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Comment by orbital-decay

1 day ago

Of course. Cheap USB sticks in particular "spoil" pretty frequently due to firmware corruption while being stored in a drawer, this is something they're known for since the invention. I had this happen with a few. For some designs, it's possible to reflash them and they'll work again.

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