View Single Post
  #32   Report Post  
Posted to sci.electronics.repair
Bob Larter Bob Larter is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 389
Default Non-Working Cruzer Flash Drive

Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:18:02 +1000, Bob Larter
put finger to keyboard and composed:

Meat Plow wrote:


Well one of the most common (non physical abuse) problem is corruption
of the file system since there is a unique read/write algorithm used
to spread the usage of the file system over the entire flash memory.


"Write-leveling"


I've always seen it called "wear leveling".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_leveling


Yep, my mistake.

--
W
. | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because
\|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est
---^----^---------------------------------------------------------------