SanDisk Denies That Faulty Hardware is to Blame for SSD Failures
SanDisk has denied that hardware issues are to blame for the recent widespread issues in its portable SSD lines.
SanDisk SSD Issues Caused by Major Hardware Weaknesses: Report
An Austria-based data recovery expert asserts that the issues that currently plague SanDisk portable SSD products are caused by "construction weakness," which includes the solder material used and improperly sized components.
Western Digital is Being Sued Over Its Failing SanDisk SSDs
A California customer has filed a class-action lawsuit against Western Digital, the parent company of SanDisk, alleging the company misrepresented the capabilities of its portable SSD products which have been widely reported to be failing en masse.
SanDisk’s Name is Now Mud
Due in large part to its abysmal response -- or rather, complete lack thereof -- to widespread reports of the failure of its portable SSD products, the SanDisk brand name is now mud.
SanDisk Portable SSDs Are Failing So Frequently, We Can No Longer Recommend Them
It has been a tough year at Western Digital Corporation's San Jose, California headquarters. The well-known storage company, which also operates the SanDisk brand, has been mired by one issue after another. Adding to it, now people are losing their data, the cardinal sin of storage devices.
Sabrent’s New Docking Station Holds Four Portable SSDs in One Array
Sabrent's new 4-Bay USB-C Docking Station allows photographers to connect up to four external SSDs or card readers simultaneously, keeping them cool while also letting each drive be accessed individually.
OWC Launches the Mercury Elite Pro Mini: A Portable 4TB Storage Drive
Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the Mercury Elite Pro mini, a new bus-powered compact and portable storage drive that emulates the design of its larger desktop storage solution.
The Sabrent Rocket 16TB Thunderbolt SSD Costs More Than Your PC
Sabrent has been producing high-capacity computer SSDs for some time, but its latest greatly expands the possible use cases outside of traditional PC builds. The new Rocket XTRM-Q is a 16 terabyte Thunderbolt and USB-C external SSD that promises single disk speeds of up to 1,500 MB/s.
Seagate Performed Best in Backblaze’s 2020 Hard Drive Failure Report
Backblaze, one of the leading cloud storage and backup companies, has just released information on its hard drive failure rates throughout 2020, revealing which models fared better than others.
GigaDrive Promises the Fastest External SSD In the World
New storage company GigaDrive has debuted what it is calling "the fastest external SSD in the world," boasting up to 2,800 MB/s read and 2,500 MB/s write speeds thanks to USB4 and Thunderbolt 4.
Copy That App Quickly and Easily Backs Up Photos From Your iPhone
OWC has announced Copy That, an app with the sole purpose of making it easier to copy photos and videos from your iPhone to external storage. It gives you the ability to select what you want to copy, where you want to copy photos to, and how you want to copy them.