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minus-squarenurple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoSo far these issues only apply to these specific SSDs … fingers crossed it stays that way, because like you I’ve got a number of WD HDDs in my life.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year ago“so far” is the operative word. You really don’t want to discover you’re suddenly part of the 2024 list of drives that also are corrupt.
minus-squarexantoxis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI think the key thing here is that older drives you already own are probably ok. At least if they’re a year old or so.
So far these issues only apply to these specific SSDs … fingers crossed it stays that way, because like you I’ve got a number of WD HDDs in my life.
“so far” is the operative word.
You really don’t want to discover you’re suddenly part of the 2024 list of drives that also are corrupt.
I think the key thing here is that older drives you already own are probably ok. At least if they’re a year old or so.