| Do you know that your flash stick may be a fake? | | | | just open my computer (XP) or computer (vista) |
| Just as a lot of cheap hi-tech items available on the | | | | & then right click on the drive you want to check. |
| market, there is also a trend of faked, counterfeited | | | | Now select proportion. It is time to click on the hard |
| & hacked USB sticks. In case, you purchase a | | | | ware tab. You will notice the names of drive here. |
| flash drive from eBay or any other online shops that | | | | Mostly a drive from a proper brand is named after its' |
| make you feel like you have made a superb deal, then | | | | brand. |
| it is more likely that you have bought a fake. So, how | | | | The fake flash drive reports 'generic flash drive' or |
| to deal with this problem? | | | | anything similar to this. Once you happen to see |
| First, you need to know the basic difference between | | | | anything like this, you need to check deeper. |
| a fake USB stick & the real one. Let us consider | | | | Here are some other things to check out for. |
| two basic areas of concern hare: | | | | Extra slow speeds or odd behavior |
| Fake or hacked sticks: | | | | One of the most common signs of a fake flash drive |
| This is a situation where you purchase a 16GB flash | | | | is that you will come across a lot of corrupt or lost |
| drive but it is not really a 16GB. Now, it is not possible | | | | files. The second size is that the flash drive works at |
| to tell whether it is a 16GB flash drive just by looking as | | | | extra slow pace. |
| it. It is also not prudent to rely on what windows tell | | | | If you want to test your flash drive for purity, you need |
| you exactly. It may take you many months to notice | | | | to use a program known as h2 test w. This is a free |
| this additionally the stick will fail to function with in a | | | | program and you can easily download it from the |
| short span of time. This will make your bargain a bad | | | | developer's website. |
| one. Fakers actually sell you a hacked stick at lower | | | | Prior to getting started, you must make sure that your |
| price. | | | | drive is empty. Hence, you need to keep a backup of |
| Counterfeit sticks: | | | | all files you require. Delete everything else from the |
| This is where you pay the price for a popular brand | | | | drive then download the program here, you just require |
| but get a cheap imitation. This is the reason that a | | | | right clicking the h2 test w.exe file & then selecting |
| shop selling popular brand actually charge you more is | | | | all the extract files. Run the h2 test w.exe file by eight |
| the quality they represent. | | | | clicking it. Choose the preferred language & click |
| You need to be extremely careful when purchasing a | | | | the select target button. Now, it is time to click the |
| flash drive. This is because there are more chances of | | | | button 'write & verity'. |
| not knowing what you are actually purchasing. There | | | | This will initiate the test. The process may take many |
| are several ways to test your flash drive. | | | | hours together. In case the drive is genuine, you will get |
| If you want to know the real size of your flash drive, | | | | a message. |