I bought this in 2013. I figure the ssd, with no moving parts, will last longer. I've used it less than a dozen times and stored this ssd, in an external case, for safe keeping. Today, I need to access the back up data stored on it and it doesn't work. How can an ssd sitting in a desk drawer go bad

Really speeded up my dell inspiron notebook.....as expected.

I recently upgraded the boot drives of two home PCs from conventional HDs to SSDs. After reading reviews, I chose the SanDisk Extreme Pro for a workhorse machine in large part because of its 10-year warranty. I chose a Samsung 850 EVO for a lighter-use computer.

SanDisk's top consumer SSD has a 10-year guarantee, and offers high performance at great value. Here is our SanDisk Extreme PRO 480 GB review. SanDisk Extreme PRO 480 GB benchmarks.

Like Crucial/Micron, Samsung and Toshiba, SanDisk sits at the big table for flash memory dealers. It has a range of SSDs for consumers and business, with the Extreme name reserved for the top solid-state drive for personal computers. (See all storage reviews .)

Make sure you back up everything. Even these solid state drives are not to be trusted to last much longer than a normal hard drive.

Was fast when it was working; Easily loaded Windows 7; Worked great until its sudden demise

Just suddenly dies right after the three year limited warranty expired; Bought in October of 2011, dies in April 2015...about 3.5 years; I have 20gb hard drives that are 10+ years old that still work; Does not build my confidence in these new fangled things...

When we took at look at SanDisk's Extreme II series of solid state drives in June of last year, we began our article by noting, "odds are, if you've bought anything that uses flash memory in the last 20 years or so, you already own a small piece of SanDisk technology.

Strong Performance; Excellent Warranty

Somewhat Pricier Than Some Competing Drives

When you first look at the Extreme PRO series you will raise an eyebrow and will start to wonder that exactly has been changed over the Extreme II series from SanDisk. Well, when we purely talk about peak performance, sure nothing much.

After I have finished writing the introduction of this review, and playing through some situational fitting music of "Anchor" by Hillsong United through the Audioengine A2+ speakers sitting on my desktop, here is the $380 question to answer: Can we place all our hope in SanDisk to deliver the best...

If you have never heard of SanDisk you must have been living under a rock for the past 25 years because they are one of the world's biggest providers of PC and mobile storage solutions be it a USB drive, micro flash or like our topic for today, high performance SSDs.

+ Fast read/write speeds; + 10 year warranty; + 7mm Height; + nCache