Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-29 Thread Greg Keogh
> > 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

2021-06-29 Thread mike smith
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

Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-29 Thread Tony Wright
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

Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-29 Thread David Connors
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 fe

[OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-29 Thread Tom Rutter
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, mai