So, the work drive I use for backups died last wk. That was quite a blow since my laptop drive had also died. Aren’t the odds of that supposed to be rare?
Last night, I ripped open the case to get to the meaty old PATA drive in side and plug it into a computer for a last ditch attempt to recover everything. Spinrite ran against it without a single problem. I was stunned. It made a light clicking sound earlier like it was dead. I plugged it into a USB interface and into the Mac and copied everything to Drobo before it could change it’s mind.
That drive got very hot. I guess the USB interface it came with burned out. It’s very good to have that 250 gig or so of data back.
Now, how do I use this for work without encountering the same risk of single device failure? Without spening $500 of my own money that is.
As a side issue, I noticed the number of drives I have left over and not doing anything. There must be 3-5 holding 1 TB easy. I ordered a second Drobo 1st gen to make use of them. The 2nd gens are $500, but the 1st gens are $325 while supplies last. That’s a very good price on a 4 drive RAID5 enclosure. Especially, one that does not need matching drives. It’s too bad Data Robotics doesn’t make a 6 or 8 drive unit.