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Blulite wrote :
i would have to disagree with spaceman on the hdd speed. personally i try to keep awy from the 5400sas the data transfer rate is slower. just my own personal choice. but if your going to be using video i would deffo go with a 7200 or higher.


Well in all fairness, my drive gets regular use (3 nights a week for the last 2 years) and there's always a current back-up. If you dock your HD with a data and power source, they tend to last longer.

How hard do you push your HD blu?
 
not that hard really, its switched on most of the time but access time isnt all that great. its asleep a lot of the time.

the one that failed ws pushed hard only once in its short life, that was whne i transfered all my music onto it. then 3 weeks later it died. d
 
Hay Gonna try these out Iʻll let you know what i think inna few weeks http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001HO59WM/ref=oss_product Half price @ just under 70 bucks good name in data storage and whatever My lacie works fine a little slow but dependable bulky but dependable ac powered but dependable so we see how these for me.....
 
Blulite wrote :
the RMA wasnt much use when i had already lost all my data.

i did RMA the drive though and made sure i got a brand new drive and not one of those refurbished ones. im positive they actually sent me out the new one before i sent the old one back. but i never had to use my credit card.


Spinrite would have probably enabled you recover your data before RMAing it. There are spare sectors on every HDD, and SpinRite can move data to these extra sectors, normally enough to get you to boot or be able to read the drive.

I also have a USB to IDE (2.5 & 3.5)/SATA kit that means I can connect any drive to a PC/Lappy and recover the data, and as well as SpinRite software called GetDataBack which reads below the FAT to help with recovery of deleted or files after a quick format - which simply wipes the FAT and not the data...

I've even recovered data from a drive with that annoying "click click click" by placing the drive in the freezer for a few hours and then connecting the drive and transferting data before the drive warms up. Was given that technique by someone else - but it worked!!!!

It's very rare for me to loose data from a drive ;-)

Cheers,

Roy
 
jpboggis wrote :
You should always have at least one up-to-date backup of your music collection, VirtualDJ database and any other files that are important to you.

If you need to take your backup with you to gigs, make a 3rd copy on your home computer just in case both your main and backup get damaged or stolen.


Amen to that...

Roy
 
@gadget, the drive couldnt be recovered. it was a mechanical fail. the drive wouldnt read its platter. it had the click of death.
 
Bummer...
 
yup! seagate wouldnt recover the data for free either even though i had the reciept and the drive died so soon
 
Is everyone using powered or non-powered externals?
 
Use "Powered" 7200 rpm Ext., Int. period...

Joey...
 
powered 7200 +1
 


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