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flashdrive f#$ked up, store security gate?
I keep my USB flashdrive on my keychain. Yesterday I walked into a
Target store and the security alarm went off, mind you this was walking INTO the store. Same thing when exiting. I wasn't stealing anything. Today my USB Flashdrive is acting funky, Windows XP keeps saying I need to remove write protection from it, it is read only. I put it into my desktop PC and WinXP wants to open every folder on the drive. I try copying it to a backup folder on my hard drive and I get errors saying there is no drive in blah blah blah. I got some files backed up, some I did not. Anybody think this is coincidence, or perhaps some new Target store security system just funked up my flashdrive USB stick with extra magnetic energy or something? This has me in the least not wanting to have my USB stick on my keychain. Thoughts? |
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flashdrive f#$ked up, store security gate?
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 13:12:40 -0800 (PST), randall_o
wrote: I keep my USB flashdrive on my keychain. Yesterday I walked into a Target store and the security alarm went off, mind you this was walking INTO the store. Same thing when exiting. I wasn't stealing anything. Today my USB Flashdrive is acting funky, Windows XP keeps saying I need to remove write protection from it, it is read only. I put it into my desktop PC and WinXP wants to open every folder on the drive. I try copying it to a backup folder on my hard drive and I get errors saying there is no drive in blah blah blah. I got some files backed up, some I did not. Anybody think this is coincidence, or perhaps some new Target store security system just funked up my flashdrive USB stick with extra magnetic energy or something? This has me in the least not wanting to have my USB stick on my keychain. Thoughts? I think it more likely your keys or other more massive metal objects might have set the alarm off and that it's just a rare coincidence that the drive has failed recently afterwards. Since I haven't set any alarms off recently (besides a metal detector at a courthouse when I was too lazy to completely empty my pockets before entering) while having my thumbdrive on my keychain, I can't tell you if that might be a problem... I don't recall going to target recently, though mine is encased in metal but is yours? I'd call up Target and inquire about what kind of security scanner it is, explaining that you had set it off twice and want to prevent tripping it in the future. Not that this will necessarily help your cause but it'd be nice to know for the expressed reason. |
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flashdrive f#$ked up, store security gate?
randall_o wrote:
I keep my USB flashdrive on my keychain. Yesterday I walked into a Target store and the security alarm went off, mind you this was walking INTO the store. Same thing when exiting. I wasn't stealing anything. Today my USB Flashdrive is acting funky, Windows XP keeps saying I need to remove write protection from it, it is read only. I put it into my desktop PC and WinXP wants to open every folder on the drive. I try copying it to a backup folder on my hard drive and I get errors saying there is no drive in blah blah blah. I got some files backed up, some I did not. Anybody think this is coincidence, or perhaps some new Target store security system just funked up my flashdrive USB stick with extra magnetic energy or something? This has me in the least not wanting to have my USB stick on my keychain. Thoughts? Magnetic field? No way, any magnetic field strong enough to do that, would also remove the fillings from your teeth. However sparks, as in electrostatic, will do fine, if you come into contact(or your keychain does) with other people or vehicles or keyholes. Walking around on synthetic floorcovering, getting in or out of cars in dry weather, or airconditioned areas, all that produces static charge, and electronics dislike that. So flashdrives should have a conducting outside covering, which can shield agains that. The cheaper ones might not have that, and then can be easely damamged. |
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flashdrive f#$ked up, store security gate?
On Nov 8, 3:40*pm, Sjouke Burry
wrote: .... Magnetic field? No way, any magnetic field strong enough to do that, would also remove the fillings from your teeth. .... Okay. It just seems very coincidental. But yeah my teeth are hurting today =) |
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flashdrive f#$ked up, store security gate?
Somewhere on teh intarwebs "randall_o" typed:
On Nov 8, 3:40 pm, Sjouke Burry wrote: ... Magnetic field? No way, any magnetic field strong enough to do that, would also remove the fillings from your teeth. ... Okay. It just seems very coincidental. But yeah my teeth are hurting today =) LOL. Tooth filling materials are non-magnetic. Otherwise anyone with fillings needing an MRI would be in major trouble. -- Shaun. DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) |
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flashdrive f#$ked up, store security gate?
"~misfit~" wrote in message
... Somewhere on teh intarwebs "randall_o" typed: On Nov 8, 3:40 pm, Sjouke Burry wrote: ... Magnetic field? No way, any magnetic field strong enough to do that, would also remove the fillings from your teeth. ... Okay. It just seems very coincidental. But yeah my teeth are hurting today =) LOL. Tooth filling materials are non-magnetic. Otherwise anyone with fillings needing an MRI would be in major trouble. -- Shaun. Yes, I suspect those with actual platinum or gold fillings or crowns might have problems. Same for those who have screws or other metal attachments connected to implanted replacement teeth. |
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