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| Thread ID: 136923 | 2014-04-30 23:56:00 | Which Hard Drive? | Billy (6701) | Press F1 |
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| 1373891 | 2014-05-06 00:01:00 | * TEST YOUR BACKUP SYSTEM * , try some test recoveries from backup. Dont assume everything you need is backed up : data sometimes gets stored in stupid locations that isnt part of some default backups. That's why I do all of my backups manually, using the copy command. I don't trust anything. |
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| 1373892 | 2014-05-06 00:18:00 | Even that may cause errors, do you verify checksums on the files afterwards? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1373893 | 2014-05-06 00:32:00 | No idea. I go with the warranty and I am on borrowed time. HD companies have also been reducing the warranty length too. 2009 Jan purchase. Seagate's 5yr warranty. Drive #1. Failed due to the bad firmware. Drive #2. Broke connector myself. Bought a WD Black also 5yr warranty. Just over a yr failed to boot, warranty. Within a year failed again due to bad sectors. Drive #2. 3rd Seagate. I updated the firmware. Now has bad sectors. Just over 5yrs. Yeah I have 2 drives internal, using spare space 2 copies to each other and 1 external. So 2 of the 3 drives are quite new :D One just bought today. |
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