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Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by nutjob2 on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:58PM (#46041909)
> Even a QLC SSD that has only been written to once, and kept in a freezer at -40, may hold data for several decades.

So literally put your data in cold storage.

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Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by dotancohen on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @02:53AM (#46043387)
That is literally the origin of the term.
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