I did not know this:
A Friendly Reminder That Your Unpowered SSDs Are Probably Losing Data: https://hackaday.com/2025/11/26/a-friendly-reminder-that-your-unpowered-ssds-are-probably-losing-data/
SSDs may be faster, and lower powered, than spinning rust drives, but this is a huge down side to them.
Quote from: granz on Nov 27, 2025, 08:43 AMI did not know this:
A Friendly Reminder That Your Unpowered SSDs Are Probably Losing Data: https://hackaday.com/2025/11/26/a-friendly-reminder-that-your-unpowered-ssds-are-probably-losing-data/
SSDs may be faster, and lower powered, than spinning rust drives, but this is a huge down side to them.
I need to back up data. So far my ssd's are ok.
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Nov 27, 2025, 03:21 PMQuote from: granz on Nov 27, 2025, 08:43 AMI did not know this:
A Friendly Reminder That Your Unpowered SSDs Are Probably Losing Data: https://hackaday.com/2025/11/26/a-friendly-reminder-that-your-unpowered-ssds-are-probably-losing-data/
SSDs may be faster, and lower powered, than spinning rust drives, but this is a huge down side to them.
I need to back up data. So far my ssd's are ok.
Yes, so far... That is the rub: when you quit powering up the SSD for a certain time period (several months to a few years) then the SSD will start losing your data. Just make sure that you power it up every couple months. If you set up a laptop with an SSD as an emergency system, and pack it away, make sure to dig it out every now and then to power it up.
Quote from: granz on Nov 27, 2025, 05:53 PMQuote from: JKnightandKARR on Nov 27, 2025, 03:21 PMQuote from: granz on Nov 27, 2025, 08:43 AMI did not know this:
A Friendly Reminder That Your Unpowered SSDs Are Probably Losing Data: https://hackaday.com/2025/11/26/a-friendly-reminder-that-your-unpowered-ssds-are-probably-losing-data/
SSDs may be faster, and lower powered, than spinning rust drives, but this is a huge down side to them.
I need to back up data. So far my ssd's are ok.
Yes, so far... That is the rub: when you quit powering up the SSD for a certain time period (several months to a few years) then the SSD will start losing your data. Just make sure that you power it up every couple months. If you set up a laptop with an SSD as an emergency system, and pack it away, make sure to dig it out every now and then to power it up.
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