Derrick.Blarg

Tag: storage-management

  • More Fake Flash Fun

    More Fake Flash Fun

    Like last time, I’ve come into ownership of a suspicious flash drive that holds a secret: It’s actually a micro SD card and reader… and completely broken 🙂

    Warning: Only 120992 of 120993 MByte tested.
The media is likely to be defective.
33.1 GByte OK (69490999 sectors)
85.0 GByte DATA LOST (178300617 sectors)
Details:371.5 KByte overwritten (743 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
85.0 GByte corrupted (178299874 sectors)
371.5 KByte aliased memory (743 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x0000000848b26e00
Expected: 0x0000000848b26e00
Found: 0x286fe2ee6fa575a5
H2testw version 1.3
Writing speed: 9.79 MByte/s
Reading speed: 3.36 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
  • Fake Flash Adventures

    Fake Flash Adventures

    I recently purchased a “256 GB” flash drive for $3.  I knew this had to be fake, but I was also curious about how it worked.  It turns out that there was a “256 GB” micro SD card inside of it and I’m pretty sure that’s fake.

    I didn’t get this on Amazon, but here’s a link to basically the same generic thing:

    Here’s a copy of the Amazon item page as of the writing of this post.

    Using the great program H2testw I was able to determine how much actual storage the device had:

    Warning: Only 255988 of 255989 MByte tested.
The media is likely to be defective.
29.5 GByte OK (62042393 sectors)
220.4 GByte DATA LOST (462221031 sectors)
Details:1.1 MByte overwritten (2300 sectors)
0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)
220.4 GByte corrupted (462218731 sectors)
1.0 MByte aliased memory (2160 sectors)
First error at offset: 0x00000007644c3200
Expected: 0x00000007644c3200
Found: 0x0000000000000000
H2testw version 1.3
Writing speed: 9.09 MByte/s
Reading speed: 10.3 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4

    Turns out, it’s a little under 30 gigs.  Well, at least I’ve got a good 30 gigs I can use 🙂

    Of course, I’m not going to trust this for anything important at all, so I’m going to stick it in my Nintendo Switch to use for extra storage.  If it fails, then I’ll just need to re-download any games stored on it.  No biggie.

  • SUSINO Travel Bag

    SUSINO Travel Bag

    On March 25th I ordered a “Free Shipping SUSINO New Men’s Travel Bag For Storaging Electronic Parts Cosmetic Bag Casual Outdoor Storage Bag” from AliExpress.  It was on sale for $6.75, normally $18.24.

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    To be honest, I wasn’t getting my hopes up about quality.  Luckily, I was wrong.  Already, I’m enjoying this bag.  It’s taken all of the loose and under-fitting items that used to live loosely in the dark depths of my messenger bag and has given them a home.

    Glancing at the pictures on my phone while ordering, I had assumed that the layout was a cross pattern of elastic, similar to the Grid-It! organizers.  It was not.  That’s fine though, because it works well with what it has.  I was very happy with all that I could fit inside.  I even had enough room left to fit in a couple new items. 

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