Fake Pen Drive - How Can You Spot Them?
by Mike White
USB Flash Memory storage devices are a practical and highly
portable method of storing and moving data between places.
Flash Memory is highly practical for this task as it has no
moving parts, supports fairly large storage and if used
properly has very little chance of failing in any serious
manner.
Unfortunately recently there has been a massive increase in
the failure rate of these previously ultra reliable USB
devices, so much so that the data recovery sector is now
placing a lot of emphasis and time on USB memory stick
recovery. The question has to be asked however what is the
problem all of a sudden?
USB storage devices are also dropping in cost all of the
time. They are growing in popularity at such a rate that
the number of devices shipped in 2007 was double that
shipped in 2006. By the end of 2008, annual sales are
estimated to be in the region of 300 million shipped units.
With the higher number of units in the market place it goes
without saying that that the actual physical numbers of
failures of portable storage devices will increase, double
the units = double the failures. However along side the
number of failing units of more concern is the increase in
the ratio of failed units that is being seen.
When a previously very reliable product starts to have
increased failure rate, just as in any industry the
repairers (in this case the data recovery companies) start
to ask why and often collaborate on their findings.
Investigations have started to reveal that the actual memory
chips in the drives have not failed at all and are working
just as expected.
The failures are normally attributed to poor manufacture
quality by mushroom companies in Korea, Taiwan, Singapore
and China. These devices often make their way on to the
market as unbranded devices, however there are huge problems
with fake devices.
These fake devices often take advantage of the consumer by
reporting much higher storage capacity than is actually
available which is very misleading right from the off.
Another problem here as well is the cost , yes they are
cheaper but what are you actually getting for your money?
The manufacturing process can only go so far and that only
leaves one option, cheaper and substandard components!
The best advice that anyone can give you here is to buy
branded devices if the cost is affordable (which it
generally is). And also ask your self this question, is
the risk of losing all my data really worth risk of saving a
relatively small amount of money? - 15668
Author Bio: Mike White is a technology enthusiast with a
keen interest in business IT services and support,
(http://www.abcdatarecovery.co.uk) Data Recovery,
(http://www.abcdatarecovery.co.uk/Server-RAID/) Raid
Recovery computer hardware and design and technology news
and events.
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New Unique Article!
Title: Fake Pen Drive - How Can You Spot Them?
Author: Mike White
Email: smiley1@smiley1.co.uk
Keywords: USB Memory Sticks,Pen Drives,Flash Memory,USB Memory Repair,USB Data Recovery
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Category: Computers:Hardware
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