alt Hacker NewsRewriting the data each year hides the actual issue here. Have had plenty of "nice" flash drives rot to hell in 18+ months of dormancy
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angry_albatross • today at 4:39 PM
Did you miss that there are 10 different drives and so they have 10 different years of tests where they are testing a completely untouched drive?
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Does rewriting data help prevent bit rot? Does it mean powered drives can take advantage of it by periodically rewriting the same data over?