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> Arguing It's more about winning a jackpot in storage lottery. That HDD shouldn't had that data corrupted so bad, yet it did. > I've got a pile of them already And I have at least two without actually looking in the 'cables box' . 10-15 years ago I had from five to ten of them at any time, but what about some time later? > along with the optical drive/enclsure My desktop DVD drive just quietly died after prolonged p…
> That HDD shouldn't had that data corrupted so bad, yet it did. No, that sounds like just what I'd expect from magnetic storage. > Now? Sure. Well yeah, you specifically scoped it to today in your comment with the words "right now". And no, it's not the weird multi-head variety, they have just regular USB-A to mini-USB. And then thanks for showing that even a decade after the dock connector was phased out it's still…
I expilicitly said there is 1 (one) miniUSB cable available at my local MC co7nterpart, and it's not even a generic one.
Dock connector is rarer than miniUSB (I don't think you would argue that?) and the reason it is still there is probably because this is an old stock. As soon as the sales drop low enough it would be in the landfill, just like USB floppies and miniUSB cables in the stores near me.
miniUSB wasn't the best example but right now (and it was my point in the first place) it goes through the same process it did with all the serial and custom data ports 15 years ago.
You nd me wouldn't have trouble procuring miniUSB for a couple decades (cable box!) but overall their availability would decline and in 10 years an Average Joe would need to search if he would need to plug in an old WD Passport from 2005.
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> No, that sounds like just what I'd expect from magnetic storage.
No, that is not what I expect from an hdd. I've seen mulitple failures in my life, that was quite atypical. Most drives from that era or dead mechanically or fine, but not that