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Same exact thing that is happening to DRAM is happening to flash memory. Because they are basically manufactured the same way by the same companies.
There is a shortage and all the capacity is used to manufacture the kind of memory the AI industry is buying. Like all of it.
Make physical copies. Your only worry is fire or water. Fire and water also damage electronic devices too, but at least you won’t worry about bit rot or other beautiful things with physical media
Components used to make those are also used in flash memory. Not only, but production equipment and square footage and staffing that make SD cards are being converted to produce more licrative storage and memory options to tailor to AI customers, which means reduced/canned production as well.
SD cards fall under the category of flash storage. The whole market is getting hit.
I use passports. Is that reliable? Please educate me as an expert would.
I bought this v90 SD card just a couple months ago and it’s now doubled in price. I know AI infrastructure is destroying the RAM market and some flash storage, but is this really affecting SD card prices as well?
Thanks everyone for the input! Really helpful discussion.
Big takeaway for me is not to rush into wiping or reinstalling a system before checking the files that’s where most of the real loss happens.
Appreciate all the shared experiences. Marking this as resolved
YEAH, IT happens all the time.
People rush to wipe/reinstall the PC to remove the infection, then realize the important files were only stored locally. Once the drive is overwritten, recovery gets much harder.
Better flow: isolate → preserve/clone the drive → attempt recovery → then rebuild. Data preservation should come before cleanup.?
Curious what people here recommend for recovering deleted files on Windows. Not a physically damaged drive , just emptied Recycle Bin and realized important photos were inside. Are free tools enough or do paid ones make a real difference
Hey everyone,
I lost some important video files while transferring data from a USB drive to my Windows PC, and now they’re not showing on the drive.
Can anyone recommend a reliable data recovery software for **Windows**? I don’t mind paid options — just looking for something that actually works.
Thanks!
Yeah, happens all the time.
People rush to disconnect and reinstall Windows to remove the infection, but no one checks the local files first. After the rebuild, they realize all the documents/accounting data were only on that PC.
Better approach: isolate the system, preserve/clone the drive, try recovery, then rebuild.
Cleaning the malware is easy & the real loss usually comes from wiping the data too quickly.
The problem is that ‘containment’ usually looks more like a controlled demolition. Teams are so obsessed with killing the infection that they burn the whole house down just to catch one spider, then act shocked when the user has nowhere to live. If you don’t pause to rescue files first, you aren’t ‘responding’ to an incident you’re just a cleanup crew making a bigger mess.
The problem is that everyone wants to be the hero who fixes the ‘broken’ computer in ten minutes. They nuked the infection, sure, but they nuked the user’s life’s work along with it. Speed is almost always the enemy of your data
If you need to ask go with iCloud or OneDrive. They’ve made it a commodity and it’s pretty much subscribe and forget about it.