USB Stick full results in 0 KByte files and no error message

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December 30, 2010 12:04 PM

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alexbu

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Hi there,

I have a 2 GB USB stick plugged into my Pogoplug v2. When I copy more than 2 GB of files over from Windows Vista it finishes the process without error. But when I look at the files they have 0 KBytes and I can´t delete them. In other words the Pogoplug doesn´t seem to realise when a USB device has no space left. I find this quite a serious issue, especially when unnoticed while moving files. Or am I the only one having this?

Regards,
Alex

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Gonzobox

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January 15, 2011 2:01 PM

Two thoughts: ONE. 2GB flash drives have less than actual 2GB, always something needed for formatting, FAT etc. It could also be a Fake capacity drive.
TWO: What can you copy to your 2GB when it is natively connected via USB, find this and never try to exceed this value.

The Zero size files, un-removable sound very like the ones you find on a fake counterfeit flash drive when you pass the real capacity limit.

alexbu

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February 7, 2011 5:23 PM updated: February 7, 2011 5:24 PM

First of all thanks for your help.

- I did what you suggested and everything worked fine via USB
- Then I plugged the freshly formatted flash drive back into the Pogoplug and tried to fill it up to the given capacity. At one point I got a "drive full" message but still ended up with a couple of zero size files. I tried the same procedure with another USB drive and the same thing happened.

Since I normally don?t use flash drives with my Pogoplug I can only hope that the same thing doesn?t happen to my 1TB hard drive as well. By the way I?m using Total Commander for file management most of the time. But I can?t really imagine that this would cause the issue.

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