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I had three Lexar Micron flip-drives and one Cruzer Glide on my desk when I spilled some Coca Cola and about the bottom one-quarter of each flash drive was immersed in the cola. All of the Lexars were folded up and the Cruzer Glide was retracted when this happened. I Immediately removed them from the cola and dried them off on the outside with paper towels. What is the chance that the drives are damaged, and how can I safely test them?

EDIT: I've read other threads about liquid damage to flash drives but this question is about the specific brands and models I have, in case there's something specific about them that makes a difference.

Onager
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Coca Cola contains sugar, acid, water, and other ingredients that could damage the drives. I would thoroughly clean them with a 90%+ isopropyl alcohol solution available from most drug stores and allow then to dry out for several hours. As long as the cola did not sit on the drives for too long, they should be fine, but if the acid is allowed to sit in/near tiny connections on the PC board of the drives, they could be damaged. Just drying them with a paper towel is not sufficient because the acid could get under the chips on the board.

acejavelin
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