Comment on “We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD” - The Verge

CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨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?

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  • CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world ⁨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

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    • enbee@compuverse.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      shuck it and put it into a new enclosure

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• chackl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨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.

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    • DrZoidberg@sh.itjust.works ⁨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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• Darorad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You’re probably fine, all drives have failures and I haven’t seen anything to indicate this is a widespread issue with the drive.

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