Recently a friend went to the computer city to buy a 16G u disk, the computer with 360 u disk authentication test results show that the actual capacity of only 4 G, and suggest that it is shrinking u disk. Friends immediately went to buy a U disk where to find business, merchant wrong, obediently changed a true 16G capacity of U disk. What is the shrinking U disk? Today to share with you about the shrinking U disk knowledge and detection methods.
Shrink u disk, also known as "expansion Disk", "Upgrade Disk". Refers to the unscrupulous manufacturers use a production tool software, change the main control information on the U disk, the capacity of the U disk is larger than its actual capacity, in order to defraud consumers profiteering. When the actual capacity of the USB stick is less than or equal to its nominal 90%, it is considered to have a quality problem of the shrinking U disk.
Shrink u disk Features:
1. The actual capacity is much smaller than the label capacity, such as 16GB USB flash drive may be 4gb,2gb, such as fake! But the properties of the USB stick can not be seen.
2. In the process of use, not only the replication speed is very slow, and will soon appear "insufficient memory" prompt.
3. Files copied to the shrinking disk, exceeding the actual capacity, cannot be read and used normally.
4. It will give consumers a series of lost data, data corruption can not be read caused work delays and other problems.
Shrinking USB Stick Identification method
The most direct and effective method is to purchase on-site direct identification. Manually on the seller's computer to store more than half of the data on a USB flash drive, if it is a shrinking disk, the data deposited is damaged and cannot be opened. or using a U disk identification tools such as Jinshan u disk defender, 360U disk authentication, such as the row identification.
If you accidentally buy the shrinking u disk, you should immediately turn out the documents and information, and communicate with the merchant as soon as possible to exchange or claim. Shrink u disk when using do not exceed the actual identification capacity, otherwise it will cause data loss, destruction.
The following is the use of Jinshan u disk defender, 360U disk authentication device to check the actual capacity method. Jinshan U disk defender integrated in Jinshan poison PA's Hundred Treasure Box small application tool. The 360U disk appraiser is integrated into the 360 security defender's feature Daquan gadget.
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Jinshan u disk defender identify true and false u disk
The actual capacity of the U disk and the manufacturer detailed information. This factory information can also know that the USB stick is not the original brand factory out, some counterfeit U disk will be used to fake U-disk chip as well-known manufacturers. For example, if you buy a Kingston u disk, a test drive chip manufacturer does not show Kingston's information.
360U disk identification, insert a USB stick can be started to identify, as shown in the following image:
360U Disk Identification device
Purchase USB flash drive precautions
1, a penny a cent goods, do not buy significantly lower than the market price of U disk. After the purchase of the site opened, storage and open a size more than one half of the volume of the USB key file to detect, especially video files;
2, choose reliable, reputable merchants and regular channels to buy USB flash drive, and obtain invoices. Avoid in mobile vendors, second-hand electronic market, small Taobao merchants to buy, as far as possible to choose a quality assurance of the Big brand U disk.
More useful USB Stick Brand: Founder, Netac, Wei Gang, Hewlett-Packard, LG, SanDisk SanDisk, Kingston, Lenovo, Patriot, Sony, BenQ, Newman, digital China, Toshiba, etc. at present, the camouflage of unscrupulous manufacturers is very strong, not only the official website verification, security code, also equipped with 800 telephone. In addition to the brand-name manufacturers, such as Kingston, Tsinghua Violet, Sony and other well-known brands are also mired in counterfeit, imitation of the whirlpool, such brands should try to choose a regular physical store purchase, and retain the warranty, invoices and other bills, easy to enjoy the manufacturers to provide repair and warranty services.
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