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    Return Crucial MX100 512GB and go with another SSD?

    I purchased a Crucial MX100 512 GB SSD drive as a Black Friday special. Of course now I start reading about potential firmware bugs. http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/MX100-will-not-boot-sometimes/td-p/158815 Has anyone else run into firmware bugs with this drive? I am considering...
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    Determining which files got lost/corrupted with bad sectors?

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    Determining which files got lost/corrupted with bad sectors?

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    Determining which files got lost/corrupted with bad sectors?

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    System Build for FEA Simulations

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    System Build for FEA Simulations

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    Is there any flaws in my plan to get a phone from Craiglist and Switch to Straight Ta

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    Build-Log: 100TB Home Media Server

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    Windows Home Server FAQ

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    HP ZR24w

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    Does it still make sense for a separate documents partition in Windows 7

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