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Fake Pen drive test?

syfer
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Hi I was on wish.com and I did see some pen drives. One was U Disk Pen Drive 2TB usb 3.0 and USB 3.0 OTG Usb Flash Drive Metal Pen Drive 128gb. Know I want to know if these are real and i think i need a software that can see the real size and see if real usb 3.0. Can any one help me with this?

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1 minute ago, syfer said:

Hi I was on wish.com and I did see some pen drives. One was U Disk Pen Drive 2TB usb 3.0 and USB 3.0 OTG Usb Flash Drive Metal Pen Drive 128gb. Know I want to know if these are real and i think i need a software that can see the real size and see if real usb 3.0. Can any one help me with this?

A 2tb usb? no

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I'd guess that it's likely a faked capacity, meaning it may show 2TB when you plug it in, but when you try to use it, it's nowhere near that amount.

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2 minutes ago, syfer said:

Hi I was on wish.com and I did see some pen drives. One was U Disk Pen Drive 2TB usb 3.0 and USB 3.0 OTG Usb Flash Drive Metal Pen Drive 128gb. Know I want to know if these are real and i think i need a software that can see the real size and see if real usb 3.0. Can any one help me with this?

 

1 minute ago, KearneyMC said:

A 2tb usb? no

Yea 2tb is fake for sure, 128gb is easily possible but if its too cheap it likely a fake as well.

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