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outworlderyesterday at 11:07 PM1 replyview on HN

They are unlikely to still work.

If they do, immediately copy the data over. They tend to crumble and fall apart (and contaminate the drive head, which will need cleaning)


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kristianptoday at 6:05 AM

Not to mention that USB drives tend to ignore read only tab and Windows writes the "System Volume Information" folder to the drive.