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Well for a similar reason I now have two 1tb HDD in Raid 1. I still have a external back up for photos incase someone steels my shit.
It is easy this way I don't have to backup it just dose it as soon as you write to the directory. Tell you what though it was a pain in the fucking ass to set up from some reason.sigpic
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Originally posted by Janderson View PostSecondary hard drive in my laptop died today of the Click-O'-Death.
Lost almost 3,000 Mp3's
Lost over 30 stand-up comedy movies
Lost 23 full-length movies
Lost ALL of my episodes of Top Gear.
All I have left is:
136 Mp3's that were on my phone in Winamp.
2 Movies that were still in my downloads folder: Downfall and Half-Baked.
2 Stand-up special still in my downloads folder: Jo Koy
1 Episode of Top Gear, season 3, episode 2 (The M-Cars episode)
I'd downloaded about 147 Mp3's from Amazon, and they won't let you re-download them after the first time, even though you've already paid for them.Matt
Originally posted by slammin.e28guyI pack my CD player with asbestos. Those mother fuckers pay dearly for stealing my shit.Originally posted by kronustry whacking parts of the motor with a wrench while yelling "YOU WANT SUMMA DIS? HUH?"Originally posted by chadthestampedeThis is like a reverse build thread; it starts out nice and gets shitty.
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That sucks Josh. I have always been thinking about getting a storage/backup drive. But I feel like my Mac is invincible! :-|-Erik
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Originally posted by 87e30I just want to dance with some beezies
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Originally posted by E30Nova View Postfirst world problems lulz
Originally posted by s0urce View PostIf only the cost of SSD's would come down, we could all avoid this shit.
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the click lock or ziplock whatever its called bag, put it in that, push all the air out and close it then leave the hdd in the freezeer for a fair while. sometimes that helps with the bearings.
ssd's do shit themselves, only heard of it happening (specific incidents) ive been fairly lucky i guess.RIP 84 323i coupe 5spd w/ 14psi
89' 318i
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i back up most of my stuff to a online hard drive just in case things like this happen.
learned my lesson after about 3 or 4 hard drive crashesI can run Auto Checks on VINs for tips/donations:
PM me VIN(s) and I'll get you ALL the public recorded info that I have available.
paypal as gift to Mike@benzinkrieg.com
Information/Request sticky thread for Vehicle History Reports
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=216119
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Originally posted by Janderson View PostIt's a good think I live in the "first world" then, isn't it?
This. I think I'm actually going to get a new laptop soon, this has kind of been the final nail in the coffin, this Dell is about 3 years old and showing its age.Matt
Originally posted by slammin.e28guyI pack my CD player with asbestos. Those mother fuckers pay dearly for stealing my shit.Originally posted by kronustry whacking parts of the motor with a wrench while yelling "YOU WANT SUMMA DIS? HUH?"Originally posted by chadthestampedeThis is like a reverse build thread; it starts out nice and gets shitty.
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Sucks man. But it happens, best thing you can do is be ready. I've learned the lesson a few times over.
Data recovery services like you said, just aren't reasonable for consumers. I was quoted $1700 for my last dead HD by a data recovery service. Not worth it for what I lost but I was still upset. I forgot about the freezer trick, don't have anything to lose.
If you don't want to do your own backing up with other physical drives the best service I've found is Crashplan. It's CHEAP, when compared to many services.
What else? It beats Carbonite and everything else I've found. I'm probably going to get the family plan once my home office is setup so I can add as many computers as I need. I thought about going with Carbonite but when I went to their Facebook profile I was a little shocked, way too many unhappy customers to count and people on there were actually telling the unhappy people to switch to Crashplan saying it was better.
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Originally posted by Janderson View PostDo you have any idea what data recovery like that costs?
You're talking anywhere from about $100-$2k. Data recovery services like that exist for people that lose their entire work history, bookeeping records, etc. It's not feasible for the average consumer.
It all depends on what your time is worth.
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AND this is why I'm moving back to buying CD's, Blu-ray/DVD, and burning whatever torrents I download.
I had some music in my parents old dell before I got a laptop and when I tried to activate my iTunes on my new laptop for some reason it would not let me import the music from the old computer.
I then called apple's customer service and was told I could either suck it up and purchase the music again or pay someone to come to my house and troubleshoot the pc but since it wasn't an apple computer they did not guarantee anything.
So now I just went back to my town's small music stores and started ordering physical CDs again feels good to pay money and get something I can see and hold in my hand again.09/1989 325i 4 Door
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+Z3 Steering Rack
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