Leaving unpowered SSDs in a warm room can kill your data fast<article>
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<p>If you’ve got an unused computer with solid state storage inside, you might want to back up its data before too long.</p><p>A new research presentation shows that solid state drives can lose data over time if they aren’t powered on, especially in warmer environments. A powered-off drive in 104 degrees Fahrenheit may start seeing data loss after a couple of weeks.</p><p>The information comes from Seagate’s Alvin Cox, who was part of <a href="
http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/Alvin_Cox [Compatibility Mode]_0.pdf">a presentation[/url] to the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC). Though the presentation is
a couple of months old, it was recently picked up by
ZDNet,
Slashdot and other sites.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2920727/leaving-unpowered-ssds-in-a-warm-room-can-kill-your-data-fast.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Leaving unpowered SSDs in a warm room can kill your data fast
