Dead Mercury Electra 6G 240 gb

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Gareth wrote:
When SSDs die, they can do so without warning. I've had two go bad so far.

I've been researching recently in preparation for my first SSD purchase and one of the conclusions I've reached is that when SSDs fail, they tend to do so with little to no warning and that backups are even more critical for SSDs than they are for magnetic HDs.