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Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by throwaway290 on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @05:55AM (#46044625)
> I have an old SLC USB drive which is only 512MB, but it's nearly 20 years old and some of the very first files I wrote to it are still intact (I last checked several months ago

It's not about age of drive. It's how much time it spent without power.

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Re:The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your ... by userbinator on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @08:37PM (#46053150)
Most of that time was unpowered and at room temperature (~20C).
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