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o "Report: Most HDDs Die After Almost 3 Years, Newer Models Are Less

By: Lynn McGuire on Wed, 22 Mar 2023

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36 Minutes ago

By: Computer Nerd Kev

o Quality of Goldenfir SSDs

By: Marco Moock on Sat, 11 Mar 2023

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12 Days 21 Hours ago

By: Roger Blake

o The SSD Edition: 2022 Drive Stats Review

By: Ant on Sat, 11 Mar 2023

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16 Days 16 Hours ago

By: Ant

o “Dell_Precision_7865_Review”

By: Lynn McGuire on Wed, 8 Mar 2023

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19 Days 18 Hours ago

By: Char Jackson

o “Dish_Network_Confirms_Ransomware_Is_to_Blame_for

By: Lynn McGuire on Wed, 1 Mar 2023

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25 Days 1 Hour ago

By: Marco Moock

o Did 11/24/2011 Corsair Force Series F115 (CSSD-F115GB2-BRKT-A) 115 GB

By: Ant on Sun, 26 Feb 2023

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1 Month 1 Day ago

By: Ant

o Do SMART disks make noise during self-tests?

By: bob prohaska on Mon, 20 Feb 2023

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1 Month 3 Days ago

By: Ant

o “Backblaze_Drive_Stats_for_2022”

By: Lynn McGuire on Fri, 3 Feb 2023

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1 Month 24 Days ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o “FBI_Secretly_Infiltrated_Hive_Ransomware_Group

By: Lynn McGuire on Fri, 27 Jan 2023

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2 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "Windows 11 is getting ReFS support: what it means for you?"

By: Lynn McGuire on Wed, 25 Jan 2023

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2 Months ago

By: Marco Moock

o “Ransomware_victims_are_refusing_to_pay,_tankin

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 24 Jan 2023

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2 Months 2 Days ago

By: Char Jackson

o Why is this group still existing?

By: Google User on Sat, 3 Dec 2022

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3 Months 24 Days ago

By: Marco Moock

o “Hard_Drive_Life_Expectancy"_by_Andy_Klein

By: Lynn McGuire on Wed, 20 Jul 2022

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3 Months 24 Days ago

By: Rod Speed

o NVMe_drive_health_declines_about_3%_every_year—sho

By: Google User on Sun, 28 Aug 2022

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3 Months 24 Days ago

By: Google User

o “Backblaze_Drive_Stats_for_Q3_2022”

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 1 Nov 2022

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3 Months 24 Days ago

By: Rod Speed

o “Hard_Drive_Cost_Per_Gigabyte”

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 29 Nov 2022

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3 Months 25 Days ago

By: Char Jackson

o "The blazing fast Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD has hit its lowest price

By: Lynn McGuire on Mon, 21 Nov 2022

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4 Months 5 Days ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o “IBM_Diamondback_Tape_Library_Announced”

By: Lynn McGuire on Wed, 26 Oct 2022

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5 Months 1 Day ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o LifeTime hours in SMART log

By: Tom Del Rosso on Sun, 2 Oct 2022

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5 Months 25 Days ago

By: Tom Del Rosso

o “The_SSD_Edition:_2022_Drive_Stats_Mid-year_Rev

By: Lynn McGuire on Wed, 14 Sep 2022

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6 Months 13 Days ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "Backblaze Rides the Nautilus Data Center Wave"

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 8 Sep 2022

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6 Months 19 Days ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o speed of WD green drives

By: Pedro Valdez on Wed, 8 Jun 2022

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7 Months 23 Days ago

By: Marco Moock

o Dying HDD?

By: Ant on Fri, 24 Jun 2022

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7 Months 26 Days ago

By: Christopher Kelley

o (PDF) Nail Disorders - A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management

By: hester holt on Fri, 1 Jul 2022

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8 Months 26 Days ago

By: hester holt

o (PDF) Surgery for Gastric Cancer by Sung Hoon Noh

By: hester holt on Thu, 30 Jun 2022

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8 Months 25 Days ago

By: hester holt

o (PDF) Geriatric Trauma and Acute Care Surgery by Aurelio Rodriguez

By: hester holt on Wed, 29 Jun 2022

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8 Months 26 Days ago

By: hester holt

o (PDF) Information Resources in Toxicology - Vol 2, The Global Arena

By: Hester Holt on Thu, 16 Jun 2022

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9 Months 11 Days ago

By: Hester Holt

o "This Two-Inch Diamond Disc Could Hold a Staggering Billion Blu-Ray's

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 3 May 2022

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10 Months 23 Days ago

By: VanguardLH

o “Backblaze_Drive_Stats_for_Q1_2022”

By: Lynn McGuire on Wed, 4 May 2022

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10 Months 23 Days ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 1 Feb 2022

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11 Months 15 Days ago

By: Char Jackson

o Backblaze Has Released Their First Drive Stats Report For SSDs

By: Ant on Thu, 3 Mar 2022

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1 Year ago

By: Ant

o Re: Corona Update 22: PFizer destroyed in this video. Watch only if

By: Pedro Valdez on Sat, 29 Jan 2022

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1 Year 1 Month ago

By: Pedro Valdez

o Re: 1.44 MB Floppy in an XT

By: Ray Smith on Thu, 13 Jan 2022

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1 Year 2 Months ago

By: Ray Smith

o Is this very old slow original 2008 15" Intel MBP's HDD?

By: Ant on Thu, 6 Jan 2022

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1 Year 2 Months ago

By: Ant

o "How Long Do Disk Drives Last?" by Andy Klein

By: Lynn McGuire on Fri, 17 Dec 2021

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1 Year 2 Months ago

By: Joe Pfeiffer

o "Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2021"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 2 Nov 2021

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1 Year 3 Months ago

By: Char Jackson

o Beware Barracuda drives

By: David Lesher on Mon, 1 Nov 2021

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1 Year 4 Months ago

By: David Lesher

o "Drive Failure Over Time: The Bathtub Curve Is Leaking"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 26 Oct 2021

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1 Year 5 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "Are SSDs Really More Reliable Than Hard Drives?"

By: Lynn McGuire on Fri, 1 Oct 2021

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1 Year 5 Months ago

By: Pedro Valdez

o "Western Digital unveils 20TB OptiNAND hard drive, pledges 50TB to

By: Lynn McGuire on Fri, 3 Sep 2021

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1 Year 5 Months ago

By: Pedro Valdez

o There are 2 TB thumb drives for $40 now ???

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 23 Sep 2021

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1 Year 6 Months ago

By: Neill Massello

o “The True Cost of Ransomware”

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 9 Sep 2021

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1 Year 6 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "Introducing the Ransomware Economy"

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 2 Sep 2021

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1 Year 6 Months ago

By: Big Bad Bob

o What's the best data recovery service in/near So. CA, USA?

By: Ant on Wed, 4 Aug 2021

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1 Year 7 Months ago

By: Ant

o “Backblaze_Drive_Stats_for_Q2_2021”

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 3 Aug 2021

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1 Year 7 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o “How_to_Build_a_Hard_Drive:_A_Factory_Tour

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 15 Jul 2021

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1 Year 8 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o Forget those hard disks and SSD: 580TB on a tape cartridge!?

By: Percival P. Cassidy on Wed, 16 Dec 2020

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1 Year 8 Months ago

By: VanguardLH

o What has happened to the price of external hard drives ?

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 22 Jun 2021

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1 Year 9 Months ago

By: Mark Perkins

o "Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2021"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 4 May 2021

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1 Year 10 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o Why is it not letting me extend the partition?

By: Yousuf Khan on Wed, 24 Mar 2021

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2 Years ago

By: VanguardLH

o "Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 26 Jan 2021

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2 Years 2 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o What's a good external portable huge drive and disc burner to get thes

By: Ant on Sat, 26 Dec 2020

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2 Years 2 Months ago

By: Ant

o "Western Digital Changes Its Reported Drive Speeds to Reflect

By: Lynn McGuire on Sat, 14 Nov 2020

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2 Years 4 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o Comparison of the hundred dollar Costco Seagate 5TB USB & 8TB USB HDD

By: Arlen Holder on Fri, 13 Nov 2020

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2 Years 4 Months ago

By: jerryab

o "Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q3 2020"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

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2 Years 5 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o Is there really a problem, or are they being super-careful, or is this

By: micky on Tue, 13 Oct 2020

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2 Years 5 Months ago

By: pedro1492

o "Seagate Confirms World's Largest Hard Disk Drive on Track for

By: Lynn McGuire on Mon, 28 Sep 2020

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2 Years 5 Months ago

By: pedro1492

o which solid-state drives have QLC?

By: pedro1492 on Sat, 5 Sep 2020

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2 Years 6 Months ago

By: pedro1492

o Does anybody have a Helium drive more than 5 years old?

By: Lynn McGuire on Mon, 24 Aug 2020

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2 Years 7 Months ago

By: Paul

o SAS drive permanently "busy"?

By: Percival P. Cassidy on Fri, 21 Aug 2020

1

2 Years 7 Months ago

By: Mark Perkins

o "Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2020"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 18 Aug 2020

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2 Years 7 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "Confirmed: Garmin received decryptor for WastedLocker ransomware"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 4 Aug 2020

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2 Years 7 Months ago

By: Roger Blake

o "Western Digital releases new 18TB, 20TB EAMR drives"

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 16 Jul 2020

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2 Years 7 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "Floods, Viruses, and Volcanoes: Managing Supply Chain in Uncertain

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 4 Aug 2020

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2 Years 7 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o Screw you IBM. IBM to cut thousands of jobs as coronavirus plays out.

By: Bradley K. Sherman on Tue, 14 Jul 2020

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2 Years 8 Months ago

By: Bradley K. Sherman

o Win 10 v2004 keeps trying to optimize SSD's?

By: Yousuf Khan on Fri, 26 Jun 2020

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2 Years 9 Months ago

By: Yousuf Khan

o who would buy Exo 15E900: 15,000 RPM only 900 GB

By: pedro1492 on Thu, 25 Jun 2020

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2 Years 9 Months ago

By: pedro1492

o "Firm_Seeks_Class_Action_Suit_Over_WD’s_SMR_Har

By: Lynn McGuire on Sat, 30 May 2020

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2 Years 9 Months ago

By: VanguardLH

o Do you think the days of the hard drive is finally over?

By: Yousuf Khan on Thu, 14 May 2020

8

2 Years 10 Months ago

By: Mark Perkins

o "Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q1 2020"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 12 May 2020

3

2 Years 10 Months ago

By: Neill Massello

o “WD_Red_SA500_NAS_2TB_3D_NAND_Internal_SSD_

By: Lynn McGuire on Fri, 8 May 2020

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2 Years 10 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o Why is this folder so slow?

By: Yousuf Khan on Mon, 27 Apr 2020

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2 Years 10 Months ago

By: VanguardLH

o What is "AC" with old hard disk?

By: Martin Leese on Sat, 25 Apr 2020

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2 Years 10 Months ago

By: Yousuf Khan

o Don't get Shingled by SMR

By: David Lesher on Wed, 22 Apr 2020

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2 Years 11 Months ago

By: David Lesher

o Do SSD's lose performance as they age?

By: Yousuf Khan on Thu, 9 Apr 2020

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2 Years 11 Months ago

By: Yousuf Khan

o Re: "How Reliable are SSDs?"

By: Yousuf Khan on Sun, 5 Apr 2020

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2 Years 11 Months ago

By: Yousuf Khan

o "Exabyte Unlocked"

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 26 Mar 2020

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3 Years ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o Re: "How Reliable are SSDs?"

By: pbx5619 on Sun, 8 Mar 2020

0

3 Years ago

By: pbx5619

o "HAMR don’t hurt ’em—laser-assisted

By: Lynn McGuire on Mon, 10 Feb 2020

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3 Years 1 Month ago

By: pedro1492

o "Hard Drive Stats for 2019"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 11 Feb 2020

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3 Years 1 Month ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "Drive Stats Update"

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 30 Jan 2020

1

3 Years 1 Month ago

By: Mark Perkins

o SeaTools Bootable USB *NOT IMPRESSED*

By: pedro1492 on Mon, 27 Jan 2020

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3 Years 2 Months ago

By: Shadow

o IS this the normal shut down sound a Seagate Barracuda HD makes

By: Sam on Fri, 10 Jan 2020

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3 Years 2 Months ago

By: Computer Nerd Kev

o Where is everyone especially Rod Speed?

By: Sam on Fri, 10 Jan 2020

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3 Years 2 Months ago

By: Sam

o Provided to you: Zipdisk Drive Drivers for MS-DOS, W95, Windows NT,

By: skybuck2000 on Tue, 7 Jan 2020

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3 Years 2 Months ago

By: skybuck2000

o “Ransomware_Attackers_Offer_Holiday_Discounts_and

By: Lynn McGuire on Fri, 3 Jan 2020

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3 Years 2 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o “How_Backblaze_Buys_Hard_Drives”

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 10 Dec 2019

2

3 Years 3 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o Should I Secure Erase my SSD before sending it back for warranty?

By: Yousuf Khan on Mon, 2 Dec 2019

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3 Years 3 Months ago

By: Grant Taylor

o Xpost from cctalk: Disposing: IBM Microchannel cards, for free

By: Grant Taylor on Sat, 23 Nov 2019

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3 Years 4 Months ago

By: Grant Taylor

o Seagate plans 50TB spinning rust by 2026

By: Percival P. Cassidy on Fri, 8 Nov 2019

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3 Years 4 Months ago

By: Computer Nerd Kev

o "Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q3 2019"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 12 Nov 2019

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3 Years 4 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "The Life and Times of a Backblaze Hard Drive"

By: Lynn McGuire on Wed, 16 Oct 2019

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3 Years 5 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "Interview With the Podfather: Tim Nufire on the Origins of the Pod"

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 26 Sep 2019

3

3 Years 5 Months ago

By: Mark Perkins

o “Raising_Prices_is_Hard”

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 17 Sep 2019

2

3 Years 5 Months ago

By: mbjorn

o "Petabytes on a Budget: 10 Years and Counting"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 24 Sep 2019

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3 Years 6 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o “Never_Give_Ransomware_Scammers_Your_Money

By: Lynn McGuire on Sat, 22 Jun 2019

4

3 Years 6 Months ago

By: Shadow

o Re: "An Inside Look at the Backblaze Storage Pod Museum"

By: Tom Del Rosso on Sat, 17 Aug 2019

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3 Years 7 Months ago

By: Tom Del Rosso

o "Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2019"

By: Lynn McGuire on Tue, 6 Aug 2019

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3 Years 7 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o "The_Shocking_Truth_—_Managing_for_Hard_Drive_F

By: Lynn McGuire on Thu, 11 Jul 2019

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3 Years 8 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o S.M.A.R.T. reports bad sectors, but badblocks no errors?

By: Percival P. Cassidy on Tue, 2 Jul 2019

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3 Years 8 Months ago

By: Grant Taylor

o "When Ransomware Strikes"

By: Lynn McGuire on Fri, 28 Jun 2019

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3 Years 8 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o External drives may contain refurbished drives!

By: Percival P. Cassidy on Wed, 5 Jun 2019

4

3 Years 8 Months ago

By: Percival P. Cassidy

o What's inside a WD Essentials external drive?

By: Percival P. Cassidy on Tue, 18 Jun 2019

2

3 Years 9 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

o So many online reviews are a mess

By: Percival P. Cassidy on Sat, 15 Jun 2019

2

3 Years 9 Months ago

By: Percival P. Cassidy

o (Un)Reliable vendors of "renewed/"refurbished" drives?

By: Percival P. Cassidy on Sat, 15 Jun 2019

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3 Years 9 Months ago

By: Percival P. Cassidy

o My latest Seagate HDD longevity report

By: Percival P. Cassidy on Thu, 30 May 2019

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3 Years 9 Months ago

By: Percival P. Cassidy

o "These_Aren’t_Your_Ordinary_Data_Centers"

By: Lynn McGuire on Fri, 31 May 2019

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3 Years 9 Months ago

By: Lynn McGuire

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