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If the drive is still under warranty, WD will send me a new HDD right? They will not be able to get the info off the bad drive will they?
 
are you meaning they will get info off for you? well no they wont. do you mean they can't steal your info off drive, well yes they can. that is why government hd are destroyed no errased
 
djcity wrote :
If the drive is still under warranty, WD will send me a new HDD right? They will not be able to get the info off the bad drive will they?


First contact your reseller or WD and describe what happened, then decide what to do next.
They cannot recover data for you.
 
About a year ago I purchased a Seagate ext drive. After copying all songs etc
it lasted less than a week. Took it back to Best Buy and they just gave me a new drive.
They could not (or would not) get all my info back.
So I would say that depending on the age of the drive, the place where you
bought it might be able to just swap it for a new one.
Worst case the mfg will replace it.
 
Can anyone tell me about online storage? If someone could give me names of websites I could go to that we be very helpful.
 
Microsoft offer a free service called Mesh. It automatically synchronizes files between your computers but additionally, these files are held on their servers for free. They give you a 5GB allowance which won't be enough for everyone, but it's completely free!

https://www.mesh.com/Welcome/Default.aspx
 
Thank you Andrew. That's helpful, but I need at least 350 GB.
 
It may be worth noting that it would take you over a month 24/7 to upload that kind of data on a 1MB connection, where as it would take you only a few hours to do such a backup using Blu-Ray discs, DVDs or another system. Perhaps a dedicated computer for backups utilising RAID3.

Online storage for such a large amount of data can be quite costly, e.g. amazon:
http://aws.amazon.com/s3/
 
Thanks again man. I see what you mean as far as the cost goes.
 
hi, I've had this happen to me before. I now use Acronis and clone my dj laptop hard drive to and external hard drive 1-2 times a month.
 
djcity wrote :
Can anyone tell me about online storage? If someone could give me names of websites I could go to that we be very helpful.


Spend the extra dollars and buy two external Hard Drives, you never know when a drive will crash and it usually happens when you need it the most. Keep exact copies of your files on both drives, that way if one fails just plug in the other one.
 
The cheapest way is still DVD as Bluray is still expensive.
 
I use external hard drives and a piece of software called 'save n sync'. So basically i have externals that are exact copies of my internals in my gig box, the software is ideal for our purpose and does the job very well.
 


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