The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your data

Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by fairfeather on Monday November 24, 2025 @10:43PM (#46042149)

A full read would do it, but I think the safer recommendation is to just use a small hdd for external storage. Anything else is just dealing with mitigating factors

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Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by whitepoplar on Monday November 24, 2025 @11:24PM (#46042321)

Thanks! I think you're right about just using an HDD, but for my portable SSD situation, after a full read of all blocks, how long would you leave the drive plugged in for? Does the refresh procedure typically take a while, or would it be completed in roughly the time it would take to read all blocks?

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Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by kvemkon on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @08:36AM (#46045653)

Does the refresh procedure take place at all?

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Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by whitepoplar on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @08:38AM (#46045666)

I would hope so.

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