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Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by fainpul on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @01:47AM (#46043009)
On macOS / Linux you can use `dd` to "copy" everything from /dev/yourssd to /dev/null. Just be careful not to do it the other way!

https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/dd.1.html

I have no idea if forcing a read is good / the right way. I'm just answering how to do it.

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Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by justincormack on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @06:21AM (#46044759)
/dev/null is "empty" if you read it, its /dev/zero you dont want to dd onto your disk.
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