>>I have had my second thumbdrive fail. It's a 1 gig Imation. It started with
>>files in folders becoming corrupted. ie. one folder had a lot of stuff in it
and
>these weird files appearing. and Explorer cannot delete them either.
I have several Imation thumbdrives in various capacities and have never had problems with them. However, I had symptoms similar to what you describe with two Exigo units purchased from CitySoft about 18 months ago. (Probably why CitySoft had them on special at the time. I suppose I could have fought the good fight and perhaps succeeded in getting a credit or having them replaced; but it was easier, and in some ways more satisfying, just to refrain from ever buying from CitySoft again.)
>So I formatted the drive and copied the data back onto it from backups. Then
>>other problems appeared, all file related.
>
>>So I must assume that the unit's stuffed.
>
>>The likes of Harvey Norman have barrells of thumbdrives of various sizes and
>>brands in the bargain bins as you walk in the door. Just wondering if any
>>brands stick out whether for good reasons or for bad.
>
>Stick with SanDisk. I use an 8 GB one without a problem. The s*it ones
>break, had very bad device driver support, and will make Windows crash and
>burn without warning.
Cheers, Phred.