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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Between this problem and all the counterfeit SanDisk products on Amazon, sandisk has pretty much ruined their reputation.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But they saved a whopping $0.50 per drive!

[–] GameWarrior@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well they are owned by Western digital...

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've never had a problem with my WD drives, unlike Seagate. But, I've only used their HDDs, not SSDs (go Samsung Evo or go home). I have a few external drives that are nearly 20yo and still going strong (although I just use them as cache drives due to their age)