A big FU to Western Digital....

[Goosemaster]

the "subject matter " on this drive wasn't worth backing up, but alas, it's gone as is the drive that once held my 100GB+ anime library...

This one was a 250GB with all my shows and drivers:|..oh yeah, and live radiohead shows:|..a BUNCH of them...:|


Strangely, I want to yell at WD, but only for a little....just have so much going on.

Back in the day I would have yelled at them for hours on the phone...


:sigh;

 

[Gibson486]

the wheels on the bus go round and round

 

[CrackRabbit]

I stopped using WD drives due to poor reliability. There are still people who swear by them though.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
the wheels on the bus go round and round

basically....I'm actually giving thought to just fvkign it and giving my server away to a friend who loves to tinker with stuff.

Frankly, besides as an SSL VPN gateway and a point of backup, it has no other purposes and sound like a Merlin Engine...

 

[her209]

I feel your pain. I've had at least 3 Maxtor 250GB go out on me. Not to mention the infamous Deathstars.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
I stopped using WD drives due to poor reliability. There are still people who swear by them though.

These were the last two that I had...


Seagate > *.*

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
the wheels on the bus go round and round

The platters on the HD go around and round
The heads on the Harddrive go back and forth, back and forth

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: Gibson486
the wheels on the bus go round and round

The platters on the HD go around and round
The heads on the Harddrive go back and forth, back and forth

just not on the OP's

 

[Anubis]

do they spin still? cause you can get teh data back if they do

 

[BabaBooey]

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: Gibson486
the wheels on the bus go round and round

The platters on the HD go around and round
The heads on the Harddrive go back and forth, back and forth

just not on the OP's

You guys are just cruel ...

 

[Mrvile]

Yeah Seagate for the F'ing win baby.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Seagate FTMFW

 

[her209]

Solid State Hard Drives FTW!

 

[Kirby64]

Originally posted by: Anubis
do they spin still? cause you can get teh data back if they do

As much as most people want their data back, spending 600 dollars for data recovery isn't an option. It's not worth it for most people.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: her209
Solid State Hard Drives FTW!

:thumbsup:

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Kirby64

Originally posted by: Anubis
do they spin still? cause you can get teh data back if they do

As much as most people want their data back, spending 600 dollars for data recovery isn't an option. It's not worth it for most people.

umm you dont need to spend even close to that, 50$ programs and you can do it yourself

 

[fierydemise]

I love WD, I have an old 20GB WD HD that is still spinning. Bad luck OP, you might be able to get the data back but it'll definitely cost you.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Kirby64

Originally posted by: Anubis
do they spin still? cause you can get teh data back if they do

As much as most people want their data back, spending 600 dollars for data recovery isn't an option. It's not worth it for most people.

umm you dont need to spend even close to that, 50$ programs and you can do it yourself

You can go even one step further and backup the data two places as well for less than $50! Get some DVD+RW dvds and a old hard drive. That way if the dvds fail you have the hard drive backup, if the hard drives fails you have the dvd backup

 

[gwlam12]

I like to keep two external hard drives. The data on one is a mirror of the data on the other. I don't trust DVD+RWs as there can be bad burns you don't find out about until later.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: gwlam12
I like to keep two external hard drives. The data on one is a mirror of the data on the other. I don't trust DVD+RWs as there can be bad burns you don't find out about until later.

What about DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, or DVD+Rs?

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: pcslookout

Originally posted by: gwlam12
I like to keep two external hard drives. The data on one is a mirror of the data on the other. I don't trust DVD+RWs as there can be bad burns you don't find out about until later.

What about DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, or DVD+Rs?

Smartass

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: gwlam12
I like to keep two external hard drives. The data on one is a mirror of the data on the other. I don't trust DVD+RWs as there can be bad burns you don't find out about until later.

Check it, or make a double burn.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: potato28

Originally posted by: gwlam12
I like to keep two external hard drives. The data on one is a mirror of the data on the other. I don't trust DVD+RWs as there can be bad burns you don't find out about until later.

Check it, or make a double burn.

What if 1 document is corrupt and you have thousands of documents? That's what I thought. Double external drives is more expensive but undoubtedly a better idea.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: potato28

Originally posted by: gwlam12
I like to keep two external hard drives. The data on one is a mirror of the data on the other. I don't trust DVD+RWs as there can be bad burns you don't find out about until later.

Check it, or make a double burn.

What if 1 document is corrupt and you have thousands of documents? That's what I thought. Double external drives is more expensive but undoubtedly a better idea.

What if you get a virus that erases both your drives?

 

[50cent1228]

i use seagate