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My 4TB SATA Samsung Evo SSD Has Shit The Bed :/

14/04/22(Thu)14:30

Sadly this drive, which is only 9 months old, has started developing bad sectors resulting in data loss >:(
This isn't the usual 'wear and tear' for an SSD :/

I have backups of the important stuff but it's a pain in the arse as this drive has almost all my games on it. In order to save from massive downloads I'm currently backing up everything I can and I'll let Steam verify it all and download only what's needed.

I just got an ADATA Durable 5TB external hdd so I'm copying stuff to that. I'm surprised that for an external HDD it's actually pretty quick. Much faster than the shitty generic chinese hdd caddies I use with old hdd's :)

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12/05/23(Fri)17:33

Comment No.38210

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I'm backing up my (steam) games too. Idk if I keep my 1gig network for ever as it will cost twice as much in August. And backing it to both my external hdd as well as my NAS (Raid 1).

Cause one backup isn't.

Maybe it's time to build your own laptop, one that fits at least 8 hdd drives ;)

12/05/23(Fri)16:58

Comment No.38207

I've sent it back to Samsung and they will send a replacement. I have temporarily gone back to a 2Tb HDD, but sadly fitting a larger HDD wouldn't work as 3TB and up 2.5" HDD's are 15mm thick and won't fit in my laptop :/

I've got a 5Tb external hdd not doing much so I think I'll try to remember to keep and up to date copy of my games it. That would save a lot of downloading again! :D

12/05/23(Fri)16:48

Comment No.38206

I guess you're not getting another samsung next time? Maybe go back to an old fashion hdd?

08/05/23(Mon)17:51

Comment No.38203

WTF!?!

This replacement drive has fucking died only a year since the last one died. What absolute fucking bullshit! It has a 5 year warranty though so I'll be sending it back to samsung for replacement.

Now I'll have to download my entire steam library again!?!

09/05/22(Mon)19:34

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Sound like bad mojo..

02/05/22(Mon)16:07

Comment No.37784

Well the 4TB SSD is working great, but I had a strange problem over the weekend with both of my NAS raid arrays each dropping a drive and complaining about things. After a lot of unplugging and plugging back in again and many command lines it all seems ok again. Thank fuck because I'm done with fixing fucked up drives for the time being! XD

28/04/22(Thu)20:12

Comment No.37783

Good timing! It arrived today! :D

I've copied across all my data and it's ready to go. Nice! :)

28/04/22(Thu)18:47

Comment No.37781

And have you collected the replacement?

14/04/22(Thu)19:20

Comment No.37760

Yeah,they aren't cheap, but I've already spoken with the supplier and they will replace it when I send it back.

14/04/22(Thu)17:04

Comment No.37759

Damn sorry to hear. Oh and to add salt to the wound those aren't cheap. I just saw they have a 5 year warranty, so you might be eligible for some sort of compensation..?

That's the reason I'm always backing up stuff. I gotta say it's a feature I'm thankful that Valve implemented in Steam but it's a pity that not every big game (company) utilizes (I'm looking at you Microsoft & Rockstar!).

My dad had something similar happen to him with his brand new laptop, all of a sudden every task took 10 minutes to open, and after a reboot so did windows. Another Samsung m.2 ssd that kicked the bucket! <insert conspiracy>
Funnily enough it still works in my usb-to-NVME enclosure, and none of the software detects any errors. So I now have a free drive :D

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