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An SSD data loss issue–and how to prevent it

Dave Farquhar Hardware, security March 3, 2013August 3, 2017APC, capacitor, capacitors, data recovery, datacenter, infoworld, intel, MBR, ocz

Longtime reader Dan Bowman–probably my very first reader, come to think of it–sent in this article from Infoworld regarding SSDs and data loss in power failure.

It’s not theoretical. I’ve seen it. I also know how to prevent it.

Dave Farquhar

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

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OCZ is in trouble

Dave Farquhar Hardware February 6, 2013April 3, 2025intel, Micro Center, ocz, samsung

You know it’s bad when a story about a company ends with the words, “OCZ’s survival is still possible.”

Survival is supposed to be a given.
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How the previous week’s headlines flow together

Dave Farquhar Hardware January 27, 2013amd, asus, dell, hp, intel, IPO, nvidia, pentium ii, unix, whirlpool, x86

Here are some headlines I read this past week: Dell is trying to take itself private. Microsoft is investing in Dell. Intel is pulling out of the motherboard market. AMD is considering ARM CPUs. And the PC is dead.

It’s all related.
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Up and coming low-end Android chips

Dave Farquhar Android January 19, 2013January 6, 2025amd, android, asus, black friday, intel, mediatek, nvidia, samsung, x86

I decided to dig into what the low-end Android chipmakers like Mediatek and Rockchip are up to, since they’re the ones who are likely to drive prices down.

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SSDs might be getting less interesting, but that’s not necessarily bad

Dave Farquhar Hardware January 12, 2013November 3, 2025amd, apple, Ars Technica, CES, consolidation, corsair, intel, kingston, samsung, toshiba, Western Digital

Ars Technica has a story about SSD news coming out of CES.

Basically, they’re predicting that the big news this year will be consolidation and lower prices. That may be bad news for someone who writes about SSDs for a living (I don’t), but good news for consumers. Read more

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Crucial has a new SSD out, but I don’t think I want it

Dave Farquhar Hardware December 8, 2012April 3, 2025anandtech, intel, ocz, oracle, samsung

Anandtech reviewed Crucial’s new value drive.

Spoiler: Unless you get the drive on sale, pay the few dollars more that it costs to get a Crucial M4, or Samsung 830, or whatever Intel drive is available (I’ve given up on trying to keep track of Intel’s drives; they release drives more often than Oracle releases security patches.)

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The trouble with Dell

Dave Farquhar Hardware December 6, 2012January 8, 2025acer, apple, capacitor, capacitors, dell, Dell Inspiron, hp, IBM, intel, Packard Bell, pennies on the dollar

Note: I wrote this in mid-2010 and, for whatever reason, never posted it. I found it this week. Although the information in it is no longer fresh and new, it’s still useful, so for that reason, I’m posting it now.

Dell is standing on some shaky ground right now. Bill Snyder has a good summary of the problem.

In recent years, Dell computers have, shall I say, made me nervous. Some of it’s been concrete. Some of it’s just been touchy-feely. Now one of those touchy-feely problems is more concrete. Read more

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How to migrate to an SSD

Dave Farquhar Hardware October 29, 2012November 23, 2016intel, samsung

A longtime reader asked me to verify the easiest way to migrate from an obsolete hard drive to a new, shiny SSD: Is it to use the SSD migration tool included with the drive?

Yes. Yes it is. And it may even be able to help you if it doesn’t come with the drive. Read more

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Yes, SSDs are “finally worth the money.”

Dave Farquhar Hardware September 17, 2012July 14, 2017amd, defragmenter, intel, Intel Core, Justification, phenom, SUBSYSTEM

Slashdot asked today if SSDs are “finally worth the money.”

I’m wondering since when they haven’t been. I’ve been buying SSDs since 2008. And their price has been falling at a rate faster than hard drives did, historically. Read more

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