Mourning the loss of my 500gb

[mkenyon2]

Last night I went home with worry on my brow, and fear in my gut. Videos that should be available were not. When I remoted into my box, I couldn't find my D: drive where they would be. My wife, who is finally going on her own to record shows says things aren't working!!!

I open the case, check the cables, and things seem secure. Actually, it doesn't reassure me like you'ld think. I'd love a simple solution like that.

I plug the box in and start 'er up. I try to get into the bios... but the USB wireless keyboard hasn't been recognized... can't do it... need a PS/2 keyboard.

As quick as I can I run to the basement, throw aside some projects I should have finished weeks ago, and blow the dust off an older keyboard. I come back up... but it's too late. I know the problem. I can hear it...

Clu-Click... Clu-Click... Clu-Click... whiiiiiiir.... Clunk
Clu-Click... Clu-Click... Clu-Click... whiiiiiiir.... Clunk

The sounds of a dieing hard drive, gasping for life, forcing it's platters to spin in a vain attempt to be recognized as useful... to no avail. After 3 minutes Windows gives up, and ignores my poor little friend as a rotten corpse and pretends it doesn't even exist.

I hang my head. I set the PS/2 keyboard down... it won't help me. I sit down to dinner.
'What's wrong hun?'

'We won't be recoding Idol tonight hun, we'll have to watch it or miss it.'

At least I have an excuse to get a 1TB drive. With a HARD DRIVE COOLER THIS TIME!!!

[pcostanza]

Maybe this will cheer you up!
http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx
I'm passing this now but it's might appetizing.

[martint123]

At least I have an excuse to get a 1TB drive. With a HARD DRIVE COOLER THIS TIME!!!

It may not be neat, but my750gb drive gets ventilated! (hmmm, that fan needs a clean).

[ACTCMS]

(hmmm, that fan needs a clean).

Should it not be spinning... then you wouldn't see the dust...

[martint123]

Should it not be spinning... then you wouldn't see the dust...

I thought that myself and went back up to the shack to check - it is spinning - so I can only assume that the flash froze it

[fuzzweed]

Must be something in the air - I lost a 500g drive about two weeks ago. Except it was part of a windows software RAID with another 500gb drive, so I lost a TB of ripped DVDs in one hit. Only saving graces were that it wasn't the recording drive (WAF unaffected), I've still got the original DVDs (although it took bl**dy ages to RIP them all) and it was only 4 months old so Seagate replaced it by return of post.
I'm usually pretty careful about backing up all all my important stuff, but the problem with Tb drives is needing another one to back it up to!

[ACTCMS]

I thought that myself and went back up to the shack to check - it is spinning - so I can only assume that the flash froze it

A situation just made for 'Fireworks Mode'...

[mkenyon2]

martint123 - That would in no way fly for my set up... it is in the living room.

WAF for that? ZERO... or perhaps negative.

fuzzweed - Yes... backup does become an issue. I have an external 1tb eSATA on a box downstairs, and it had all my movies and recordings... it also holds system backups and such....

However... now that I'll have room for a whole TB of stuff... that could be an issue.

I think what I am going to do is start backing episodes (seasons worth) to DVD. Then I can offset.

I set up Video Library to use the DVD drive... so it will be easy to watch them if need be.

I have a Harmony remote coming up... and I may be able to macro a fix to pop right to that.

[InVermont]

Must be something in the air - I lost a 500g drive about two weeks ago.

It must be. I had 2 500's spanned to 1TB, and lost 1 of them about a month ago.
Poof! went the data!

fortunately, it was just some recorded/rip'd stuff, and things I have on DV tape.
But it will take me some time to get it all back together.

[ACTCMS]

backup does become an issue. I have an external 1tb eSATA on a box downstairs, and it had all my movies and recordings... it also holds system backups and such....

I have a lot of disk spread over several machines - 6 of which are 500Mb or above. I have copies of my digital photo collection, MP3 collection and Home Movies on all 6 of them.

I don't really worry too much about backing up recordings - there are so many repeats on UK Freeview, it wouldn't take too long to build up a collection again...