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Might Sound Obvious, But . . .
. . . with those 32kb cluster sizes on a 2GB drive, you might want to double-check and make sure that the drive wasn't formatted to FAT16. Might not solve your performance issues, but it would explain the filesize bloat you're seeing.
Posted by: Whyaylooh   Posted on: 07/30/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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This isn't a Flash problem, it's a FAT problem  Valis Keogh | 07/30/07
sorry, this is a flash problem  jacec | 07/30/07
No, sorry, it's a Windows problem...  jinko | 07/30/07
some more info:  jacec | 07/30/07
Might Sound Obvious, But . . .  Whyaylooh | 07/30/07
You are both right  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 07/30/07
Unfortunately . . .  Whyaylooh | 07/30/07
Different companies  kcredden2 | 07/30/07
antivirus or chipset?  NuttyBuddy | 07/30/07
You have to enable write caching....  jinko | 07/30/07
Write caching: More....  jinko | 07/30/07
Final benchmarks  jinko | 07/30/07
Sounds about right  CobraA1 | 07/31/07
Write caching  johnay | 07/31/07
About corruption  CobraA1 | 07/31/07
Sorry dude.  johnay | 07/31/07
You misunderstand journalling.  CobraA1 | 08/02/07
Good explanation. Thanks!  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 08/03/07
That's not journaling  johnay | 08/10/07
i have the same problem  not of this world | 07/30/07
It's also the directory structure  Kevin Dean | 07/31/07
You'll like this:  shraven | 07/31/07
Directory writes + USB 1.0 , 1.1 vs 2.0  SteveMak | 07/31/07
The Internals of NAND flash  DougDumitru | 07/31/07
Zip It  softwareFlunky | 07/31/07
Formatting Flash Drive to NTFS  cmarshall@... | 07/31/07
Formatting Flash to NTFS  cmahon@... | 07/31/07
Formatting Flash Drive to NTFS  PCTechMan | 08/01/07
Flash Drive writes  Bit-watcher | 07/31/07
Good for transferring data  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 08/03/07
FAT 16 ?? Why?  cmrdecker@... | 07/31/07
Compatibility  Whyaylooh | 08/01/07
file format  docotis@... | 07/31/07
HP Format Utility  mathmajor@... | 08/01/07
sorry, that's a mirage  jacec | 08/01/07
Correct!  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 08/03/07
As usual, it depends  - bill | 08/05/07
Chinese counterfeit flash drive?  pjrobertz@... | 08/01/07
Are all flash memories created equal?  d.s.williams | 08/17/07
Vista use of flash memory: a failure?  Perfume Factory | 08/21/07
I've found that  Necrolin | 09/05/07

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