Ideally you would have generated and saved a HASH before you copied your files as a control. Otherwise, it’s just a probability game. If the HASH on copy 1&2 match, but doesn’t match 3, then the probability is 1&2 are correct. If all three don’t match, you toss a coin.

If you’re on Windows, I recommend using Teracopy for all your file copying (always copy, never move!) and set verify on, which will perform a CRC and generate a HASH which you can then save. You can also use it to Test your files after the fact and generate a HASH.

Flash drives are the modern day floppies. Use them and when the fail, get a new one. Stick with the smaller sizes for the best price per GB.

Correct. But this thread is about drives listed on the manufacturers sites as of 11/26/23.

News reports coming in.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/27/google\_drive\_files\_disappearing/

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/google-drive-users-are-reporting-the-loss-of-months-of-data

Really interested when we, hopefully, read the press statement from them regarding how much data was lost, even temporarily!