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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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[-] CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Ugh, I literally just fucking bought this drive

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I wonder if it'd be worth returning if you're still in the window. I don't know how common the issues are though. Maybe check out the Ars Technica article someone linked?

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

Well I bought it for mass media storage for an upcoming trip. So I'll just see how it goes and consider options afterward

[-] InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

But then wouldn't you lose the data from your trip in the experiment though?

[-] enbee@compuverse.uk 0 points 1 year ago

shuck it and put it into a new enclosure

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

I almost bought one because they were on huge sale at Amazon.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I wouldn’t suggest buying the huge sales at amazon for ssd’s.

They probably pulled the bad drives back from merchant stock to avoid getting returns. Those frequently wind up on Amazon as huge sales.

[-] DrZoidberg@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Not always. Their prime day and Black Friday deals are usually pretty solid. I've gotten drives the last 2 prime days, and a black Friday 4 years ago, and they've lasted the couple years I've had them, and last years 2tb is fine in my PS5 so far.

I'd be wary of any sk hynix ones though. I can almost guarantee those are always ripped out of old builds, because that's where all of mine have come from.

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