Is the flash drive dead?

Question

Iron

Krch:
Flash drive: Samsung USB 3.1 Flash Drive FIT Plus 64GB
Date of purchase: April of this year
Usage: Permanently connected to a laptop in USB 3.0 port
Problem: Flash drive does not save changes - deleting, creating files, etc.
Impossible: Perform recovery or fragmentation, in the first option the window "An error occurred while restoring this disk" appears, and in the second, the progress bar stays in place for hours without bringing up any windows
A more precise question: Has anyone encountered exactly the same behavior fragmentator with a flash drive? And could memory chips be used so quickly?

Answer 1

Take it to the guarantee.
There is a problem either with the controller or with the flash memory itself.
"fast" is a very flexible concept, we don't know with what intensity you recorded on your flash drive.
There is a resource guaranteed by the flash memory manufacturer for cell rewriting cycles, but there is also a certain percentage of marriage + problems with the controller firmware.
In general, in a guarantee, if there is no guarantee, then in the trash, although before the trash you can try to poke a stick into the controller (firmware), but the data will be lost and using such a flash drive then it’s such a pleasure, at any moment data loss is no problem.

Answer 2

RIP
Definitely. I came across just this - the flash drive suddenly stopped being written. While I was wondering what to check it with (there was no data on it) - it stopped reading :(
Most likely, there was a marriage. Probably still a guarantee, since April. Drag it to the seller, let it change under warranty.

Answer 3

In your flash drive, the controller has entered data protection mode. Apparently there is a problem with the flash drive.
It is treated (but not a fact!) spec. utility specifically for your flash drive (controller). In the comments, they correctly refer to the site flashboot.ru . Look there, it might help, BUT if a failure occurs, it’s not a fact that it won’t happen again!

Answer 4

According to the description, yes, there was some kind of failure.
If the drive has switched to the "read only" mode, then this is quite a lucky coincidence. Copy the necessary data, check that they are in order, and go to the warranty department, especially since "Date of purchase: April of the current year."
In connection with the possibility of replacement, I would "score" on various repair tips, because. this flash drive should no longer be considered reliable.
If you have free time and you are really interested in finding out what happened, you can try testing the flash drive with R.tester .