Corrupting Downloading Files

[harrisondarenberg]

I have a 1tb flash drive I use for my computer, since my Drive D: got messed up, and every time I try downloading a game onto my Flash Drive, the downloading processing files corrupt. CONSTANTLY! It is getting a little bit annoying.

 

[terry4536]

I would suggest running one of the drive diagnostics software to trouble shoot the drive. You can try updating the driver for the flash drive as well.

 

[terry4536]

Here is a link to Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic. There are others to be found on google.

https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=940&s=

 

[bignastyid]

Whats the model of this 1Tb flash drive? Where was it purchased? I ask because there are alot of cheap fakes that use modified firmware to fake drive sizes. Evenb Amazon lists these fakes for ~$20. A real 1Tb flash drive currently costs alot more than a 1Tb SSD, ~$450+ for a 1Tb flash drive VS ~$200 for a 1TB SSD.

 

[dextermat]

+1 you got a fake flash drive.
Ask for a refund

 

[harrisondarenberg]

Whats the model of this 1Tb flash drive? Where was it purchased? I ask because there are alot of cheap fakes that use modified firmware to fake drive sizes. Evenb Amazon lists these fakes for ~$20. A real 1Tb flash drive currently costs alot more than a 1Tb SSD, ~$450+ for a 1Tb flash drive VS ~$200 for a 1TB SSD.

This is the drive I ordered, it is likely fake due to the evidence you brought to my attention with.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BPX28L4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[bignastyid]

Whats the model of this 1Tb flash drive? Where was it purchased? I ask because there are alot of cheap fakes that use modified firmware to fake drive sizes. Evenb Amazon lists these fakes for ~$20. A real 1Tb flash drive currently costs alot more than a 1Tb SSD, ~$450+ for a 1Tb flash drive VS ~$200 for a 1TB SSD.

This is the drive I ordered, it is likely fake due to the evidence you brought to my attention with.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BPX28L4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yep that's a fake.

 

[terry4536]

Whats the model of this 1Tb flash drive? Where was it purchased? I ask because there are alot of cheap fakes that use modified firmware to fake drive sizes. Evenb Amazon lists these fakes for ~$20. A real 1Tb flash drive currently costs alot more than a 1Tb SSD, ~$450+ for a 1Tb flash drive VS ~$200 for a 1TB SSD.

This is the drive I ordered, it is likely fake due to the evidence you brought to my attention with.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BPX28L4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

What was your first clue???

Why would you waste your $26?

 

[CaptainCretin]

h2testw.exe is the program you want to use to test flash memory capacity; you should do it will all flash memory, including branded products, because fakes can and do get into the supply chains.

It will read and write a unique file to EVERY empty cell on the device, then read it back; fake devices arent usually picked up by normal testing suites, as they test each cell in turn with the same data file, and the fake circuitry can fool them by writing the data to the real cells and claiming to have written it to the non existent cells.

It is slow though, so you will want to leave it running overnight to test a 1TB drive.

 

[cryoburner]

I would return it, and if you got it from that seller through Amazon, then let Amazon know that these are fake products. Looking at the reviews, people were posting about the drives being fake last year, but the seller still has them for sale and Amazon hasn't done anything about it yet.

It's possible to find some legitimate 128GB flash drives around this price range, but performance probably won't be ideal for running games off of them. You would probably be better off spending $40+ and getting a 1TB internal hard drive. Or $60+ for 2TB, if you think you can use the extra storage.

 

[CaptainCretin]

I would return it, and if you got it from that seller through Amazon, then let Amazon know that these are fake products. Looking at the reviews, people were posting about the drives being fake last year, but the seller still has them for sale and Amazon hasn't done anything about it yet.

It's possible to find some legitimate 128GB flash drives around this price range, but performance probably won't be ideal for running games off of them. You would probably be better off spending $40+ and getting a 1TB internal hard drive. Or $60+ for 2TB, if you think you can use the extra storage.

Amazon are getting very bad at this; I reported several sellers for selling useless tat, and their response was to send me emails detailing what other useless tat these people were selling.