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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Don't waste your time.  Spend a few
      bucks more and get something new and recognizable. The listed on
      ebay is used...  :/</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.microcenter.com/product/511699/crucial-bx500-240gb-ssd-micron-3d-nand-sata-iii-6gb-s-25-internal-solid-state-drive">https://www.microcenter.com/product/511699/crucial-bx500-240gb-ssd-micron-3d-nand-sata-iii-6gb-s-25-internal-solid-state-drive</a><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/8/2022 17:07, Boris Borisov via
      Ale wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="auto">I haven't seen that brand before :)
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        <div dir="auto">Link from eBay </div>
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        <div dir="auto">Installed 6-6-21. Failed 2-8-22.</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 16:26
          Joey Kelly via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org"
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          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Tuesday,
          February 8, 2022 9:35:33 AM CST Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:<br>
          > I never reuse a drive that starts showing errors. Recipe
          for disaster. Drive<br>
          > replacement is easier than drive replacement plus data
          recovery.<br>
          <br>
          Right. if you want to use in on a lab machine that you don't
          care about, do <br>
          that, else destroy it and throw it in the trash.<br>
          <br>
          I was going to ask what brand SSD you have. Intel's are
          write-limited and <br>
          simply stop working at some point, while others are
          failure-prone (Corsair, <br>
          I'm still glaring at you from a decade ago).<br>
          <br>
          --Joey<br>
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          > On February 8, 2022 9:55:55 AM EST, Boris Borisov via Ale
          <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank"
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          wrote:<br>
          > >Hard drive have failed on machine that works 24-7.
          Would you try to<br>
          > >reformat SSD or simply install new one.<br>
          > ><br>
          > >Considering the limited write cycles for SSD is
          likely damage beyond<br>
          > >repair?<br>
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          -- <br>
          Joey Kelly<br>
          Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant<br>
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