schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWestern Digital, SanDisk Extreme SSDs don’t store data safely, lawsuit saysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down14
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minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI just bought ones of these on discount at Costco in July… Are they fixed? Can they even be trusted? Ugh.
minus-squarenothacking@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoJust like any other drive, assume they could fail at any moment, and have backups.
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m not worried about losing data, I’m worried the drive won’t work when I need it to copy new data.
minus-squareMadison_rogue@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCheck the model number. We bought ours from Costco as well, so I checked ours based off the article Ars Technica published last week. Our SDDs were older.
I just bought ones of these on discount at Costco in July… Are they fixed? Can they even be trusted? Ugh.
Just like any other drive, assume they could fail at any moment, and have backups.
I’m not worried about losing data, I’m worried the drive won’t work when I need it to copy new data.
Check the model number. We bought ours from Costco as well, so I checked ours based off the article Ars Technica published last week. Our SDDs were older.