Wife washed my Hitachi 4Gb Microdrive!

[ronmayhew]

It fell out of the pocket of my pants when she pulled them out of the washing machine.

I dried it off, stuck it in one of my computers and it worked fine. Re-formatted it and put it in my 30D and it worked fine too.

They must be pretty durable machines.

Just wanted to let everyone know, they take a beating and keep on ticking.

I was relieved that it didn't ruin it.

[ed rader]

It fell out of the pocket of my pants when she pulled them out of the washing machine.

I dried it off, stuck it in one of my computers and it worked fine. Re-formatted it and put it in my 30D and it worked fine too.

They must be pretty durable machines.

Just wanted to let everyone know, they take a beating and keep on ticking.

I was relieved that it didn't ruin it.


wife washed it........you mean your wife put the microdrive in your pants pocket and then washed it :D?

ed rader

[Tim S]

wife washed it........you mean your wife put the microdrive in your pants pocket and then washed it :D?

ed rader
That's what I was wondering! :o

[ronmayhew]

LOL, no, I left it there! I just didn't know she was about to do the laundry!

[Malamute]

No biggie. They aren't powered unless they are plugged in. I've washed mine a couple times. It's been through the dryer just as many times. That's got to be as good a way as any to dry it out.

Actually, after the first time I washed mine, I plugged it in and to my amazement it still worked. The next day I was telling a coworker the story and the drive slipped out of my hand and went straight into my cup of water on my desk. :o I just threw it in a desk drawer to dry out for a couple days.

[ed rader]

LOL, no, I left it there! I just didn't know she was about to do the laundry!

oh, so you really mean YOU washed it then :D!

ed rader

[Jon]

Considering that's a mini hard drive, that it survived's really pretty amazing. I still wouldn't count on it for critical shots any more though. The motor, etc. may suffer long-term damage from the immersion.

[pturton]

Could have been worse for sure. Your wife could have used a wringer washer and squeezed the bits out of it.

[canonloader]

I have heard this same story about CF cards, with the same end. Amazing what we can build these days. :)

[Wilt]

Gee all the agitation and the bits didn't fall off!