I just received 4 of these Lenovo 16Tb flash drives from aliexpress.... I wish i had seen your video before i bought them!!! .At least now i kwow not to trust them with any data... thanks for posting this video!!
You're welcome. Every single 16TB drive has fake capacity and they will lie about storing your files. At least most of the time it's a lie. Thanks for watching.
Same here, ordered 5 pieces and was already calculating how much money I would be making if I sell them. Thank god I found this video before selling them XD
I had just got a new camera and my mike was not set up properly. Please check out my other videos. They can't all be works of perfection. And thanks for watching.
Lol, no my mike is perfectly fine when adjusted properly. This video is in my top 5 popular videos, even with poor audio so it will stay as it is. Thanks for watching.
I wish RUclips had a way to replace the audio, but they do not. I would have to upload it again, and right now it's my third most popular video, bad audio and all. So it is, what it is. Sorry.
There are no 16TB flash drives. Not in 2023, they simply don't exist on the market yet. The largest legitimate flash drives on the market are 2TB and the real ones cost over a hundred dollars. The market is flooded with fake ones at every size. The 2TB drives for under $30 are all fake even on Amazon. If you don't believe I don't know what to tell you. Be careful. Thanks for watching.
You said it. Greed. Add ignorance. I've had those issues with a good brand name 64G SD cards and 256G USB bought in person from reputable shops I use regularly and never had any other issues with them. Sad part is I paid decent prices for them! Should have taken them back but they were gifted to grandchildren and they have no idea what they've done with them!
64 GB flash drives retail for $6.99. I'm sure they are getting them wholesale at half that price. Probably rejects and factory seconds. Then pay pennies for hackers to put false programming into them. Thanks for watching.
I was ripped off by a Chinese seller on eBay. It wasn't a flash drive though. WHY do we bother doing business with them! Cheap? Yes. Quality? Heck no! The last flash drive I bought was a genuine one on Amazon. But it was $120 for 2TB.
Every single one of the 16TB are fake. The overwhelming vast majority of 2TB are fake as well. If the price is cheap, it's a fake. To get a real one you have to pay market price, which as you have said, for a 2TB is currently $120. Thanks for watching.
Life hack for cheap storage: find a gently used HDD from a data center on diskprices and plug it into an enclosure or SATA-to-USB cable. Per TB, it's about half the price of pre-made external drives or a tenth of the price of flash drives.
Linux users know about the f3 tools. They are part of the standard pakage. I used this to find an earlier example of "being to good to believe". The one I tested was from Amazon same issue except it was 16GB with 64GB label. Buyer beware.
I have bought a 16Tb pen drive from LeNovo, they didn't show on my Macintosh and there was NO way to format them BUT they did show on my friend's PC and could be formatted . I did Format them ExFAT which should have shown them on my Mac but they didn't. With Disk Doctor Utility I could see it and the computer DID measure 16 Tb but there was no way to mount the disk on the desktop and make it active. I have returned the product and got a refund
I haven't figured out exactly how they are able to trick the computer into thinking it's 16 TB without generating errors, but I can 100% guarantee it's fake. Some day 16TB drives will exist and by then the scammers will be selling them as 500TB drives. Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind I don't know how it was possible that it did seem to work on my friend's PC but it certainly DIDN'T work on my Mac. What I don't understand is the reason why of the scam. I returned it via Aliexpress without much of a fuss and the money (being a good customer) was credited to me immediately as I shipped the item. There will be some customers who don't complain and just take the loss but the vaste majority will complain and get a refund which must cost them money ( the shipping back at least) so I cannot understand the scheme .
@andreiko1959 it must be profitable, or they wouldn't continue to do it. The majority of people probably don't return such a low-cost item and accept the loss.
Sorry my Mike setup was not correct, and there is no way to fix it without re-uploading. Bad audio and all it’s my third most popular video so it is what it is. Thanks for watching.
I bought what appears to be 2Tb Lenovo stick. Nothing work on that stick. copying files, vid etc.. goes smoothly but they all get corrupted. I've used Cheap Genius to check on the stick I was really surprised to see that the stick can't hold more than 128Mb of data. 😂
Yes the files are not being corrupted, they simply aren’t there. The directory pretends to copy them but there is no file. I suspect 99% of flash drives even from reputable sites are fake. Thanks for watching.
Sorry to hear that. Seems like 99% of USB drives even on reputable sites are fake. If the price sounds too good to be true it's probably fake. Thanks for watching.
Wow, it’s amazing that a 16 TB drive is only 60 gigs. It’s like a trick flash drive you think it’s got all that capacity but in reality it doesn’t and windows doesn’t detect anything wrong with it,very strange. they always say you get what you pay for and for $8 that’s exactly what it is junk.
@@kingofqueens777 yes as of 2024 there is no such thing as 16TB flash drives at any price. People are gullible that want a lot for cheap, and end up buying junk. Thanks for watching.
Still trying to dial in the audio with my new WXF1 camera. Its very touchy, but the Blue Yeti mike I just unboxed should help. Thanks again for watching.
This one belonged to my friend so no. But I’m 99.9% sure it’s a 64GB chip. Most people don’t even realize they have been tricked. By the time they fill it up they don’t realize their files have been overwritten or just think the files are corrupted. When in fact they were never there in the first place or erased shortly afterwards. Thanks for watching.
The drive tricks you into thinking you have copied them, but you have not. The files arent corrupted, they simply are not there. People generously think the drive is corrupted but you have been scammed into thinking you have a bigger drive than you actually have. All 16TB drives at this price point are fake, without exception.
Actually it was my new WXF1 Panasonic 4K camcorder but the mic settings are touchy. It took me a minute to get them dialed in. Sorry about that. The quality improved greatly in my later videos. Thanks for watching.
Thank you. My buddy is still not conviced he was ripped off. I figured the raised awareness was more important than improved audio quality. But the audio was a disappointment to me as well. The the WXF1 there is an audio delay which makes monitoring through headphones impossible. Maybe some people can do it, but I found it impossible to talk with a delayed audio feedback. Thanks again.
I got the 64tb Lenovo. It was cheap and being a tech guy I wanted to play. I encountered the same problem. I don’t believe it was a Lenovo flash dive. The old adage of “If it’s too good to be true then it’s too good to be true!” is very true.
The capacity advertised is absurd compared to the actual. They prey on people trying to get an extreme bargain too good to pass up. It's a shame really. Thanks for watching.
Lol, nice. The audio settings on the WXF1 are tricky. I should have re-recorded it, but I did not. Oh well, this is my third most popular video. Image how much better they are now? 😁 Thanks for watching.
They can fit 16tb of space but only by using a newly developed file format known as exFAT. It is designed to make more efficient use of sector size on chipsets but is designed for data storage rather than your main m.2 ssd chipset. That's the science behind it😉
@@WaybackRewind I jeg ved det godt, det var en påståelig ven, som mente han havde set sådan en her, jeg mangler nemlig lagerplads til 80 miniDV tapes på 1 time hver, han mente de alle så kunne være på en af at disse, så den er kun købte hjem, for at få ham til at forstå det.
I just received 4 of these Lenovo 16Tb flash drives from aliexpress.... I wish i had seen your video before i bought them!!! .At least now i kwow not to trust them with any data... thanks for posting this video!!
You're welcome. Every single 16TB drive has fake capacity and they will lie about storing your files. At least most of the time it's a lie.
Thanks for watching.
Same here, ordered 5 pieces and was already calculating how much money I would be making if I sell them.
Thank god I found this video before selling them XD
16TB flash drives don't yet exist and they would cost more than $8 if they did.
Thanks for watching.
Nice sound quality
I had just got a new camera and my mike was not set up properly. Please check out my other videos. They can't all be works of perfection.
And thanks for watching.
I'm guessing it was an aliexpress purchase also
Lol, no my mike is perfectly fine when adjusted properly. This video is in my top 5 popular videos, even with poor audio so it will stay as it is.
Thanks for watching.
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sound quality is 🔥🔥🔥 for a tecdh video
Is that good or bad, lol. Sorry I will do better
@@WaybackRewind uhhhh not the best. lolllllllll
I wish RUclips had a way to replace the audio, but they do not. I would have to upload it again, and right now it's my third most popular video, bad audio and all. So it is, what it is. Sorry.
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They could porobably fit 16tb in there without alien tech, but not for $8.
There are no 16TB flash drives. Not in 2023, they simply don't exist on the market yet. The largest legitimate flash drives on the market are 2TB and the real ones cost over a hundred dollars. The market is flooded with fake ones at every size. The 2TB drives for under $30 are all fake even on Amazon. If you don't believe I don't know what to tell you. Be careful. Thanks for watching.
There is a MicroSD card in it with 15gb on it! @@WaybackRewind
Nope, 2TB max for flash drives.
You said it. Greed. Add ignorance. I've had those issues with a good brand name 64G SD cards and 256G USB bought in person from reputable shops I use regularly and never had any other issues with them. Sad part is I paid decent prices for them! Should have taken them back but they were gifted to grandchildren and they have no idea what they've done with them!
Question if this 16TB cost about $8... how much does an actual 64GB flash drive cost..?
64 GB flash drives retail for $6.99. I'm sure they are getting them wholesale at half that price. Probably rejects and factory seconds. Then pay pennies for hackers to put false programming into them.
Thanks for watching.
real 64 gig drives cost about 20 USD +-
Very informational thank you.
You are so very welcome and thank you for watching
I was ripped off by a Chinese seller on eBay. It wasn't a flash drive though. WHY do we bother doing business with them! Cheap? Yes. Quality? Heck no! The last flash drive I bought was a genuine one on Amazon. But it was $120 for 2TB.
Every single one of the 16TB are fake. The overwhelming vast majority of 2TB are fake as well. If the price is cheap, it's a fake. To get a real one you have to pay market price, which as you have said, for a 2TB is currently $120.
Thanks for watching.
Basically it is a rolling thing, there is a 64 gig micro SD card in there, and after 64 GB it literally deletes the first files.
Exactly
Life hack for cheap storage: find a gently used HDD from a data center on diskprices and plug it into an enclosure or SATA-to-USB cable. Per TB, it's about half the price of pre-made external drives or a tenth of the price of flash drives.
Thanks for the tip. I have several enclosures to repurpose old drives. Sometimes, I don't even use the enclosure just a cable.
Linux users know about the f3 tools. They are part of the standard pakage. I used this to find an earlier example of "being to good to believe". The one I tested was from Amazon same issue except it was 16GB with 64GB label. Buyer beware.
I have bought a 16Tb pen drive from LeNovo, they didn't show on my Macintosh and there was NO way to format them BUT they did show on my friend's PC and could be formatted . I did Format them ExFAT which should have shown them on my Mac but they didn't. With Disk Doctor Utility I could see it and the computer DID measure 16 Tb but there was no way to mount the disk on the desktop and make it active.
I have returned the product and got a refund
I haven't figured out exactly how they are able to trick the computer into thinking it's 16 TB without generating errors, but I can 100% guarantee it's fake. Some day 16TB drives will exist and by then the scammers will be selling them as 500TB drives.
Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind I don't know how it was possible that it did seem to work on my friend's PC but it certainly DIDN'T work on my Mac. What I don't understand is the reason why of the scam. I returned it via Aliexpress without much of a fuss and the money (being a good customer) was credited to me immediately as I shipped the item. There will be some customers who don't complain and just take the loss but the vaste majority will complain and get a refund which must cost them money ( the shipping back at least) so I cannot understand the scheme .
@andreiko1959 it must be profitable, or they wouldn't continue to do it. The majority of people probably don't return such a low-cost item and accept the loss.
it is really easy to return...
Yes, my friend returned his and was refunded. But the scam must work so I assume the majority are not returned.
were you talking with your head out the car window ?
Sorry my Mike setup was not correct, and there is no way to fix it without re-uploading. Bad audio and all it’s my third most popular video so it is what it is. Thanks for watching.
I bought what appears to be 2Tb Lenovo stick. Nothing work on that stick. copying files, vid etc.. goes smoothly but they all get corrupted. I've used Cheap Genius to check on the stick I was really surprised to see that the stick can't hold more than 128Mb of data. 😂
Yes the files are not being corrupted, they simply aren’t there. The directory pretends to copy them but there is no file. I suspect 99% of flash drives even from reputable sites are fake.
Thanks for watching.
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You said it copied about 58gb with working files,so this is '64gb' ,possibly.
Yes I couldn't confirm with absolute certainty but it seems most likely it's a 64GB chip.
Thanks for watching😀
i bought 4tb lenovo usb flash drive and it is fake . usb doesnt work like yours usb
Sorry to hear that. Seems like 99% of USB drives even on reputable sites are fake. If the price sounds too good to be true it's probably fake.
Thanks for watching.
Wow, it’s amazing that a 16 TB drive is only 60 gigs. It’s like a trick flash drive you think it’s got all that capacity but in reality it doesn’t and windows doesn’t detect anything wrong with it,very strange. they always say you get what you pay for and for $8 that’s exactly what it is junk.
@@kingofqueens777 yes as of 2024 there is no such thing as 16TB flash drives at any price. People are gullible that want a lot for cheap, and end up buying junk.
Thanks for watching.
Thought I wrecked my headphones 😄
Sorry my microphone setup went crazy in a few places. I need to work on that .
Hopefully, it is not a virus from the fake flash drive syndicate 😄
Still trying to dial in the audio with my new WXF1 camera. Its very touchy, but the Blue Yeti mike I just unboxed should help. Thanks again for watching.
Can you tear it open to see what's inside??
This one belonged to my friend so no. But I’m 99.9% sure it’s a 64GB chip.
Most people don’t even realize they have been tricked. By the time they fill it up they don’t realize their files have been overwritten or just think the files are corrupted. When in fact they were never there in the first place or erased shortly afterwards.
Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind Thanks! - I'd love to see what's inside (and how they trick Windows). - Cheers!
There is a 16 gigabyte micro-sd card in it. I have opened it!
It’s only a thousand times smaller than advertised, lol. It would be a fair price for a 16 GB chip I don’t understand the deception?
nice mic bro damn
New camera and mic settings were off. Sorry.
Thanks, for video. I would try hashing the files, copying them to flash and then checking checksum
That does nothing ... this really is a fake drive, don't know why the files behave corrupt...I have one (unfortunately)
The drive tricks you into thinking you have copied them, but you have not. The files arent corrupted, they simply are not there. People generously think the drive is corrupted but you have been scammed into thinking you have a bigger drive than you actually have. All 16TB drives at this price point are fake, without exception.
So if not 16TB, then it has what?, 2?..
64 GB or about 250 times smaller than advertised.
This video was recorded on a Chinese mic.
Actually it was my new WXF1 Panasonic 4K camcorder but the mic settings are touchy. It took me a minute to get them dialed in. Sorry about that. The quality improved greatly in my later videos.
Thanks for watching.
No worries :) Mad how anyone can believe they are getting terrabytes for pennies, well done for raising awareness !@@WaybackRewind
Thank you. My buddy is still not conviced he was ripped off. I figured the raised awareness was more important than improved audio quality. But the audio was a disappointment to me as well. The the WXF1 there is an audio delay which makes monitoring through headphones impossible. Maybe some people can do it, but I found it impossible to talk with a delayed audio feedback. Thanks again.
You may be able to fix the delay by using an ASIO or WDM driver, my little Focusrite uses ASIO and lag is in the low milliseconds.@@WaybackRewind
@GaryMcKinnonUFO thanks I will look into that. Being able to monitor my audio in real-time would help considerably.
I got the 64tb Lenovo. It was cheap and being a tech guy I wanted to play. I encountered the same problem. I don’t believe it was a Lenovo flash dive. The old adage of “If it’s too good to be true then it’s too good to be true!” is very true.
The capacity advertised is absurd compared to the actual. They prey on people trying to get an extreme bargain too good to pass up. It's a shame really.
Thanks for watching.
It was a few dollars so I had to have a go.
@psypher8184 my friend had the same opinion. Ended up getting a refund and kept it. I prefer not to encourage the scammers. Thanks for watching.
dude how do you get a sound that's so damn smooth,feels like you're talking in front of me irl man
Lol, nice. The audio settings on the WXF1 are tricky. I should have re-recorded it, but I did not. Oh well, this is my third most popular video. Image how much better they are now? 😁
Thanks for watching.
Thank you
No problem,
Thanks for watching
Soo fake. All flash with 1TB or more on AliExpress seems fake. Inclusing Xiaomi, Lenovo and... Sansumg ;) At least at the low prices.
Yes. Thanks for watching
so its scam ??
Yes. 16 TB flash drive of this type don't yet exist at any price point certainly not for $8. The buyer is being tricked.
Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind damn even they use lenovo logo and xiaomi 😂😂😂😂
They can fit 16tb of space but only by using a newly developed file format known as exFAT. It is designed to make more efficient use of sector size on chipsets but is designed for data storage rather than your main m.2 ssd chipset. That's the science behind it😉
16TB does not fit onto this drive it is a complete fake.
Thanks for watching.
ExFAT is not new, and no you cant fit more data than you can phisically store in bits
I have one of these 16TB from xiaomi, it was just a trial, as I didn't think it was real space, and it comes with exFAT....is it no good then ?
@Guitardiv2 16TB drives do not exist at any price. Whatever you bought it will never hold 16TB. It's fake.
@@WaybackRewind I jeg ved det godt, det var en påståelig ven, som mente han havde set sådan en her, jeg mangler nemlig lagerplads til 80 miniDV tapes på 1 time hver, han mente de alle så kunne være på en af at disse, så den er kun købte hjem, for at få ham til at forstå det.