cm0002Unpowered SSD endurance investigation finds severe data loss and performance issues, reminds us of the importance of refreshing backups
Verdant Bananavery very old news
no storage drive on the planet last more than two to three years and just like batteries go bad just sitting like everything else been a problem that people refuse to acknowledge like everything else
actual problem is finding storage on not only more durable longer lasting drives but also ones that use materials and resources that are more sustainable
GerudoHDD drives absolutely don’t just “lose data” as it ages. The issues can be the drive head or motor, but the platters themselves can be placed in a new hdd and it works perfectly. Tape may be king, but hdd will last ages.
lol sure. They are magnetic charges on a disk. The disk is not a permanent magnet. This means that the charge will eventually dissipate. Also platters cannot be just placed in a new drive and work perfectly. The firmware and disk hardware has to match. Plus most hdd’s have multiple platters with the data spread out over them. To do what you suggested will most likely cost you a pretty penny to a data recovery company.
I know for a fact it can be done because I used to send drives to companies to do that exact thing. Yes it’s expensive if it needs to be done, but it’s entirely possible.