Damnit.. I've killed another one - Page 2

Garp · 30-09-2006, 16:45

Hmm.. yep, definately dodgy hdd. AS soon as I start transferring some files from it to my IDE drive everything starts going crazily slow, unresponsive and the like in ways it doesn't usually go during file transfers. Ah well.

Mark · 30-09-2006, 18:13

SATA drive? Do you have a spare cable?

Garp · 30-09-2006, 21:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Indecisive

SATA drive? Do you have a spare cable?

Been there, tried that. 'twas my first thought. Tried a different channel and a different controller too.
Does similar stunts in my linux box, SMART reckons its healthy, real world proves its not.

Feek · 01-10-2006, 10:39

You have more than 1 PC?

Second Copy is your friend. I use it to run scheduled backups of the important bits on each PC to seperate hard drives either on the same PC or on a different PC over the LAN.

I back up my mail software, my pictures folder, my my documents, profiles etc etc. If I lose any of the PCs, I won't be losing any important data. The backups run every few hours and I don't even notice them.

Garp · 01-10-2006, 14:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feek

You have more than 1 PC?

Tiddles (my second box is a small SFF jobby, hence the name), is always running Linux of some description so I'd really need to be using SCP to transfer docs; however I'm routinely trying stuff on it and wiping and reinstalling as I try stuff, so I generally don't bother backing stuff up to it.

Garp · 14-10-2006, 09:27

NGHHHHHHHHHHHH

New hard disk does a repeated 'click of doom' after the PC has been on for about 15 mins.

semi-pro waster · 14-10-2006, 10:06

Wow, you really are unlucky. I don't think I've ever had a hard drive properly fail on me although I've had a couple drop out of a Raid0 array(mostly my fault as I used to lift the pc a few cm then drop it to shut up an annoying fan) but they worked fine afterwards. That said I think I'm about to have a Maxtor die on me, I keep getting a clicking noise from it every so often and the PC will crash sometimes when accessing it.

Gilly · 14-10-2006, 11:50

I've never kept more than one copy of anything and never, touch wood, lost anything.

Never had a HDD fail on me.

Robert · 14-10-2006, 14:11

I had a buffalo NAS box (250gb) where any favourites/documents/photos go. In my PC I have a 160g boot drive with 2*320gb drives in raid.

30-09-2006, 16:45	#11
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Hmm.. yep, definately dodgy hdd. AS soon as I start transferring some files from it to my IDE drive everything starts going crazily slow, unresponsive and the like in ways it doesn't usually go during file transfers. Ah well. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

01-10-2006, 10:39	#14
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	You have more than 1 PC? Second Copy is your friend. I use it to run scheduled backups of the important bits on each PC to seperate hard drives either on the same PC or on a different PC over the LAN. I back up my mail software, my pictures folder, my my documents, profiles etc etc. If I lose any of the PCs, I won't be losing any important data. The backups run every few hours and I don't even notice them. __________________

14-10-2006, 09:27	#16
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	NGHHHHHHHHHHHH New hard disk does a repeated 'click of doom' after the PC has been on for about 15 mins. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

14-10-2006, 10:06	#17
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	Wow, you really are unlucky. I don't think I've ever had a hard drive properly fail on me although I've had a couple drop out of a Raid0 array(mostly my fault as I used to lift the pc a few cm then drop it to shut up an annoying fan) but they worked fine afterwards. That said I think I'm about to have a Maxtor die on me, I keep getting a clicking noise from it every so often and the PC will crash sometimes when accessing it. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

30-09-2006, 18:13	#12
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	SATA drive? Do you have a spare cable?

14-10-2006, 14:11	#19
Robert Chump!!! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North West Posts: 993	I had a buffalo NAS box (250gb) where any favourites/documents/photos go. In my PC I have a 160g boot drive with 2*320gb drives in raid.