Over the summer I had this idea I wanted a full linux install on a USB stick I could move from machine to machine. Years ago I had splurged on a really nice Sandisk Extreme 64GB (200MB/s+) and so I installed to that.

After installing, on the first boot KDE immediately informed me my drive was moments from death. I really appreciated that, as I had no idea. I didn't know a thumb drive even had SMART capabilities. I had been using that drive in Windows for random things and it certainly never told me.

Checking SMART it said something to the tune of data loss expected within 24 hours. Yikes.