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On 01/01/2014 03:28 PM, gottlieb@×××.edu wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jan 01 2014, walt wrote: |
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>> On 01/01/2014 02:07 PM, gottlieb@×××.edu wrote: |
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>>> My home desktop has had a seagate external 750GB drive ST3750640cbrk for |
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>>> a number of years and the disk is starting to fail. |
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>> Maybe I'm weird or something but I've never once had a hard drive fail |
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>> gradually/gracefully. They all just stop working, usually when I power |
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>> the machine on for the first time in the morning. |
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>> What warning is the disk giving you of early failure? |
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> First it wouldn't mount in during startup. |
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> Then I tried switching the USB ports on the desktop and rebooted. |
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> It mounted but fsck took forever with pauses. |
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The open-source culture in general seems to frown upon promotion of |
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proprietary software (as opposed to proprietary hardware) so I usually |
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avoid recommending proprietary software. |
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But, based on reports I consider reliable (how's them for weasel words!) |
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I'd suggest that Spin-Rite has a chance of restoring that drive to normal |
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function. ("Has a chance" == more weasel words). |
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Anyway, consider buying Spin-Rite here: |
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https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm |
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My own hard drives usually fail catastrophically within the the first month, |
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so I just return them for replacement under warranty. But if I ever have |
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an older drive fail I will certainly use Spin-Rite before giving up hope. |
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