Waterproof USB Drive
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I have a 2 GB Sony USB drive that I left in the pocket of my pants which I washed today (in 40 Celsius). I found the drive inside the washing machine.
Now guess what happened; I plugged it into my computer to see how it is and the computer recognized it as a new hardware (though of course it had already been installed).
Then Picasa started to scan the drive (there are images on it) and the images had a red cross onthem (not instead of them). I closed Picasa and tried to open the drive both in Total Commander and in Explorer as well but neither worked.
Oh well, I said, I could have expected that. I then unplugged and plugged in again but now it works perfectly - I can open the images and such.
Am I lucky?
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i suppose your a bit lucky, but usually stuff like thats okay when it dries out, as there are no mechanical parts that can be water damaged. Next time (if there is a next time!) its best to leave the drvie to dry for a few hours before you try and use it again.
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And as an added bonus... it is clean now
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you need one of these gai, iron drive
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@unknownuser said:
And as an added bonus... it is clean now
Yeah, definitely. I'm now thinking about putt6ings my keyboard into the washing machine. What do you guys suggest?
@remus: that iron drive looks more like a hand granade...
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all the better to protect your data with.
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The same thing happened to my usb drive over 4 years ago.
After drying it, it runs without any problems till today... but it's only a 128MB and i replaced it last month with a larger one.so nothing seems to change - the toughness of thumb drives and the ability of washing machines to destroy them
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Here's a nice video of a keyboard being cleaned.
Bob
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Hehe... That's funny...
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Some luck indeed. Pretec says thet it's drive is water, fire and bulletproof... I would not suggest testing if your bulletproof USB drive is really bulletproof.
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