So, hard drives can just die can they?

[The Gentleman Scamp]

A Welshman I know recently lost all the data on his hard drive and couldn't get it back, despite taking it to Phantip.

Another Welshman I know who's in China just lost all his data from his HD.

I once plugged in the cable for my HD1 into my HD2 and it made a very bad smell and didn't work but I took it to Phantip and they changed the casing and sorted it out for 300 baht, and it's still ok - despite having been dropped - however it does sometimes fail to eject and I do get the device removal box appearing sometimes when I shouldn't.

Can hard drives just 'die' for no reason and at any time?

I better start learning how to encode data onto disc for further back up - I think I can do it with Toast Titanium.

Should I burn data onto DVD or CD?

[ChiangMai noon]

^
must be a welsh thing.

I've lost 3 hard drives in the past 6 years.

[Spin]

Can hard drives just 'die' for no reason and at any time?

Yes they are like humarns and can cark it at any timsadvhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggfff ffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu

[lom]

Yes they are like humarns and can cark it at any timsadvhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggfff ffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu

That's a keyboard problem, not a hard drive problem.
But your mouse seems to work since you were able to click the post reply button

[Norton]

Should I burn data onto DVD or CD?

DVD has much more capacity. Why not a removable backup hard drive?

[The Gentleman Scamp]

I have two and a half portable hard drives - only the small one is firewire.

[slimboyfat]

can a DVD die at any time?

[AntRobertson]

A Welshman I know recently lost all the data on his hard drive... Another Welshman I know who's in China just lost all his data from his HD...

I've just had a Welshman give me back a drive that I thought was poked in perfect working order. Weird!

[kingwilly]

A Welshman I know recently lost all the data on his hard drive and couldn't get it back, despite taking it to Phantip.

Another Welshman I know who's in China just lost all his data from his HD.

I once plugged in the cable for my HD1 into my HD2 and it made a very bad smell and didn't work but I took it to Phantip and they changed the casing and sorted it out for 300 baht, and it's still ok - despite having been dropped - however it does sometimes fail to eject and I do get the device removal box appearing sometimes when I shouldn't.

Can hard drives just 'die' for no reason and at any time?

I better start learning how to encode data onto disc for further back up - I think I can do it with Toast Titanium.

Should I burn data onto DVD or CD?

you know a lot of welsh men

[The Gentleman Scamp]

^ Yes, I do.

[Spin]

can a DVD die at any time?

Yes it can, I had a dvd drive die in a brand new laptop that had been turned on less than one hour

[peterpan]

I just think thats terribly sad, no chance at life and a young one cut so short, Sob Sob

[kingwilly]

so can a welsh man just die?

[AntRobertson]

^ If you hit them just so, yes.

[madjbs]

If your HDD dies and you need to get the data off you can try putting in a freezer for a while. Suprisingly succesessful, do a google search for the exact procedure.

[Wallalai]

I'll try that. Bought a 500GB USB harddrive and he began to be reluctive to work properly then just doesn't allow me to access datas on it at all. Only 3 weeks old and full of "comics", that's a shame.

Bought it for ~5000B in Switzerland, I'll see next time I'm there. Still under warranty so if it doesn't work I'll get it changed.

[madjbs]

The 500gig ones seems to be the most likely to play up. My mate had problems with one recently and he was able to get the majority of the data back using the freezer method.

[Marmite the Dog]

I've got an 80Gb one that went tits up last night. The fridge cutting on & off upset it a bit and now it seems dead.

[TizMe]

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Try it out. It's a simple way to protect all of your data.

[Mr Earl]

I bought one of those backup external hardrive things, and the fucking thing failed with all my data on there. POS. I bought another laptop as another backup. Decent quality laptops seem more reliable.

Good quality hardrives can last. I've got a mini Ipod (a 4G micro drive) that's been running 24/7 for 27 months now.

[Bobcock]

I'm Welsh.

In this room I have 5 HDD and 1 external HDD that are either dead or malfunctioning.

It is definately a Welsh thing.

[Butterfly]

Apparently the Freezer trick seems to work, I have 2 HD of 60GB to recover so I will give it a try,

This is apparently what you have to do

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1028112728

[Marmite the Dog]

Someone posted (somewhere) that they took their HD into Pantip and they changed the case (or external PCB). Does anyone know where in Pantip they do that?

[mrsquirrel]

I think scampy was talking about a usb case - which are available everywhere.

DVD's lose their dye.

I always buy Taio Yuden blanks because they have the best dye on them

[Marmite the Dog]

2 HDs in the freezer as we speak.