Is my "Generic" USB Flash Drive broken?

Posted by Jesse J. on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Jesse J.
Published on 2013-06-29T20:39:32Z Indexed on 2013/06/29 22:23 UTC
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So here is the situation. I find myself technological knowledgeable about many things ( I love to code, whether it's websites, C#, C++ or so on). However:

My 2 toddlers (my wife actually) bought me a "Generic" 128 GB USB Storage Device (Usb Flash Drive) for Father's Day. I thought awesome at first..... WRONG! Nothing but problems with it. 3-4mb/s MAX transfer speed.

I can bear with it.

BUT!

When I went to reformat my computer I transferred my save files from my games over to the stick and then the USB Stick managed to become corrupted. Not just a simple format would work either. It's screwed.

I tried to use (Manually changed usb drive letter troubleshooting it to X) "chmod X: /X /F /R" with administrator rights, I did this after a long session to make it work with no errors (had to delete the log) and I finally recovered the files, however when I go to use it (transfer to or from) it transfers a couple kb to the stick or from it and then freezes, It says (Windows 7):

Name: From: Folder (X:\File\Location) To: Folder C:\Users\Username\Desktop)

Items Remaining: 0 (0 bytes) Speed: 0 bytes/second

It does this forever... and ever... and ever... It transfered 3 files atleast, and then stopped.

This is a new USB Stick bought from a "High" reputation company on eBay.

Is the USB Stick screwed?

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