LeeM
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got a 128gb samsung 830, fancy upgrading to 256gb. not sure if people really buy second hand? or if its even safe to sell, will i be able to wipe it properly?
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Balling
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Reclaiming wiped data from SSD's is supposed to be close to imposible.
And unless you have NORAD launch codes stored on it, I doubt any one would go through the trouble of trying to restore it.
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LeeM
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just bank details probably, "personal" photos and videos 
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noshua
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no-one want to see pictures of your willy, and do you really write your bank details down in a txt file? 
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Bart
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lee, why not buy another 128gb and setup a raid0?
Not only will you have your desired capacity, but it'll be even quicker.
I've had two SSDs in a raid0 for the last ~8 years (first with samsungs then with Crucials)
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by noshua
no-one want to see pictures of your willy, and do you really write your bank details down in a txt file?
i dont know how computers work  pics of the mrs too, thats the sort of shit that ends up online!
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Originally posted by Bart
lee, why not buy another 128gb and setup a raid0?
Not only will you have your desired capacity, but it'll be even quicker.
I've had two SSDs in a raid0 for the last ~8 years (first with samsungs then with Crucials)
id prefer to keep my superdrive in and stick to one drive, had nothing but trouble when ive had 2 hard drives in. first it started trying to boot from the wrong drive so i had to take it out so it would boot of the one with the os on, then recently the 2nd drive has just completely fucked up.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
id prefer to keep my superdrive in and stick to one drive, had nothing but trouble when ive had 2 hard drives in. first it started trying to boot from the wrong drive so i had to take it out so it would boot of the one with the os on, then recently the 2nd drive has just completely fucked up.
But you wouldnt have this trouble with a Raid0, because your disks will be combined, no choice of disks to boot from.
Ive yet to have an SSD fail on me...
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LeeM
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do i need to use a samsung 830 for raid setup then?
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LeeM
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and wil it just recognise it as one single disk at 256?
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
got a 128gb samsung 830, fancy upgrading to 256gb. not sure if people really buy second hand? or if its even safe to sell, will i be able to wipe it properly?
People will buy secondhand SSDs just like they buy secondhand hard drives.
Use a disk wiping program to write zeros to each sector if you're worried about people being able to undelete your stuff.
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LeeM
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just looking and its £75 for a a brand new 128, or £145 for the crucial 256. would probably be cheaper to get another 128gb set up in raid0
i need to find out more about raid
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