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My Samsung 850 Evo just died

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First post, by DosFreak

Posted on 2017-09-03, 12:45

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I'd been using it for since 2015 I believe.

Turned on my computer this morning and it was frozen at the log on screen. This computer never freezes.

Later on that day went to boot a VM and noticed the drive was missing. Did the usual troubleshooting then removed it and tried a USB adapter. Nothing.

Sigh. Time to see if how the Samsung warranty process goes.

I keep the VMs backed up regularly and I had just copied off all the build folders for the VS guide I'm working for DOSBox so no loss of data except for windows updates.

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Reply 1 of 3, by Fusion

Posted on 2017-09-03, 18:16

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Ouch. At least you didn't lose a Windows installation. 🤣

I have a cheap Kingston 120GB Hyper X Fury for my OS and 1-2 HDD intensive games. Had it about 2 years now. I wonder how long she will last. I might only read/write 1-3GBs a day so hopefully she'll be good for a long while. My 1TB HDD a few months ago started to not copy or read files, and just being shite. I moved it do a different SATA port and all had been fine. I was worried because ALL my data is on that sucker. Ran some HDD tests and the drive is OK.

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