arjan

@mobachat (2)

Delhi, India

Joined myLot 12 years ago

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arjan liked this • 17 Nov 13

failed hard disk!

arjan @mobachat (2) • Delhi, India 13 Nov 13

I dont knw if this is the ryt place.....but an answer would be really help ful two days ago my laptop hard drive gave away....it was corrupted to the root...took it out of the laptop. now new notebook hds are really expensive for...

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topffer A flash drive has a limited time of life, but "limited" here means very long, as a cluster can be re-written 3000 to 100000 times before it dies (it depends of the technology). I don't know if Linux Mint has a special way for managing flash drives, but some...

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arjan liked this • 13 Nov 13

failed hard disk!

arjan @mobachat (2) • Delhi, India 13 Nov 13

I dont knw if this is the ryt place.....but an answer would be really help ful two days ago my laptop hard drive gave away....it was corrupted to the root...took it out of the laptop. now new notebook hds are really expensive for...

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Bluedoll My answer would be everything has a life span and will over time get old and need replacing however a flash drive should have a very long life span without corruption. It might be slower than a hard drive. I am not 100% sure about this answer but for not...

13 Nov 13

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