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2018 SCREW, 802a, Sync3 claims another...killed a SanDisc 32gb flash drive
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<blockquote data-quote="Droid" data-source="post: 1450604" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>The "FAT" filesystem most commonly used for USB flash drives (and probably the only thing Sync3 supports) is actually incredibly unsuited for the purpose it's used. </p><p></p><p>FAT is very easy to corrupt, and if it's corrupted, it might fail later than you'd expect. This is because Sync might actually be *writing* stuff to it occasionally (e.g. last-time-file-accessed info). So Sync updates the last-read timestamp on a file one day in a corrupt section and it knocks out the entire filesystem. I know that sounds batshit crazy ridiculous but have actually seen this happen in software development.</p><p></p><p>I've only owned a Gen2 since November, so maybe I just need to wait a few more months for it to happen to me. Don't think the Gen1 ever lunched my USB drive in 9 years.</p><p></p><p>My only suggestion would be to reformat the disk in a computer, copy the music to it, and make absolutely certain it's correctly unmounted/ejected before removing it. Then put it in the truck and never remove it unless truck is completely off. Removing it "incorrectly" can cause it to be corrupted, and it might seem 100% fine until you play a specific song months later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Droid, post: 1450604, member: 220"] The "FAT" filesystem most commonly used for USB flash drives (and probably the only thing Sync3 supports) is actually incredibly unsuited for the purpose it's used. FAT is very easy to corrupt, and if it's corrupted, it might fail later than you'd expect. This is because Sync might actually be *writing* stuff to it occasionally (e.g. last-time-file-accessed info). So Sync updates the last-read timestamp on a file one day in a corrupt section and it knocks out the entire filesystem. I know that sounds batshit crazy ridiculous but have actually seen this happen in software development. I've only owned a Gen2 since November, so maybe I just need to wait a few more months for it to happen to me. Don't think the Gen1 ever lunched my USB drive in 9 years. My only suggestion would be to reformat the disk in a computer, copy the music to it, and make absolutely certain it's correctly unmounted/ejected before removing it. Then put it in the truck and never remove it unless truck is completely off. Removing it "incorrectly" can cause it to be corrupted, and it might seem 100% fine until you play a specific song months later. [/QUOTE]
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