expiredplu388 posted May 05, 2022 02:55 PM
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expiredplu388 posted May 05, 2022 02:55 PM
250GB PNY CS900 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive
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This drive is perfectly fine if you're just looking for something cheap to put into a system that doesn't store anything critical. But, as a technology consultant and a professional data recovery technician personally, I have seen at least a dozen of these completely fail after a couple of years of use, and they are unrecoverable when they do because there's no firmware support for them from data recovery hardware such as pc-3000. The nature of the failure is their reported drive model reverts to simply "SATAFIRM" and thereafter all sectors contain no data.
Just wanted to make sure anyone who might be a prospective purchaser was aware of this!
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Not the fastest drive, but I have several of them and they work okay. Haven't had a failure yet I don't think.
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This drive is perfectly fine if you're just looking for something cheap to put into a system that doesn't store anything critical. But, as a technology consultant and a professional data recovery technician personally, I have seen at least a dozen of these completely fail after a couple of years of use, and they are unrecoverable when they do because there's no firmware support for them from data recovery hardware such as pc-3000. The nature of the failure is their reported drive model reverts to simply "SATAFIRM" and thereafter all sectors contain no data.
Just wanted to make sure anyone who might be a prospective purchaser was aware of this!
Thanks op!
This drive is perfectly fine if you're just looking for something cheap to put into a system that doesn't store anything critical. But, as a technology consultant and a professional data recovery technician personally, I have seen at least a dozen of these completely fail after a couple of years of use, and they are unrecoverable when they do because there's no firmware support for them from data recovery hardware such as pc-3000. The nature of the failure is their reported drive model reverts to simply "SATAFIRM" and thereafter all sectors contain no data.
Just wanted to make sure anyone who might be a prospective purchaser was aware of this!
My plan is to use these drives for downloading via Sabnzbd [sabnzbd.org]; one for incomplete/cache and the other for finished via an attached Wavlink X-MAN [newegg.com] device to my PC. The docking station's drive bays are going to waste/never used currently so this deal seems like serendipitous way to finally utilize the X-MAN. (Cyclops and Wolverine would be proud
In theory, Sabnzbd download speeds, repairs plus unpacking should be faster and I will save my physical drives wear and tear as well. What worries me though is that SSDs have limited write cycles so perhaps employing them for download drives is a terrible idea?
But I've heard SSD technology has improved considerably ergo constant writes is not that much of an issue any more. With the low price and 3 year warranty I'm thinking my Sabnzbd scheme is a decent idea; time will tell though. Long story short, Thanks for posting the deal OP and I'm in for 2.
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Edit: When added to cart shows price as $31.99 instead for me.
This drive is perfectly fine if you're just looking for something cheap to put into a system that doesn't store anything critical. But, as a technology consultant and a professional data recovery technician personally, I have seen at least a dozen of these completely fail after a couple of years of use, and they are unrecoverable when they do because there's no firmware support for them from data recovery hardware such as pc-3000. The nature of the failure is their reported drive model reverts to simply "SATAFIRM" and thereafter all sectors contain no data.
Just wanted to make sure anyone who might be a prospective purchaser was aware of this!
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