How old is your USB memory stick (thumb drive), before it fails you? Mine was a Toshiba, bought in 2005, 3 years now and still functioning. I am kinda worried when it will fail.
i bought 3 times and each didnt work more than 3-4 times now i am using my 80gb ipod as a usb and it is proving quite handy for a year
I've got an ANCIENT 256MB usb drive that is still working perfectly. I'm not sure how old it is, but it cost me $199 back in the day which will give you an indication of how long ago I bought it. I'd say sometime around 2001. I don't use it very much anymore - I use my 2GB Toshi instead (running Portable Apps ), and make a backup of my stick to my external HDD about once a week.
Were you really buying an authentic thumb drive? Failure to work for more than 3-4 times does sound quite terrible. What did you do to the USB drive? hee.. hee..
my first USB is 2GB and until now even i have a new one after for almost 1year and 7-8months this is still working because i really handle it with care.