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Bos of Usb
Bos of Usb
Original flash memory designs had very limited estimated lifetimes. The
failure mechanism for flash memory cells is analogous to a metal fatigue
mode; the device fails by refusing to write new data to specific cells that have
been subject to many read-write cycles over the device's lifetime. Premature
failure of a "live USB" could be circumvented by using a flash drive with a
write-lock switch as a WORM device, identical to a live CD. Originally, this
potential failure mode limited the use of "live USB" system to special-purpose
applications or temporary tasks, such as: