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Over the summer I had this idea I wanted a full linux install on a USB stick I could move from machine to machine. Years ago I had splurged on a really nice Sa
by duffyjp 4y ago
Over the summer I had this idea I wanted a full linux install on a USB stick I could move from machine to machine. Years ago I had splurged on a really nice Sandisk Extreme 64GB (200MB/s+) and so I installed to that.
After installing, on the first boot KDE immediately informed me my drive was moments from death. I really appreciated that, as I had no idea. I didn't know a thumb drive even had SMART capabilities. I had been using that drive in Windows for random things and it certainly never told me.
Checking SMART it said something to the tune of data loss expected within 24 hours. Yikes.
- sokoloff 4y agoDid you backup the disk and then run it to see if the prediction was correct? My first instinct would be to do the backup (of course), but a close second would be "yeah, that's probably not so precise as to make me be quite that lucky today..."
- duffyjp 4y agoI thought about running `stress -d` on it and letting it go for an hour/day but decided I'd rather just label the drive "BAD" and keep it in my junk drawer. Sometimes tasks don't require reliability and I'd rather not destroy it if I can get a few more uses out of it.