USB flash drives and water.

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

David Fletcher wrote:
>Little Girl wrote:

>> I would probably go with drying it off with a towel, setting it
>> somewhere out of the sun
>
>Hah hah! You should see the weather in Swindon! It's been pouring
>down most of the day.

I feel your pain. New York had that sort of a mess not all that long
ago. I'd definitely dry it indoors.

>I had a couple of SD cards that got wet (see below) some months or a
>year or so ago and wouldn't work. I got them dried again, maybe it
>was on a radiator or in the cupboard with the hot water tank. They
>worked fine again, and I wrote to and read from one an 8GB backup
>archive earlier today.

I'm surprised that that worked since so many people are saying not to
heat it to dry it. Maybe they're tougher than they seem.

>So, they can survive getting wet but mine were not dunked in clothes
>washing solution. Incentive to check all pockets before washing
>clothes.

It seems to be a law of the universe that no matter how careful we
are, we're going to slip up from time to time. My preventive method
is to never put one in a pocket, but I've occasionally accidentally
washed a tissue, which is its own nightmare.

>They worked fine in my old desktop PC but plugged into one of those
>3.5" front panel expander things via a PCI USB3 card.

Interesting. That probably means they'd work fine plugged in directly.

>No need to spend money - I used to use a plastic 35mm film container
>but it cracked and allowed the wet inside. I now use one of those
>Colman's mustard jars, glass with a plastic screw down cap which is
>keeping them nicely dry.

I like the idea of a film container since it's small, but it has hard
edges on it. The mustard container would probably work well, but is
probably pretty big. In the end, I'd probably rather use a rounded
pill container for a pocket.

>That's my off site backup - greenhouse at the bottom of the garden -
>for my photos and work directory. The cards don't seem to mind
>whatever cold we get here which isn't extreme, just keep then dry.

Good to know. I'll bet they're also safe from the moisture of the
greenhouse inside your mustard container.

-- 
Little Girl

There is no spoon.