Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-30 Thread Tony Wright
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

Re: [OT] Reliable external storage drive

2021-06-30 Thread Tom Rutter
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

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

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

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

[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,