Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive
Oh wow, I've never had a problem with any Samsung Evo that I've had. I have had issues with others.. On Wed, 30 Jun 2021, 5:12 pm Tom Rutter, wrote: > The most recent SSD drives just stopped working one day, usually at around > the 5th or 6th time I added large data. The brands were seagate and samsung. > > The original two sandisk memory sticks had encryption software built in > and that just stopped working one day and get it back after several calls > with support. > > No big deal as I have a few backups but time wasters. > > —Tom > > On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 15:21, Greg Keogh wrote: > >> I'm curious, what are they dying of? Wearing out, or something else? >>> >> >> I'm surprised too. I've *never* had an SSD drive fail, of mixed brands >> -- *Greg K* >> >>>
Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive
The most recent SSD drives just stopped working one day, usually at around the 5th or 6th time I added large data. The brands were seagate and samsung. The original two sandisk memory sticks had encryption software built in and that just stopped working one day and get it back after several calls with support. No big deal as I have a few backups but time wasters. —Tom On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 15:21, Greg Keogh wrote: > I'm curious, what are they dying of? Wearing out, or something else? >> > > I'm surprised too. I've *never* had an SSD drive fail, of mixed brands -- > *Greg > K* > >>
Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive
> > I'm curious, what are they dying of? Wearing out, or something else? > I'm surprised too. I've *never* had an SSD drive fail, of mixed brands -- *Greg K* >
Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive
I'm curious, what are they dying of? Wearing out, or something else? On Wed, Jun 30, 2021, 10:11 Tom Rutter wrote: > Hi folks, > > Another of my recently purchased external SSD drives has just died on me. > Can anyone here recommend one they have and are happy with? Ideally I would > like it to last a few years at the very least. The last few I have bought > haven't gone longer than 6 months. I don't write to it much, mainly for > backups of photos and videos every few months. > > --Tom >
Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive
I use memory sticks, specifically SanDisk extreme Pro usb stick 128GB $61 SanDisk extreme Pro usb stick 256GB $89 SanDisk extreme Pro usb stick 512GB $204 SanDisk extreme Pro usb 1TB $480 Very very fast USB sticks! (Read 420MB/s, write 380MB/s) You didn't say how much content you needed to store - you could potentially use multiple sticks for redundancy. On Wed, 30 Jun 2021, 10:41 am Tom Rutter, wrote: > Hi folks, > > Another of my recently purchased external SSD drives has just died on me. > Can anyone here recommend one they have and are happy with? Ideally I would > like it to last a few years at the very least. The last few I have bought > haven't gone longer than 6 months. I don't write to it much, mainly for > backups of photos and videos every few months. > > --Tom >
Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive
Get an enclosure and put something from Sandisk in it. On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 10:41 am, Tom Rutter wrote: > Hi folks, > > Another of my recently purchased external SSD drives has just died on me. > Can anyone here recommend one they have and are happy with? Ideally I would > like it to last a few years at the very least. The last few I have bought > haven't gone longer than 6 months. I don't write to it much, mainly for > backups of photos and videos every few months. > > --Tom > -- David Connors da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Telegram: https://t.me/davidconnors LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors
[OT] Reliable external storage drive
Hi folks, Another of my recently purchased external SSD drives has just died on me. Can anyone here recommend one they have and are happy with? Ideally I would like it to last a few years at the very least. The last few I have bought haven't gone longer than 6 months. I don't write to it much, mainly for backups of photos and videos every few months. --Tom
