[Coco] Drivewire on an older computer via USB

[Marc Charbonneau]

Basically the same memory technology.
You can read from them as much as you want, but each memory-cell can be
written to about 100,000 times before it dies.

The same goes for SSD drives. The first generation models died fast. Now
they spread the writes to make them last longer.
Le 1 févr. 2015 12:31, "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> a écrit :

> What about a CompactFlash or SD Card?  They make adapters to use one of
> these in place of a SATA or IDE hard drive inside the case.  Do they have
> as limited of a write life cycle as the USB flash drives?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of K. Pruitt
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 6:49 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire on an older computer via USB
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Heskett" <gheskett at wdtv.com>
> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 11:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire on an older computer via USB
>
>
> > On Saturday 31 January 2015 09:50:26 Francis Swygert did opine
> > And Gene did reply:
> >> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:51:44 -0800
> >> From: "K. Pruitt" <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
> >>
> <SNIP
> >>
> >> ===================================
> >>
> >> Sounds like you may have a hard drive or controller issue. Could just
> >> be the drive controller driver or the way Java accesses the HD, I
> >> suppose. If it's the driver or controller this may only work on
> >> certain models of computers. Still, this is a good tip that may help
> >> someone with an older computer. Hmm... maybe it's the way Java
> >> accesses the thumbdrive....
> >>
> >>
> >> Frank Swygert
> >> Fix-It-Frank Handyman Service
> >> 803-604-6548
> >
> > I would want to point out that the "thumbdrive" is flashrom, and in that
> > service may have a short life in any instance where there is filesystem
> > read-write cycles in the background.  There is no failure warning built
> > into them, so I would want to keep a backup, done daily at least,
> > someplace on the HD so that when the failure does hit, its just a matter
> > of plugging in a new drive and dsaving your backup to it to resume.  You
> > would potentially lose a days work, depending on your own creative
> > schedule.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > --
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> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
> > US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS
> >
>
>
> Okay, well Frank, Gene, and Aaron have basically said that a USB is not the
> way to go so I would take that as gospel.
>
> I have Linux installed on a second partition, so I can see if I have drive
> issues under Linux.  I might just need to reinstall XP.
>
> So, in conclusion, you can run drivewire/nitros9 via a USB, but you really
> shouldn't.  :)
>
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