> I have an old SLC USB drive which is only 512MB, but it's nearly 20 years old ...

		throwaway290 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data > I have an old SLC USB drive which is only 512MB, but it's nearly 20 years old and some of the very first files I wrote to it are still intact (I last checked several months ago It's not about age of drive. It's how much time it spent without power.

Most of that time was unpowered and at room temperature (~20C).