In Reply to: I had my scare this week posted by Byrd69 on September 13, 2024 at 09:36:08:
It's good to check on those old HDD and SSD now and then that have been sitting on a shelf.One of my first SSD's many years ago was a 128GB unit. I later upgraded to 512GB and placed the 128GB SSD in a drawer. When I went back to the 128GB SSD a couple years later to see what I had on it, it was toast. I couldn't access that SSD at all. SSD's in particular are not something you store away for a prolonged period of time w/o ever powering them ON. They WILL lose their data. HDD's are actually better in this regard.
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- Whew! You lucked out.... - AbeCollins 09:45:28 09/13/24 (3)
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- "SSD's in particular are not something you store away for a prolonged period of time" - 1973shovel 10:31:23 09/13/24 (1)
- Newer ones are better but.... - AbeCollins 11:14:28 09/13/24 (0)