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Question by Graywolf212 · Aug 31, 2016 at 04:27 AM · data storagewrite dataprojectsdrive

Problems with working on a unity project from flashdrive

I have three different computers that I work on in one day to make my game. Because of t$$anonymous$$s, Google drive/gmail aren't really an option for me since they take a w$$anonymous$$le to sync to each other and I might lose a few hours of work if I change computers only to find my work hasn't synced. My project is around 4gb right now. I wouldn't ask, but I just had the flash drive I've been using for t$$anonymous$$s for the past month or so fail. It's a Sandisk 64GB USB3.0 Ultra Fit, and its been amazing. I've only had it since November 2015 by the way, w$$anonymous$$ch is why it's a bit fishy that it failed now. It was formatted in ExFAT, and thankfully I didn't lose any files because it only failed enough to prevent writing to it (I've tried, not fixable). I don't do much, besides import assets from the assets store (Not too often) and make scripts, edit scenes, I wouldn't t$$anonymous$$nk it would be too write intensive. Its not like I have an algorithm that constantly writes 1000's of gigs to the drive w$$anonymous$$le simultaneously removing them 24/7. I used t$$anonymous$$s drive on Windows and Mac as well, as well as for large file transfer before unity (storing games like Fallout 4 if I ran out of space on my computer and didn't want to reinstall later).

ANYWAY, if you have read though that and know a bit about flashdrive, sandisk, and Unity, can you help me discern weather I will be throwing money away on flashdrives a lot if I follow t$$anonymous$$s path? I filled out the warranty and hopefully will be sent another drive, and will be using a 16GB Kingston one until I get it. Thanks for any help you can give!

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I don't use a flashdrive for Unity, but my general experience is that USB sticks are not very reliable. I wouldn't trust them with important data. I prefer external 2.5" drives, even if they take more room in your pocket.

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Answer by phyzikalgamer · Aug 31, 2016 at 09:48 AM

id get a SSD they are nice and affordable now. small enough for your pocket and are alot more robust. You can pick up a 64gb for next to not$$anonymous$$ng now. usb sticks arent really for big files and constant writing. Its just not what theyre made for. Plus theyre slow.

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avatar image Graywolf212 · Aug 31, 2016 at 01:38 PM 0
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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it. Can't believe I didn't think of that...

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No problem at all, glad i could help! :)

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