USB flash key failures increase 300%

The increasingly popular keyring memory stick may be a good way to transfer data but as a permanent back-up device it doesn't cut the mustard, as an increasing number of people are painfully finding out, according to a data recovery specialist.

USB flash drives are increasingly the storage or back up device of choice for individuals and small businesses and with this growth there is an alarming increase in problems and disaster stories, says the boss of Australian data recovery specialist Payam Data Recovery (PDR).

Although they have been designed the be fairly durable, attaching USB flash drives to key-chains and briefcases or carelessly throwing them onto desks and into draws exposes them to constant knocks, hot temperatures and other day-to-day dangers, which the devices aren’t designed to continually handle.

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