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<blockquote data-quote="RobNorthcott" data-source="post: 371207" data-attributes="member: 57999">I'm reviving this old thread because I've been playing around with using a flash drive for timeshift for a couple of months.&nbsp; It's a cheap (i.e. cost about £5) 4GB stick, not a fancy fast one.&nbsp; It was working pretty well, but I used to get the occasional small stutter every few minutes.&nbsp; I tried turning on the cache (&quot;optimise for performance&quot; in the drive properties) but that didn't cure it.Then a week or so ago I thought I'd try formatting the stick NTFS and see if that made any difference.&nbsp; Hasn't stuttered once since <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />It seems like XP is much happier reading/writing to an NTFS flash drive than a FAT one.As for the life of the memory, at that price I don't really care if it only lasts a year, or six months.&nbsp; I don't watch a huge amount of telly anyway, so it'll probably last yonks - we'll see.Rob</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobNorthcott, post: 371207, member: 57999"] I'm reviving this old thread because I've been playing around with using a flash drive for timeshift for a couple of months. It's a cheap (i.e. cost about £5) 4GB stick, not a fancy fast one. It was working pretty well, but I used to get the occasional small stutter every few minutes. I tried turning on the cache ("optimise for performance" in the drive properties) but that didn't cure it. Then a week or so ago I thought I'd try formatting the stick NTFS and see if that made any difference. Hasn't stuttered once since :) It seems like XP is much happier reading/writing to an NTFS flash drive than a FAT one. As for the life of the memory, at that price I don't really care if it only lasts a year, or six months. I don't watch a huge amount of telly anyway, so it'll probably last yonks - we'll see. Rob [/QUOTE]

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