I’m thinking about getting one for several purposes, primarily for portable software, some certificates and keys, and a few backups. Since it won’t be powered off for more than a few days or weeks and won’t experience heavy writing (although I plan to use Veracrypt and that may cause some stress)
How long can I expect it to last? Obviously there will be backups, but I also don’t want to lose anything on it as much as possible.
The first usb stick I bought more than 15 years ago, still works.
The very first USB stick I bought was 32MB and I thought that was a lot cause it held way more than a floppy.
Mine was 64 and thought i found gold when I found a lost 256mb. Think I paid about $100 ircc. Had been using 100mb zip drives before usbs.
In 2000 or so a 1GB stick was $999 at Tiger Direct. Who could use a whole gig?!
I have this exact same USB drive, 4GB also bought around 15 years ago it still works like a charm