My Lexar Jumpdrive is built like a tank

illusion88

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This thing is indestructable.

I bought this 128mb jumpdrive from wallyworld almost a year ago. I used to keep it on my keychain.
So I was at this party, drinking heavly, partying hard. When it came time to go home, we decided we were in no shape to drive, so we started walking. Somewhere I lost my keychain with the jumpdrive on it. There was about 2 feet of snow on the ground at the time. And there my keychain lay, in the snow for over 2 months. It got snowed on, ran over and frozen. One day, someone noticed this keychain, and seeing the keys on it reconised that it belonged to someone at the college. So they returned it. The office checked the numbers on the keys and gave it back to me.

When I got the keys back, the drive was soaked. I was able to shake water out of it. I hung it up to dry, and it was dripping! So after a few hours, when I figured it was dry I plugged it into the computer. Sure enough, ALL of my data was intact! The keys on the chain were rusted! The ring had so much rust on it that I broke it with my hands. But the drive still worked.

Today, I washed it through the washer and dryer on accident. I found it in the bottom of the dryer and I was thinking, this has to be the end of this drive. But, I just plugged it in and it works fine, and all of my data is good!

I love this thing, not bad for a $30 jumpdrive huh?
 
Aug 26, 2004
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wasn't there a thread on here a couple of days ago about a usb keychain drive that fell apart?

completely opposite threads :laugh:
 

BrianH1

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yep i have a lextor jump drive and it has been washed a few times, and still works fine. Too bad this one is the bulky shaped one and has trouble fitting in some USB ports when they are side by side. I really need to buy a slim one.
 

JW310

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Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
yup. About the only thing that can get your data is a strong magnet or static electricity.

I wasn't aware flash memory was affected at all by magnets.
 

imthebadguy

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Originally posted by: JW310
Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
yup. About the only thing that can get your data is a strong magnet or static electricity.

I wasn't aware flash memory was affected at all by magnets.

im pretty sure its not