[LRflex] Re: Close Call...
- From: Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:22:52 -0500
Whew... Close call indeed.
I use Caviar Greens myself, but only in redundant situations or for files I
don't especially worry about losing - iDVD Encodes, .imgs of such, Theatrical
Archives for my VidBox etc.
If you can get Caviar Blacks I'd consider em, they're WD's Enterprise grade
stuff.
How recent were your Green's? Seagate, WD, essentially everybody shipped
lowgrade drives post the malaysian floods.
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hope to god that's the right answer.
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On Jan 29, 2013, at 7:16 PM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Fellow Flexers...
>
> For years, I backed my images up on DVDs. It worked well, but was slow to do
> (especially as I made 3 copies of each) and the longer I went, the more need
> there was to re-copy the early DVDs, yet again.
>
> So, I switched to two "hard drive docks". A friend had used them with great
> success... so I bought two. Lots of storage and much faster to find your
> images!
>
> If your not familiar with them, here's a small photo of one...
>
> http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/HD_Dock.html
>
> Anyway, I keep my images on two drives, so that if one packs it in the images
> are on another.
>
> Today I went looking for a shot, and plugged a drive in ... in fact, the
> drive
> that is in the photo. The drive whirred & clicked, but no response.
>
> When you remove a drive from the dock, and carefully put it down, there is
> some
> resistance, at first, due to the gyroscopic effect of the spinning discs.
> When
> I listened, I could not hear the motor, and when I took it out, there was no
> resistance. The motor had died!
>
> No problem ... I have another! :-) But when I put that one in... same
> problem.
> :-( (For what it's worth, both Western Digital "Caviar Green" drives.)
>
> I checked the docks ... but they run all the other drives (I have many) just
> fine. After a half dozen tries (desperation will make you do strange
> things!),
> one of the drives actually fired up, so I fear that something inside the
> drive
> is intermittent.
>
> Needless to say, without touching that drive again, I've copied all the
> images
> on to a new (Not WD) drive, and overnight, tonight, I will copy that drive to
> another brand new drive. When I hit town, tomorrow, I will buy yet a third,
> and copy all to it, as well!
>
> Thus, endeth the lesson, for today.
>
> David.
>
>
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