomes unreadable, Windows 7 detects errors on the drive and won't read it beyond that.
Will file a refund through Paypal to get my money back
I am now going to get a 2.5" USB2 enclosure for £9 as I have a spare 60GB laptop HDD that I could use instead....should have thought of that instead before lmao!
Hmmm waste of time
The pendrive came yesterday and I have been testing throughout the day. Above 8GB the data becomes unreadable, Windows 7 detects errors on the drive and won't read it beyond that.
Will file a refund through Paypal to get my money back
I am now going to get a 2.5" USB2 enclosure for £9 as I have a spare 60GB laptop HDD that I could use instead....should have thought of that instead before lmao!
That sucks. Sorry to hear it mate.
Soldato
ive still got my TakeMS memdrive mini-metal. not the fastest, but definately one of the coolest 
http://www.takems.com/products.php?categ=usb&prod=MEM-Drive_Mini_Metal
I paid £20 for it, that was cheap back then.
http://www.takems.com/products.php?categ=usb&prod=MEM-Drive_Mini_Metal
I paid £20 for it, that was cheap back then.
Soldato
You have been scammed. This is why you don't buy generic brand USB sticks off ebay and never, never ever buy any memory products from outside the UK.
It's an 8gb stick that has been "flashed" to a 16gb.
Don't feel too bad, I learned the hard way as well. Got my money back from paypal though.
and as for all the sound stuff, yes what you have done is completely pointless
It's an 8gb stick that has been "flashed" to a 16gb.
Don't feel too bad, I learned the hard way as well. Got my money back from paypal though.
and as for all the sound stuff, yes what you have done is completely pointless
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You should test the flash drive with THIS tool.
Send it back for a refund if the report shows its not a true 16gb drive
Send it back for a refund if the report shows its not a true 16gb drive
Cheers tested using that tool!
What do you mean? I take it you're referring to someone else and not me with that statement?!
and as for all the sound stuff, yes what you have done is completely pointless
What do you mean? I take it you're referring to someone else and not me with that statement?!
Soldato
Sorry, I was referring to lejosh
Was gonna say!
Soldato
I've converted my music into 4096kbps, 1GB an album.
May I ask why?
I would only get 15 albums or so
No offence but lol.
According to that tool it's only a 2GB stick! weird....Maybe the 8GB limit I recahed before was just coincidence although I didn't exactly play back any tracks...just viewed in explorer.
Soldato
Recently purchased a Sandisk 8Gb one for £10 and a few pennies, thought yours was a bargain until I read the thread
Hopefully you get your refund.
Hopefully you get your refund.
Soldato
After having a similar experience I bought an 8gb Sandisk Cruzer for just under a tenner...great USB stick
Well Paypal will automatically refund my money on the 14th Nov if the seller doesn't do anything about it. I doubt he will.
Job done
Yeah I'll buy a Cruzer 16GB of a proper online store I think as the 2.5" HDD idea I'm unsure of, the amount of vibrations my car pushes into the cabin from the sports suspension and tyres is not really pleasant
Job done
Yeah I'll buy a Cruzer 16GB of a proper online store I think as the 2.5" HDD idea I'm unsure of, the amount of vibrations my car pushes into the cabin from the sports suspension and tyres is not really pleasant
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Some places are overpriced and my mum was a victim -_-
Although entire music collection on 16GB?
I would only get 15 albums or so
surely that wouldnt make any differences than ripping cd's as FLAC files which is lossless audio from the cd at the highest bit-rate on the cd..
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If anything, it would lower the quality. Re-sampling it to 96KHz and 24bit will just add more quantization errors.
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Indeed it will.