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Old 27th December 2010 | 16:47
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jimtherev
 
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USB memory stick

Haven't used a USB memory stick for some while; tend to use wifi to transfer data, but yesterday I'd left the lappy elsewhere. Never mind, I said, I'll put the docs onto a dongle. Plugged it in to my desktop machine.

BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. First time since I installed W7 a year ago.

Another USB stick worked fine.

Today, with a bit of time on me hands, I plugged the first stick in, just for interest, in Safe Mode this time. Crashed the machine again. Needless to say, I've binned the offending stick.

But I'm just interested: I've never (had / heard of) this happening before. I'm sorta wondering what happened to what up to now has been a crash-proof system. Any thoughts?
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