tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post3334878502429395714..comments2024-03-27T11:06:22.057+00:00Comments on RMPrepUSB, Easy2Boot and USB booting: A faster test for 'fake' SD cards and USB Flash drives!Steve Sihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-83993738749236886912023-06-23T22:26:10.779+01:002023-06-23T22:26:10.779+01:00I like Steve Si's answer: Just throw the USB...I like Steve Si's answer: Just throw the USB drive in the trash! Hahaha Good program, mate.. I buy lots of cheap flash media and test it all before use. I return the bad, keep the good..Fitzwillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14773718828170682405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-37540702532461566802023-04-04T20:20:19.039+01:002023-04-04T20:20:19.039+01:00Exact same thing happening to me. 95% Complete, th...Exact same thing happening to me. 95% Complete, then frozenPresidents Race Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08130463086580641283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-17567833935050602692021-11-15T20:12:02.162+00:002021-11-15T20:12:02.162+00:00I think I'll try the refund angle from Wish.co...I think I'll try the refund angle from Wish.com. Appreciate your response and like the song says: I should'a known better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-12945815694029850512021-11-14T07:56:51.812+00:002021-11-14T07:56:51.812+00:00You can fill it full of large video files and then...You can fill it full of large video files and then try to play the last ones and first ones. 2TB SD cards are bound to be fake! Even if you find its true capacity, it will probably fail within a few weeks.Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-67305958989751326682021-11-14T07:37:26.395+00:002021-11-14T07:37:26.395+00:00My 2T micro SD from the same source, FFT ran it al...My 2T micro SD from the same source, FFT ran it all the way to 95% then hung. I was able to reformat it as either Fat32 or exFat in Explorer and showed it as 999.7 capacity. I'm just wondering how I discover it's actual size. Would the controller be replaceable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-11428045628971635532021-09-17T01:37:24.936+01:002021-09-17T01:37:24.936+01:00I'm having the same problem as many here: I...I'm having the same problem as many here: I've been running FakeFlashTest's quick size test for about 4 hours now, and I'm stuck at 95% reading. As the SD card is supposed to be a 512 GB one, I'm wondering if would be safe to just format it to, say, 400 GB and then try to run the test again. Is there any other way to know the real size of the device?Guilherme Chirinéahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03217817927127782686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-75188881443206884552021-07-30T19:28:39.340+01:002021-07-30T19:28:39.340+01:00A common symptom of a fake/cheap USB drive is that...A common symptom of a fake/cheap USB drive is that it becomes faulty.<br />Also make sure your Antivirus is not blocking writes to the USB drive.<br />https://rmprepusb.com/tutorials/054-how-to-fix-write-protected-read-only-drives-and-sd-cards/Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-13865119809925627022021-07-30T18:13:42.628+01:002021-07-30T18:13:42.628+01:00rmprepus made a 120 gb usb unuseable. now i cant e...rmprepus made a 120 gb usb unuseable. now i cant even format it. how do I format it if if now protected against writting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678870203717280949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-35370960607936032021-02-19T14:46:58.835+00:002021-02-19T14:46:58.835+00:00Hi im testing out a friends "2TB" drive ...Hi im testing out a friends "2TB" drive from wish (yeah right) FakeFlashTest does 100% of the write but freezes at 30% of the read, left for about 3hrs and i have to end process.<br />Any ideas?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10376082571496147147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-86419330341422027482020-09-03T23:53:26.315+01:002020-09-03T23:53:26.315+01:00Me too, 2TB usb drive (yeah right), took 35 minute...Me too, 2TB usb drive (yeah right), took 35 minutes to get to 95% and then just freezes.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178686388751727580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-58532033289747359542020-08-10T19:26:09.266+01:002020-08-10T19:26:09.266+01:00Same for me 95% then stalls.
But another program h...Same for me 95% then stalls.<br />But another program had same effect at 95%Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497088697601608463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-54214288155395151982020-07-23T13:30:44.131+01:002020-07-23T13:30:44.131+01:00I bought a "2Tb flash drive". Using the ... I bought a "2Tb flash drive". Using the latest version of Fake Flash Test I tried the quick test. It tested to 95% in about 30 mins and then it just stopped. So while I suspect capacity is overstated I'm really none the wiser......¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I do wonder though, if technology hasn't outpaced the usefulness of this particular test programAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-82764832933679622012020-02-28T19:29:51.610+00:002020-02-28T19:29:51.610+00:00Sure- or just format it as NTFS and copy lots of v...Sure- or just format it as NTFS and copy lots of very large video (mp4) files onto it.<br />Then try to play each one.Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-27999912933469472242020-02-28T19:27:36.928+00:002020-02-28T19:27:36.928+00:00This 95% hang seems to be an issue. I don't ha...This 95% hang seems to be an issue. I don't have a Linux machine handy. I just bought 2 USB drives and 2 SDHC cards on ebay, and I need some test results to back up fake/not as described claims. I was hoping that Fakeflastest would speed tests up. Since it won't work for me I'll try alternative test software (H2testw if I am allowed to mention that here) and test just the first 40GB sysiphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852059047149870243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-79979860109513854132020-02-28T19:02:53.787+00:002020-02-28T19:02:53.787+00:00You can try a test program under Linux which has m...You can try a test program under Linux which has much better error handling with much shorter retry timeouts - or just throw the USB drive in the trash!Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-16538965782419192632020-02-28T18:57:21.856+00:002020-02-28T18:57:21.856+00:00Thanks for your reply. I have dug deeper. Looking ...Thanks for your reply. I have dug deeper. Looking at Resources manager, cpu usage tab shows Fakeflashtest as not responding, and there is no Fakeflash entry under the disk tab process list. Fakeflashtest has been in this state for around 6 hours, and this is my third try today. Do you have any suggestions?sysiphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852059047149870243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-8206584516342742702020-02-28T17:51:05.651+00:002020-02-28T17:51:05.651+00:00FakeFlashTest just makes a write-sector or read-se...FakeFlashTest just makes a write-sector or read-sector call to Windows. The Windows driver is then responsible to write/read the sector and wait for the flash drive to respond. The driver may be polling an I/O register waiting for a response or who knows what? FakeFlashTest just had to wait for the call to come back.Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-45584762642409560862020-02-28T17:46:52.085+00:002020-02-28T17:46:52.085+00:00I understand. Why does FAKEFLASTEST.exe CPU usage ...I understand. Why does FAKEFLASTEST.exe CPU usage jump from zero to 25%?sysiphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852059047149870243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-66644030657509265072020-02-28T17:41:44.200+00:002020-02-28T17:41:44.200+00:00It is a typical symptom of a fake flash drive. Eac...It is a typical symptom of a fake flash drive. Each sector write returns an error and Windows will retry with a long timeout on each retry. Hence the very long wait.Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-85899757727729461842020-02-28T17:39:37.252+00:002020-02-28T17:39:37.252+00:00I also have this problem. The test reaches 95%, th...I also have this problem. The test reaches 95%, then stalls and the test never ends properly. After it has been stuck at 95% for a while I see that FAKEFLASTEST.exe CPU usage jumps from zero to 25% and stays there.<br />Why is this, and is there a solution to this problem?<br />Thanks.sysiphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852059047149870243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-50262627664786672212020-02-05T03:07:44.047+00:002020-02-05T03:07:44.047+00:00Looks like I'm not the only one; I bought a &q...Looks like I'm not the only one; I bought a "1Tb flash drive". Using the latest version of Fake Flash Test I tried the quick test. It tested to 95% in only a few minutes and then (claiming 27 seconds remained to complete the last 5%), it just stopped. The light inside the flash drive continued to flicker so I gave it another 15 minutes or so. Nothing. I aborted. Now the drive is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-25799027072487507682020-01-06T15:31:38.475+00:002020-01-06T15:31:38.475+00:00My bad: I didn't see the scroll bar which allo...My bad: I didn't see the scroll bar which allows me to scroll up to see the questionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-81001028129134132832020-01-06T15:29:52.346+00:002020-01-06T15:29:52.346+00:00After about 36hrs I gave up: it still sat at 60%. ...After about 36hrs I gave up: it still sat at 60%. Also, I rebooted the machine and after the reboot, I was prompted to re-format the drive. I decided to format it as NTFS rather than exFAT and I will try running FFT again when I spare the machine for a day or more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-6652961016755838812020-01-06T12:53:36.648+00:002020-01-06T12:53:36.648+00:00During the read back session, it will display any ...During the read back session, it will display any errors it finds. If it finds a lot it will abort. If you don't see any errors reported then it appears to be passing! No idea why it is so slow though - reads are usually much faster than writes!Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-54730784215135620532020-01-06T04:35:37.714+00:002020-01-06T04:35:37.714+00:00FYI: When trying to publish a reply here, your &qu...FYI: When trying to publish a reply here, your "Captcha" verification shows pictures but never tells you what you are supposed to select. (This could be a bug in Firefox 71)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com