The problem with flash drives (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-03 08:34 (#2AW) The problem with flash drives is that the information is encrypted with a key known only by the drive. So when this key is lost: bye bye data. Until those drives become more reliable i will stay away from them. Re: The problem with flash drives (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-03 12:08 (#2AX) So...when your spinning disk motor breaks how do you plan on recovering your data? Oh, backups? Cool, did you know that backups work just as well with SSDs? Re: The problem with flash drives (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-04 06:35 (#2BA) Usually the controller breaks or the motor driver (Fireball :) ). And the usual fix is to buy a second hand drive of the same model and replace the electronic board on your hard drive.
Re: The problem with flash drives (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-03 12:08 (#2AX) So...when your spinning disk motor breaks how do you plan on recovering your data? Oh, backups? Cool, did you know that backups work just as well with SSDs? Re: The problem with flash drives (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-04 06:35 (#2BA) Usually the controller breaks or the motor driver (Fireball :) ). And the usual fix is to buy a second hand drive of the same model and replace the electronic board on your hard drive.
Re: The problem with flash drives (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-04 06:35 (#2BA) Usually the controller breaks or the motor driver (Fireball :) ). And the usual fix is to buy a second hand drive of the same model and replace the electronic board on your hard drive.