[iyonix-support] Re: Unstable Iyonix
- From: "David J. Ruck" <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 18:48:45 +0100
On 20/05/2011 08:46, root wrote:
After a couple of weeks the disc started showing more severe symptoms.
In the end all the free space on the DiamondMax disk disappeared,
despite there being no significant change in the number of files on the
disk.
You didn't by any chance run a DiscKnight repair with recover deleted
data ticked? As that will turn all free space on the disc into a small
number of files in Lost+Found (which can then be manually examined to
recover deleted files).
If not, then I don't know of any disc failure mode that would get rid of
free space without preventing access to the used part of the disc - the
hardware doesn't know there is any difference.
The stability of the Iyonix has improved considerably since then. I
guess that the Maxtor DiamondMax PATA drives are not compatible with the
Iyonix.
That is the type which was supplied with many Iyonix PCs.
Does anyone have suggestions for hard drives that work well in an Iyonix
and are still for sale in the UK or the Netherlands?
I'm still on the original 80GB and several identical backup drives in
caddies. All well past their sell by date now, so should really be
replaced before they give up the ghost.
Cheers
---David
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