chackl@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago“We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD” - The Vergewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down137file-textcross-posted to: datahoarder@lemmit.onlinetechnology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareDarorad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down13·1 year agoYou’re probably fine, all drives have failures and I haven’t seen anything to indicate this is a widespread issue with the drive.
minus-squareMuddybulldog@mylemmy.winlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThe manufacturer has acknowledged it’s an issue and has issued at least one patched firmware. This isn’t a “luck of the draw” or isolated issue.
minus-squareCosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo my serial number says I don’t need the patch. So hopefully I’m fine.
You’re probably fine, all drives have failures and I haven’t seen anything to indicate this is a widespread issue with the drive.
The manufacturer has acknowledged it’s an issue and has issued at least one patched firmware. This isn’t a “luck of the draw” or isolated issue.
So my serial number says I don’t need the patch. So hopefully I’m fine.