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> SDDs can be destroyed by EMP events, whereas HDDs are safe. Really? Maybe the data on the disk platters will be fine, but an EMP which wipes SSDs could just
by skissane 4y ago
> SDDs can be destroyed by EMP events, whereas HDDs are safe.
Really? Maybe the data on the disk platters will be fine, but an EMP which wipes SSDs could just as easily fry the HDD electronics and firmware flash memory. Your data may well be intact, but you are never seeing it again without some highly specialised data recovery equipment - and will that equipment survive the EMP apocalypse?