#361 - Should You Be Worried About Exploding Hard Drives
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Okay, so the drives aren't exactly exploding in the literal sense of the word, but you'd have thought they might be from the graphics on some tech sites recently...
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If you haven't heard, quite a few folk, and some who happen to write or shoot video for large tech sites, have been suffering from San Disk Extreme SSD's failing lately.
This has often resulted in a catastrophic loss of data.
Except where they had a backup.
(You have a backup plan, right? More on this in a second)
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San Disk set up a firmware update for a trio of affected models, but some tech writers still weren't happy about it. Plus, it seems like the fix didn't fix anything for some people.
Ian Anderson has written a straightforward and balanced article about checking your serial number here.
Personally, I don't own any of these specific models, although I've used them at other places and had no issues.
I also remember years ago chatting with a friend who lambasted LaCie Rugged's for their terrible failure rate, all while I merrily used them for years and had no problems. I still have some that work just fine to this day - many, many years later.
If you're after a decent hard drive for video editing, here's what I have to say about that.
Otherwise, check your backups and move on with your day.