We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD
www.theverge.com
How are these still on sale?

Anyone else have a similar experience with one of these drives?

  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
    0·
    2 years ago

    Someone didn’t read the story. This is about a known firmware fault that the company is doing its best not to keep quiet. Don’t help them in that work

      • harmonea@kbin.social
        2·
        2 years ago

        So because backups exist, everyone should be okay with buying bad hardware?

        I know you’re not actually saying that, but countering “this is a known firmware fault” with a reminder that backups should be done sure makes it look like you’re saying that. There’s still value in making sure consumers’ money goes to products that last.

      • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
        1·
        2 years ago

        There is absolutely nothing to say that the author didn’t have it backed up. He still lost 3TB of files from a new drive which was a replacement sent by the company, with a known fault supposedly fixed.

        “Herp derp he should have backed up” is not the takeaway here”

      • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Still, if SSDs fail repeatedly, something’s not right. That’s the point of the article