wait a second..... seven years? That is about the life span of an HDD! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > how long do you think one would last with open elec on it? > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Stasinski > wrote: > >> Still true last time I checked but they use a lot of techniques to >> mitigate the problem. They write to different locations and I'm told some >> have far more memory space internally than is available to decrease the >> amount of writes to any given address. My first USB drives lasted maybe a >> year at most but I have a few now that are 7 years or older. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> I remember that USB drives used to be good for a limited amount of >>> writes. Is that still true? >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> | --------------------------------------------------------------- >> | Daniel P. Stasinski >> | daniel@GenericInbox.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >