Bagas31: ValiDrive is a free program that allows you to quickly check any USB drive for counterfeit or missing memory. It verifies the successful storage and retrieval of random data across the entire advertised drive space and analyzes access time statistics in the report.
Why is this a serious problem? At first glance, this may seem like a minor inconvenience: you buy 1 or 2 terabytes of storage at a bargain price and get 64 GB instead. But that is NOT what is happening here! The drive looks like the 1 or 2 terabytes you bought. You connect it to your computer and everything looks fine. You can even copy files to the drive; as much as you like. And when you look at the contents of the drive, the files are there. But what’s insidious is that the contents of the files may never be stored. These fake drives contain enough memory—usually 64GB—to convincingly store a list of file system directories. But once its first 64GB of space is full, the contents of any additional files won’t actually be stored. Their names, dates and sizes will be stored in a directory at the beginning of the drive. Everything will look normal. But the contents of the files will be empty because they were “saved” where there is no memory.
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Operating systems do not verify that the data they write was actually written. They rely on the honesty of storage devices to report errors. If a write error occurs, the operating system will overwrite the data elsewhere. But these deliberately fake drives never report any problems – they simply silently discard any data written where there is no memory. The first sign of a problem appears when you try to read a saved file. Even this will work… but the file will be empty!
ValiDrive performs a quick, random scan across the entire advertised drive space. At each location, it verifies the successful storage and retrieval of random (non-forgeable) test data. While ValiDrive digs through your USB drive, it notes the duration of each random read and write. Once completed, it analyzes and summarizes the drive’s access time statistics in a final report.
ValiDrive is a reliable and secure tool that will protect you from fraud and data loss. It was created by renowned security expert Steve Gibson, the author of programs such as SpinRite, ShieldsUP and SecurAble. You can be confident in the quality and efficiency of ValiDrive.
ValiDrive is a program that will help you check the actual capacity of your USB drive and avoid disappointment.
