2TB USB Drives from eBay and AliExpress Real or a Scam?

[@Alycanj]

the old adage is always true, If it sounds too good to be true then it is. I appreciate your channel.

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Truth!

[@mathematicromancio]

I got caught buying a bunch of those. 2x65Go, and 2x2To. I haven't tried yet the low capacity drives. But the 2x2To drove me nuts last week ! long story short, I've spent the whole week trying to use them as storage/backup for nextcloud on a raspberry. Everything was ok on the genuine sd card, but I wanted to take a step forward by expanding the storage capacity combined with backup drive if something goes wrong. Well things went wrong pretty fast with those drives. Impossible to transfer big files (more than 2Go, sometimes less than that), impossible to read some files, folders suddenly disapear. Files got unreadable, all of them, after a reboot. Errors appear everywhere, and ahead of them corrupted GPT error. I've tried to format, to fix the partition table, switching between mbr/gpt. Nothing worked. So I confirm, those cheap drives aren't worth their 4-5$. Don't waste your money ! and Don't waste your time and your sanity trying to fix something already dead.

[@Frank-Thoresen]

One of my clients brought me several of these usb drives. I told him about the scam and threw them in the trash after a round of hammer time 😄

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Yeah, those drives are garbage.

[@Frank-Thoresen]

@@ElectronicsComputers It is a few years ago but I remember it only allowed exFAT and not FAT32 or NTFS. And just as you explained in the video I saw that after a certain amount of data transferred to it the files became corrupted but still showing the correct file size

[@Nixtro-]

@@ElectronicsComputers bro they are 4 bucks for 50 gig thats amazing

[@Contmotore]

@@Nixtro- bro, you don't wanna risk your data on one of these... Unless it's just pron

[@Voltaic_Fire]

My sister fell for one of these scam USB drives, I am so ashamed of her.

[@ElectronicsComputers]

But anyways, those drives still do what they have to, just with a small capacity. Just trim them in Disk Management to the correct size.

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

@@ElectronicsComputerseven trimming might not work as the controller is spoofed and you don’t know if the data is actually their

[@Linkedln]

lets be real, we would all do that if we didnt have the knowledge

[@Venoza]

I got one... it shows that files are corrupted all the time. And things that I copy for hours end up to be empty folders. Formatting USB Key didn't help. There goes my idea about having all of my music on one USB key.

[@ElectronicsComputers]

All you can do is try to figure out its real size and then trim that drive to the correct capacity in the disk management. But I wouldn't keep any valuable data to that drive.

[@BiMiHi]

get the one from sandisk with 128gb that enough

[@duncanliw2169]

it happened to my 2 TB pen drive as well. Slow transferring, end up empty folders and corrupted files all the time

[@Contmotore]

Found your video after I saw a 64TB USB 3.0 drive for only € 8,89 on AliExpress... I thought this can't be legit. Thanks for testing these!

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Yeah, don't waste your money on that. I made an updated video about those high-capacity drives. You might want to check it out before buying. Inside, I found a microSD card that was formatted to appear as high capacity, but it was actually just a regular 35GB card. In the video, I also show some software you can use to check the real drive capacity: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qovRoatsZp6Zbas

[@Contmotore]

@@ElectronicsComputers Thanks!

[@agoogleuserYT]

64gb could be legit tbh. Amazon have 128gb usbs for 10 bucks so 🤷‍♂️

[@Contmotore]

@agoogleuserYT We are not talking about Gigabytes here.

[@agoogleuserYT]

@@Contmotore ah i see lmao

[@sumetunwomen]

Formatted many time have not useful. Because the structure was develop by modify firmware to upgrade high capacity but real chip only have capability 8GB

[@BrokebackBob]

The best thing you could do with non reputable brand drives like this is throw them in the trash.

[@ElectronicsComputers]

The reason I made this video is that we had a situation where a customer brought us an 800GB backup on a drive like that. We told him that we can't restore it because it's a USB drive with fake capacity, and he said that it's impossible he checked the size of the backup :)

[@markissboi3583]

@@ElectronicsComputers h Ha yeah like they know anything santa still delivering them pressy's age 50 why the tree stays up in the corner full of junk boxes the cats plays behind there pissinging in the corner & on the lights wtf is that smell she says then sprays room 2 days L8tr wtf is that smell years go bye the cat died no more smell OH that spray works good which it killed the cat toxic fumes =)00(= karen again haa

[@mathematicromancio]

"non reputable brand drives". Well they do use reputable brand names.

[@AlissonCeciliaKnellMannucci]

but not in the regular trash, you should dispose it properly with an e-waste (WEEE waste electrical and electronic equipment) recycling company

[@eeo.e]

You can also ask Chineese producer to put 'the right' label and you will be happy as internals could likely be the same in "well branded" items. They must cost more to satisfy dealers on the way.

[@Sebastian-ph2yr]

Thanks!. ´m here because just only a few negatives review in Aliexpress said FAKE. But it´s hard to believe most of this products has 4.6 of 5 starts. People needs to give stupid reviews and learn something of technology.

[@ElectronicsComputers]

I think it's because most people just check the drive capacity using their operating system interface, and of course, it shows the fake capacity, so they assume they bought a legitimate USB drive.

[@AmirHassan-nw2hk]

I just fell for one of these. My pc says "USB 2.0" while advertised 3.0 on amazon. When I contacted kingston customer support they disowned the fake code printed on the fake USB stick which has nothing to do with kingston but stealing their plastic cover

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Yeah, those fake USB drives are everywhere, even on some reputable marketplaces. I made an update video on that. When I disassembled the drive, there was a microSD card inside. I also showed an app that can display the real drive capacity.

[@daxgas9216]

i buy different brands( not from popular brand) and it works just fine... stop buying products from popular brand with cheap price...

[@ElectronicsComputers]

I've had numerous clients come in for data recovery with fake USB drives, and almost all of them mentioned they received these drives as gifts from friends or family. People often see a great price, familiar brand name and high capacity and purchase them without considering their legitimacy.

[@Conqueror25]

I'm here coz this man was the only one who helped me troubleshoot. For that, I'm forever grateful. ❤

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Happy to help!

[@mathematicromancio]

Same, after trying every command on linux, hours of reading trying to fix something broken, I finally came to the same conclusion than this man. Many thanks to him for going straight forward to the problem. Many issues reported on linux forums about USB drive, I haven't seen yet someone suspecting the cheap chinese hardware.

[@sabatrol666]

I bought one and i am tryin to figure out if its 2tb and its 1.89 but 2.0 and 3mbs transfer speed

[@Justgreen89925]

100% fake

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

I think the most easiest way to tell if the cheap 1tb drive is a scam is when it’s usb 2.0 or 1.0 not usb 3.1,3.2, and 3.0!

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Totally agree, if they lied about the interface, you should get a full refund. But spotting a fake SSD or microSD card can be tricky without using that software. That said, if the price seems too good to be true, it’s probably a fake.

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

@@ElectronicsComputers yea that’s why I don’t go with no name drives I always go for sandisk(western digital), Samsung, lexar, pny, and Kingston, and hyperx(Now owned by HP)

[@elamriti]

comes also with spyware blote ware and all kindz of hidden virusses

[@eeo.e]

I am using similar 2TB usb drive since several months and it works well. Speed of one i get is about 15/20 MB/s (read/write). What would one see inside nanotechnology device like this with bare eyes?

[@ElectronicsComputers]

If it's a similar drive, then 2TB should written like this: "2TB". :)

[@michubern1444]

How much of thec2 tb do you use ?;)

[@eeo.e]

@@michubern1444 Rarely, as secondary backup.

[@eeo.e]

@@ElectronicsComputers Sellers could be 'creative' when it comes to names.

[@sebastianalvarez1132]

I have a 117GB drive and all files work costed me 6$

[@FIFA07Pro]

That price is about right. 128 GB flash drive costs about 7 us dollars in my country.

[@alex_mcclay]

I have one of these, as well as an "Extreme Pro" branded 256GB MicroSD card from eBay that I was using in my GoPro. The memory card did a similar thing where it successfully saved videos up to a point then every video after that is corrupt and unreadable. I guess the true capacity of the memory card is 64GB or less based on where it stopped. Luckily I haven't lost anything important due to either the card or the USB stick. Lesson learned I guess.

[@ElectronicsComputers]

I've made an update video about 16TB :)) USB drive and inside there was a 64GB microSD card, which was also defective.

[@CleverFix]

Great video, thanks!

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Thank you for the comment!

[@MarkRossi]

chinese should stop doing this nonsense ... ffs ...

[@ElectronicsComputers]

That's how some Chinese companies make money.

[@opoxious1592]

I have stored my pc image on a "MI" usb stick that is 4TB according to the decription. I payed less than 15 bucks for it. And i reinstalled pc image using the usb stick My image is about 2.8TB in size. So that means that i at leat got a 3TB usb stick for 15 bucks. That's also not bad.

[@Justgreen89925]

It's fake too, 3tb flash drives don't exist and your data will get corrupted

[@opoxious1592]

@@Justgreen89925 I already tested my flash drive by copying 8K movies on them to the point that it reached it's full capacity of nearly 4tb. Amd i watched all movies from start to end. So this means that in my case the flasdrive does has the 4TB capacity of nearly 4tb. It's more around 3.75TB

[@nfrcomputers]

another scam ive ran into is super cheap drives that have a genuine capacity of 64GB, but have such a slow read and write speed that they will fail when writing more than 1gb at once. better to just spend the extra 5 bucks and get a real one, lol

[@SHRODDYGROOMIES]

I should of known better and did some research😞 i had just got a 2tb usb drive show up earlier.. excitied to put all my movies and music... completely wasted time and money... The usb drive said all my files were corrupted and not working, not just that, the usb drive deleted my files by itself 😑

[@ElectronicsComputers]

You're not the only one. We have already had dozens of clients come to us for data recovery because they cut and pasted all their valuable data to such drives. Now that data simply doesn't exist on those drives nor on their computers. Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do because it's like virtual memory.

[@SHRODDYGROOMIES]

Yeah that sucks.. so since 2tb USB drives don't exist, what is the highest gb for a flash drive... If I wanted to go to office depot or walmart, what gb should I be looking for? I want to store my movies

[@GTAbestplayer123]

Thats why i only buy thumb drives in person at a reputatable electronics dealer.

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Yeah, you get what you pay for.

[@wh17efox]

Helpful, thanks❤

[@ElectronicsComputers]

You're welcome 😊

[@COLOMBODISTRIBUTOR]

Don't buy have data lost issues.

[@Cornz38]

I haven't watched the video and i know the answer.

[@Juos10kustu]

how can you lock your drives ?

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Do you mean access protection?

[@Juos10kustu]

yes. sorry my english is bad :D @@ElectronicsComputers

[@rjoshb]

Fool me once shame on me fool me twice call the cops. I got burned and will never trust those bums again.

[@cibucikel]

64tb lmao

[@anisalial-maghrabi3215]

Thanks ❤

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Welcome!

[@erichdaniels6000]

How can we chat?

[@thelonewolf666]

ebay allows its---wtf

[@AlissonCeciliaKnellMannucci]

thank u very much

[@ElectronicsComputers]

You are most welcome

[@SirTerenceTheThird]

ok

[@elektroman3187]

I dont know, maybe I got lucky because mine works great, never had an issue. I bought two and they're exactly what was promised. I was also very skeptical but turns out some of the vendors are alright.

[@elektroman3187]

@@n3h3m maybe it's just not the same one.

[@tonderaimudege2090]

try adding 100g of files @@elektroman3187

[@zerosam5541]

@@elektroman3187 max the storage

[@sebastianalvarez1132]

Same

[@lilshesh]

Link? Because I bought two and NEITHER work at all whatsoever. Fake pieces of plastic and they were sent hella late too, so no refund. Win some, lose some I guess. Sigh

[@lmwlmw4468]

Great video.

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Thanks!

[@DOOMXOOX]

That video made me lmao a lot 😂

[@fen8234]

Thxxxx

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Welcome!

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video.

[@ElectronicsComputers]

Thanks!

[@JackyThamGK]

Make in China

[@ants08031236414]

Rule of thumb: anything cheap and Chinese should be avoided. Moral integrity is none existent over there.