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Does bit rot actually happen on regular computers? I thought it took years and it was mostly a danger for huge external hard drives. I'd rather have better SSD
by nkkollaw 10y ago
Does bit rot actually happen on regular computers? I thought it took years and it was mostly a danger for huge external hard drives.
I'd rather have better SSD performance. I just personally never lost any data because I let it sit for too long.
- mveety 10y agoYes, bit rot happens all the time. Normally the drive its self catches and repairs these errors, but sometimes they slip through and become the filesystems problem. It doesn't really happen super often, but the fact that it happens at all mandates that filesystems that care about data integrity handle it.