Please explain how you mean 'the data last longer'? On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 9:28 AM Michael wrote: > sorry. last longer was the wrong verbage. Mister Litt must have been the > gentleman who said it. But do you do anything special when you format it > ext4? > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 11:43 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss said on Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:55:17 -0700 >> >> >I don’t see how any type of format can make any usb stick last any >> >longer than another type of format. >> >> Just speaking for myself, subjectively after quite a bit of experience, >> formatting Ext4 makes the *data* last longer than the windows format. I >> have no data or even suspicions regarding Ext4 extending the life of >> the *hardware*. >> >> SteveT >> >> Steve Litt >> Autumn 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times >> http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: