Bad Luck with hard drives[views:3481][posts:15]______________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 9:00pm - the_reverend ""] I had all my photos in 3 locations 1) 1.5TB internal seagate connected external 2) 3x1.5TB seagates in a RAID 5 3) 2x1.5TB seagate/1x750GB seagate in my Drobo I made sure that all the pictures were the same. I wiped out #3 and started copying from #1 to #3. so then one of the drives in #2 dies... just after all photos are verifies the same on #1 and #3, I move the box for #2. I pull the power chord and #1 falls while being accessed onto the ground about a foot, but is ok. I also had a 750GB Western Digital die a couple days ago. Now, I have to send in a 1.5TB seagate and 750GB WD... but since I have no spare drives, I need to get another drive to rebuild my RAID. I'm saying fuck seagates right now and I have to order WDs... which means getting the 2TB ones. they are so pricey! arg! |
| _________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 9:00pm - reimroc ""] lol welcome to my world. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 10:25pm - the_reverend ""] that's my line! |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 10:26pm - the_reverend ""] I always buy drives in pairs so if the controller cards go bad, I can swap them. 2TB drives are $229 each! Just what I needed right now, another expense. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 11:15pm - reimroc ""] are you sure those 2TBs are stable? |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 11:33pm - the_reverend ""] oh yeah... |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 11:44pm - the_reverend ""] I just ordered 2 HD's off ebay with out paying attention cause I saw the "cashback". I guess the guy is a big pile of scam. oh well. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230339999782 they were $220 after cashback... but no way to pay for them with paypal so I will just forget that I ordered them. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 11:56pm - reimroc ""] nice |
| ______________________________________ [May 1,2009 12:24am - the_reverend ""] sarcasm |
| ______________________________________ [May 1,2009 7:44am - watchmaker666 ""] Just go to the photohut and have them developed and put them in a big album! |
| ________________________________ [May 1,2009 9:29am - sxealex ""] yaaaaay! |
| _____________________________________ [May 1,2009 9:30am - the_reverend ""] FIRE! |
| ______________________________________ [May 10,2009 4:45am - the_reverend ""] a 1.5TB seagate died tonight I guess. that means 3 of my 6 seagate 1.5TB died. |
| __________________________________ [May 10,2009 10:38am - reimroc ""] i think those 1.5s are cursed. |
| ____________________________________ [May 10,2009 11:47am - dreadkill ""] I think I'm going to buy a 1tb wd mybook today to back my stuff up with |
| _______________________________________ [May 10,2009 12:18pm - the_reverend ""] mybooks have 1 year warranties. I have yet to have one die. im going to replace my 1.5tb with 2tb WD's asap. |