On Thu, 17 May 2018 20:22:14 +0100, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:

"Peter Jason" wrote in message
...

Do these thumb drives last forever, or should
their contents be transferred to the latest USB
drives?

I've replaced a grand total of '1' since USB thumb drives became available.
- the failure rate wasn't age...fell out of my shirt pocket into a can of
paint.

Did have another one, an ancient Memorex 1GB drive where the drive assembly
detached from the plastic casing
- a few tiny drops of Gorilla glue applied with a toothpick and tiny C-clamp
for a few hours fixed(it).
*Still working as a USB for Acronis True Image 2017 Boot Media

I was recently given a 256MB (Megabytes!!!) drive by my neighbour and asked to download the entire Harry Potter series onto it. I burst out laughing when they said they'd just bought it brand new from a local shop. The shop is run by Pakis, so that's why....

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"Have you read The Three Musketeers?"
"No, only one of them."