On Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:10:58 -0400, Paul
wrote:

? Good Guy ? wrote:
On 28/07/2019 21:30, wrote:
My problems all startted when I bought a cheap $10 2TB usb stick from
China. I'll not do that again.


Yes blame the Chinese for your Shortcut Deletion problem. The Chinese
are controlling everything on your machine. I suspect they are also
controlling your brain so you'll remain completely stupid for the rest
of your life, Did you know that Donald Trump is really frightened of
them so he decided to impose tariffs on them. It's too late for idiots
like you to compete with them. They are highly educated than nutters
like you.

1TB USB3 flash stick $180 (18x what the OP paid)

https://www.newegg.com/patriot-model...82E16820221063

1TB USB 3.1 CMFVYGTX3C-1TB $300 (30x what the OP paid)

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-model...82E16820236344

Those are examples of real products, not $10 counterfeits.
The $10 counterfeits have 8GB or 16GB of flash inside,
plus a controller programmed with a max_val instead of
the correct value for the size of the device. Counterfeits
claim sizes of either 1TB or 2TB, and only cost $10. The $10
is a fair price for the 8GB or 16GB of flash inside.

Here is a tech demo of a 4TB drive, using 1.33Tbit 96L QLC flash
(flaky pastry). The TypeC connector is on the end of a cable
captive to the device. It would take 24 chips of the 96L to
equal 4TB, so they'd have to be silicon dice bonded to the PCB.
They could also stack chips, but that would increase the
bulk of the device.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13823...pe-at-ces-2019

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/fvMH...DSC02208_2.jpg

That would range around $1200 and wouldn't be worth it.
(Because it's QLC.) But at that size, there's probably an
SSD controller in there instead of a conventional USB flash
controller. Just for the channel count.

So it is technically possible to build such drives, even
if that one isn't for sale quite yet. And depending on the
write rate, might be useless for any practical purpose.

And here is a picture of one of the thick ones. It
uses flex cables and folds to fit the plastic casing.
They've done something amazing with the cables, if
you believe these photos. Normally where flex cables
bond to a PCB, "it's a mess". This is unbelievably tidy.

https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qim...a1bd0e80e8e6-c

https://geeks.hu/sites/default/files...predator_5.JPG

Paul
Thanks Paul
At least your replies are informative and helpful.
I appreciate your time.
xxxxx