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“We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD” - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

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Anyone else have a similar experience with one of these drives?

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[-] dangblingus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I know these comments are going to be full of people touting the virtues of having backup drives, NAS, or other high level data protection, but am I the crazy one? Knock on wood, I know nothing lasts forever, but I have decade+ old usb drives still going strong. How do they burn through so many externals?

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think selection bias is part of it, we tend to hear from the folks who run into issues more than the folks who don't. I also think a drive that sits on a desktop or in a drawer most of the time in an air-conditioned house will last much longer than one that's often thrown into a bag and transported in vehicles, airports, etc.

[-] WereCat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Right, we need more positive articles like "We just didn't lose 3TB of data on a Sandisk SSD!... Yep, the data is still there!"

[-] PR_freak@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Chances are your decade old USB sticks didn't go through as much read/write operations as those 3tb ssds

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[-] solidneutral@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

All the hard drives I own are Sandisk and WD. I have Windows installed on a SanDisk SSD and Steam on another SanDisk SSD. My WD 4TB Blue HDD and WD 4TB Elements Portable HD are for back ups and both are 5 years old now. I haven't had any issues. Some of the Verge commentors do mention it could be a MacOS thing.

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