In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Ant wrote:
USB Flash Drive Tester:
http://www.vconsole.com/client/?page=page&id=13

Is it me or is it gone now?

Try clicking the Support Software link at the top of the web page. ; )

Ah, thanks!


I think I have a somewhat new 2 GB USB flash
drive that is getting corrupted FAT32 files and need to know if it is a
bad drive or not. Mac OS X's Disk Utility and Windows' chkdsk tools had
to repair them and found tons of corruptions.

Stop purchasing crappy cheap-o USB flash sticks. ; )

Actually, it was free from Vizio. I guess they used cheap stuff! :/
Anyways, I found my local copy though. I ran its test and no problems.
Weird. I formatted it and will try again later.

FYI since I'm playing with it for curiousity and fun. I finally got
results (e.g., multiple computers and their OSes not seeing the drive,
Flash Drive/Card Tester v1.14 showing errors in its tests:
http://pastebin.ca/3375304 ... I find it interesting that it is not
always reproducable. Sometimes it is perfectly fine, but other times it
is just bad. :/
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