Main > Everything Else
Nightmare - External hard drive crashes to floor
Xiaou2:
saint's note - nasty bit removed...
http://www.fat-ntfs.com/articles/data-loss-problem/physical-errors/What-causes-a-Hard-Disk-Clicking-Sounds-323.html
Xiaou2:
CD Standards change far faster than any other standard. They also are the Worst when
it comes to backwards compatibility. On top of that, burnable discs are not made to last
more than a few years. The coating on them usually flakes off between 3 to 6 yrs.
If you burned them at 50x today... and your burner stops working... The new 100x burner
may not ever read the 50x discs.
To keep on top of Optical Media BURNERS is far more expensive than to keep up with
direct Hard Drive backups. Also, HD backups are far easier and 500x faster.
They are also a LOT cheaper per GB than Optical Media.
Data can also be recovered from most any HD problem. However, a single scratch on
the coating side of a disc, and its a coaster.
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on February 20, 2010, 03:32:26 am ---saint's note - Nasty bits removed.
--- End quote ---
saint's note - Response nuked.
RTS,
Sorry about your drive and this thread. I agree that you should leave the drive alone until you have the funds to properly retrieve the data.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: protokatie on February 20, 2010, 02:12:31 am ---SL, I see your point but another one that enforces periodic refresh is not only that HDDs die over time (electrolytic caps for instance) but that all standards are replaced about every 10 years. Luckily we will have USB and ATA/IDE/EIDE/PATA/SATA for awhile, but you cannot count on it. Even if the periodic backup was only once every few years, it would still be valid. On top of that, as far as laziness goes; we all make our own beds.
--- End quote ---
I believe that's the reason why a PC is typically stored along with any HDDs in professional long term archivals. I know it would've been easier to have the equipment at hand instead of spending months trying to figure out and track down a multitude of antiquated media players on eBay and in museums.
The last research I dealt with prior to leaving my last job was cloud based storage. I don't necessarily agree with the concept for long term storage purposes (too many factors outside ones control and "live" data is always at risk for malicious corruption). However, that tech does neatly sidestep the issue of cap leak and bit rot. It's got enough support that a federal system is up and running designed to store federal and state archives.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on February 20, 2010, 03:32:26 am ---saint's note - nasty bit removed...
http://www.fat-ntfs.com/articles/data-loss-problem/physical-errors/What-causes-a-Hard-Disk-Clicking-Sounds-323.html
--- End quote ---
You get that sound too if you are using a USB External drive (2.5) and USB 1.1. you need adequate power for the drive to work, if it doesn't have it, the drive will click. Thus my original post about opening the drive - meant opening the enclosure and testing the USB interface, by plugging the drive into a PATA or SATA cable.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version