Failing to Format an 800GB Flash (1 Viewer)
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Wow, what an assclown... check this out:
http://kuriviewd.blogspot.com/2009/06/sony-vaio-pendrive-800-gb.html
What a scam! People, do your research before you fall for stuff like this. If the product doesn't exist anywhere else online, certainly not on Sony's website, do NOT fall for it! These chips can be rewritten to show capacity, but truthfully only hold 1-2 GB usually.
http://kuriviewd.blogspot.com/2009/06/sony-vaio-pendrive-800-gb.html
What a scam! People, do your research before you fall for stuff like this. If the product doesn't exist anywhere else online, certainly not on Sony's website, do NOT fall for it! These chips can be rewritten to show capacity, but truthfully only hold 1-2 GB usually.
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That's what we are saying. There's no such thing as a 800 GB usb flash drive. Is this truly a FLASH drive or do you mean an External USB Drive? If it's truly a FLASH drive as it sounds, you were more than likely swindled, I'm afraid.
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Yes, I would say that you have been the victim of a scam and you have a potentially damaged piece of goods there. Time to toss it and buy a new one from a reputable dealer. The largest flash drive out there right now is about 64Gb (there might be a 128Gb) and they cost about US $300 right now. So, if someone is selling you something for way under that range and all, it is likely a scam.
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I also got this 800GB thumbdrive. checked it out with all possible windows tools and it showed 792 GB. Copied my 500GB external harddrive on it and it showed about 75% used. Deleted all files again. Since I had some corrupt files (previous crash) on my backup, I couldn't delete those 5 files. on the stick. Tried to format the stick. it went through and then came up with can not finish formating. Now I can not even access the flashdrive any more. :-
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I also got this 800GB thumbdrive. checked it out with all possible windows tools and it showed 792 GB. Copied my 500GB external harddrive on it and it showed about 75% used. Deleted all files again. Since I had some corrupt files (previous crash) on my backup, I couldn't delete those 5 files. on the stick. Tried to format the stick. it went through and then came up with can not finish formating. Now I can not even access the flashdrive any more. :-
Yeah, like we pointed out above, you got swindled. It's fake. There is no such thing as an 800 gb thumb drive. What they do is reprogram the chips to report as an 800 gb drive.
