[ale] OT: failed SSD and Windows

[Boris Borisov]

I haven't seen that brand before :)

Link from eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194260368529

Installed 6-6-21. Failed 2-8-22.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 16:26 Joey Kelly via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 9:35:33 AM CST Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> > I never reuse a drive that starts showing errors. Recipe for disaster.
> Drive
> > replacement is easier than drive replacement plus data recovery.
>
> Right. if you want to use in on a lab machine that you don't care about,
> do
> that, else destroy it and throw it in the trash.
>
> I was going to ask what brand SSD you have. Intel's are write-limited and
> simply stop working at some point, while others are failure-prone
> (Corsair,
> I'm still glaring at you from a decade ago).
>
> --Joey
>
>
> > On February 8, 2022 9:55:55 AM EST, Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
> > >Hard drive have failed on machine that works 24-7. Would you try to
> > >reformat SSD or simply install new one.
> > >
> > >Considering the limited write cycles for SSD is likely damage beyond
> > >repair?
>
>
> --
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