SanDisk Extreme SSD may not be a sensible purchase

Wednesday 16 August 2023, 23:23 by Elja Trum | 3,806 views | 7 comments

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Photographers are always short of plenty of storage. The SanDisk Extreme SSD seems like a good solution. But this drive appears to be plagued by problems. Perhaps it is not the most sensible choice for photographers.

There have been quite a few reports of these drives failing. Sometimes, terabytes of data are lost as a result.

I am an enthusiastic SanDisk user myself. They are on my list of reliable suppliers, and when I buy a memory card, I am happy to pay a few extra pounds for a SanDisk.

That is why a warning about this drive seems appropriate to me. Apparently, the quality is not quite up to scratch here.

These types of drives are often used as additional storage connected to a laptop. This means you can empty your cards while you are out and about and always have enough space.

So apparently, it is not wise to keep a photo only on this drive. Always make sure you have a proper back-up. Even when you are out and about.

If it does not matter if the data on it is lost, you can probably get a replacement without any problems under the five-year warranty on these drives. But that will not bring back any data that may have been lost.

In response to the problems, SanDisk appears to have reduced the price of these SSDs. That makes it tempting to order one. But consider yourself warned.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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7 comments

info@sterkfoto.nl wrote on Wednesday 23 August 2023 at 15:15 | reply
Hi Elja, for your information: I have been using two SanDisk SSDs for years. 1 TB. The type with the orange loop. Never had any problems. My photos are on one, the backup on the other.

Regards,
Hans.
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rob3.berk@gmail.com wrote on Thursday 24 August 2023 at 15:20 | reply
I bought the aforementioned 1 Tb SanDisk SSD recently, but I can't get it installed.
I forgot the password and now I can't do anything with this USB device anymore
Does anyone know how I can create a new password?
Regards, Rob
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Nando wrote on Thursday 24 August 2023 at 22:27 | reply
@Rob:
I don't have a solution for you, unfortunately. But I am very curious why an SSD drive with a password is being installed. It may be a strange question, but can you explain that to me?
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rob3.berk@gmail.com wrote on Friday 25 August 2023 at 11:33 | reply
When I connect the SSD to my Mac, I immediately get an installer and it has a password attached to it. Searching on the Internet makes it seem like it should be simple, everything happens automatically. Apparently not in my case. There were no instructions included with the packaging.
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Elja Trum wrote on Friday 25 August 2023 at 11:51 | reply
Sounds very strange. It looks like the drive has already been used by someone and they put a security measure on it.

Could you perhaps just format the drive, so you start with a clean, empty drive?
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rob3.berk@gmail.com wrote on Friday 25 August 2023 at 14:02 | reply
I can't log in because I don't remember my password anymore.
Does anyone know how I can change the password.
Perhaps someone here knows what to do?
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rob3.berk@gmail.com wrote on Friday 25 August 2023 at 15:52 | reply
The drive is recognized, and when I want to continue to format it, it asks for the password and then I can't get any further, e.g. to format it
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