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PNY - 64GB Attaché 4 USB 2.0 Type A Flash Drive - Black

Take important data with you on the go with this PNY Attaché flash drive that features a 64GB capacity to store photos, videos, music, documents and more.

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Turns into Read Only Cache

on January 31, 2013

Posted by: Independentresearcher

from Michigan

I used this drive to back up critical files for a research project involving audio and video files gathered from the internet or on location.

I liked the idea of having more than enough space to store files for transfer between a laptop used for field research and a more powerful desktop used for compiling the final report.

At a point after six months using the drive to store the research, I forgot to remove the drive from my desktop computer at shutdown.

The next time I started the computer, the drive was locked in a read only mode, meaning I couldn't edit the files on the drive or add new information from the field.

Lots of information is available on how to correct the "PNY Read Only" problem, except none worked.

I even researched how to unlock the "computer administrator" login for Windows 7 thinking I could supersede mere "user" permissions assigned to the format and used to create the files.

Turns out PNY was it's own "administrator."

I've sent the PNY, my $39.95 plus tax, my last research update, and the PNY "permissions" to computer recycle heaven, where hopefully a better manufacturer will change the matter molecules into something more universally useful.

What's great about it: Lots of Capacity at a relatively low price per GB.

What's not so great: Unilaterally changes to Read Only

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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