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by BowDoc1
15 Sep 2023, 17:56
Forum: Help
Topic: Program Write Protects some of my Flash Drives when syncing
Replies: 6
Views: 7173

Re: Program Write Protects some of my Flash Drives when syncing

Thanks to both of you for the input. I am in the process of getting them replaced by SanDisk. They cost about $150 and were bought from SanDisk. I probably have had an overconfidence in the durability (and quality) of the drives. They serve my purpose but I have noticed a significant variance in the ...
by BowDoc1
15 Sep 2023, 15:41
Forum: Help
Topic: Program Write Protects some of my Flash Drives when syncing
Replies: 6
Views: 7173

Re: Program Write Protects some of my Flash Drives when syncing

The drives are SanDisk 32GB Ultra USB 3.0 Flash Drives - SDCZ48-032G-GAM46. I had ordered 30 of them and was updating the video versions on the drives. The drives did this at various times while FFS synced them to the updated versions on my HD. I too had a Kingston Flash drive fail once that I ...
by BowDoc1
15 Sep 2023, 12:48
Forum: Help
Topic: Program Write Protects some of my Flash Drives when syncing
Replies: 6
Views: 7173

Program Write Protects some of my Flash Drives when syncing

I have had 4 instances where FreeFileSync has locked up/write-protected my flash drives while trying to update the drives to newer file versions. It appears to be linked to the FFS_LOCK Files & FFS_TMP Files used by the program.

They are still on the flash drives and have effectively write ...