This is not a new acquisition, it has been in my backup box for a while, I suppose I bought it a few years back for a "bargain" price and because of that, thought nothing of varying from my normal brands of trusted flash drives. It has been trouble, it always needs repairing when inserted and therefore it is not a wise choice for a backup device, so I decided to fix it....
It didn't take long with my precision instruments....
Just a photo of the board before I fixed it even further...
The conclusion is a simple one, always make two backups and only buy Kingston, Sandisk or Samsung flash drives, prices are excellent anyways without resorting to the brands that are in the other leagues and as a final warning, be extremely wary of the no name brands that seem to proliferate the online merchants, if it seems too good to be true, it will be and the only thing that will result will be sad faces.
