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		lazide 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data So not enumerating as a drive, and not allowing you to read even valid blocks is ‘working’?

coldtea 33 days ago [–]

Yes, same as a facility self-destructing, if it was programmed to do so, is working as per its spec.

lazide 32 days ago | [–]

And what spec requires that? I have yet to see one.

coldtea 32 days ago | | [–]

The manufacturers'.

lazide 31 days ago | | [–]

Cite? I have yet to see that actually documented anywhere, and you keep avoiding actually referring to one either.

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