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		danparsonson 35 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data But the data is not disappearing, it's corrupted - so how do you know which bits are good and which are not?

spoaceman7777 26 days ago [–]

checksums

danparsonson 26 days ago | [–]

Where are you storing your checksums? If the answer is 'on the corrupted drive' then what makes you think that the checksums are correct?

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