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Nikolaj Lazic   wrote:
>Dana Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:42:38 +1300, Craig Dooley
 napis'o:
>> BY: Tauno Voipio(3:770/3)
>>
>>
>> TV>
>> TV> I'm just curious: What makes a Flash memory on an USB interface
>> TV> more durable than a Flash memory on a SD card?
>> TV>
>> I'm not really sure.  it's my understanding that SD cards will wear out
because
>> of read/write cycles eventually.  I've never heard that said of a USB
>> flashdrive.  But I'm not an expert on either.
>
>I've got few of USB flash drives that died. Or got read only.

Me too. (Me, Two!)

Used on RPI as "larger storage", both went read-only in action.

The first one did not survive a reboot, and became a
Teflon drive. A non-stick. Not a USB memory device at all. It just
went away.

The other was still readable to recover from, on a PC, but was
discarded after!

Currently on 2nd SD card and 3rd USB stick.

There is no magic to USB drives that means "they don't wear out".
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