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We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cheaper? Internal HDDs have been more expensive than USB ones for the last decade or so. Which is why Hard Drive shucking (i.e. ripping the HDD out of the USB enclosure for internal/NAS use) is such a common sport.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Really? At least in the uk it's always been the exact opposite, if you look up "4tb hdd" on amazon for example you get results from £70, whereas "4tb external hdd" returns £90+ listings..