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Those $100 2TB drives are probably because of this: https://www.theverge.com/22291828/sandisk-extreme-pro-portable-my-passport-failure-continued https://www.the

by ipqk 3y ago

Those $100 2TB drives are probably because of this: https://www.theverge.com/22291828/sandisk-extreme-pro-portable-my-passport-failure-continued https://www.theverge.com/22291828/sandisk-extreme-pro-portab...

tehwebguy 3y ago
I see Samsung 2TB drives on sale for around $100 periodically, are they subject to the same problem?
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
  Samsung drives have been fairly bulletproof, even among their budget offerings. I've recently had an unexpected run of failing WD Blue SSDs and just had a new Sandisk drive (not one from gparent) fail, right after I backed another drive up to it.
haunter 3y ago
Not sure. Samsung, WD, SK hynix 2TB drives are regularly on sale around ~$100 https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/search?sort=new&restrict_sr=on&q=flair%3ASSD%2B-%2BM.2 https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/search?sort=new&restr...
chazeon 3y ago
I also had a problem with Sandisk 2TB portable SSD. But it dies for a few days and comes back. It's wired. I will not keep anything important in that drive after this incident.
- justinclift 3y ago
  Have you checked if there are available firmware updates for your model?
splix 3y ago
Btw, since the thread is about both Samsung and SanDisk now, I can tell a personal experience with both regarding the same kind of issue. I had the exact same problem with SanDisk as explained in The Verge article. I had it in January, before it became a known major issue, so I guess they were not prepared for that. However, the process was smooth enough, and I just filled a ticket with details, received a couple of questions, send it to their service center and received a new one later. It works fine now. But I had a similar situation with Samsung SSD too, it died after a couple of months. But they made it impossible to replace it. The process is so bad that I was never able to get into any support for that case, and never received any meaningful response. So I just gave up eventually, so I guess I just donated few hundred dollars to Samsung.
Denote6737 3y ago
Sounds like someone is salty over not following 3-2-1 backups.
oneTbrain23 3y ago
I had that Sandisk 3 years ago. Same thing happened to me. Lost a lot of data. Now, I banned anything by Sandisk and even evangelized anything but Sandisk - probably a couple 10mils of Sandisk revenue averted. I'm surprised, 3 years after, Sandisk SSD extreme STILL has same problem. Now probably easier to say "I told you so".

by ipqk 3y ago

tehwebguy 3y ago

I see Samsung 2TB drives on sale for around $100 periodically, are they subject to the same problem?

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
Samsung drives have been fairly bulletproof, even among their budget offerings. I've recently had an unexpected run of failing WD Blue SSDs and just had a new Sandisk drive (not one from gparent) fail, right after I backed another drive up to it.

haunter 3y ago

Not sure. Samsung, WD, SK hynix 2TB drives are regularly on sale around ~$100 https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/search?sort=new&restrict_sr=on&q=flair%3ASSD%2B-%2BM.2 https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/search?sort=new&restr...

chazeon 3y ago

I also had a problem with Sandisk 2TB portable SSD. But it dies for a few days and comes back. It's wired. I will not keep anything important in that drive after this incident.

justinclift 3y ago
Have you checked if there are available firmware updates for your model?

splix 3y ago

Btw, since the thread is about both Samsung and SanDisk now, I can tell a personal experience with both regarding the same kind of issue. I had the exact same problem with SanDisk as explained in The Verge article. I had it in January, before it became a known major issue, so I guess they were not prepared for that. However, the process was smooth enough, and I just filled a ticket with details, received a couple of questions, send it to their service center and received a new one later. It works fine now. But I had a similar situation with Samsung SSD too, it died after a couple of months. But they made it impossible to replace it. The process is so bad that I was never able to get into any support for that case, and never received any meaningful response. So I just gave up eventually, so I guess I just donated few hundred dollars to Samsung.

Denote6737 3y ago

Sounds like someone is salty over not following 3-2-1 backups.

oneTbrain23 3y ago

I had that Sandisk 3 years ago. Same thing happened to me. Lost a lot of data. Now, I banned anything by Sandisk and even evangelized anything but Sandisk - probably a couple 10mils of Sandisk revenue averted. I'm surprised, 3 years after, Sandisk SSD extreme STILL has same problem. Now probably easier to say "I told you so".