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Data at-rest in SSDs isn't really at rest. The controller is constantly scrubbing and correcting errors.

The real hazard with SSDs is leaving them unpowered. I know of a story of several systems purchased a decade before they were needed and by the time they were used the boot drives were corrupted.



Huh. Interesting. That explains why my SSD died at boot time. I thought it was just coincidence, and that it had died the night before or something, but that obviously doesn’t make sense.




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