Random questions to which you seek an answer
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Where did the "Party, Party, Party" thread go?
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Ah right, well in that case I will post my random question here too.
If anyone fancies a beer and a burger in the Gosport/ Portsmouth locale tomorrow evening, get in contact with this guy.
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This guy is hoping to get there around 10ish, hit the dockyard for the day then burger time!
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So… My Western Digital external HD is fucked... Well: one of two, but the one I used most (not the back-up one)... About 500 GB worth of data I'd like to recover... Anyone up for it (will pay ya)?.. Just a standard 1 TB model... Three years old, perhaps a bit more?.. Still works, doesn't make any noise, just isn't recognised by any of my PCs anymore...
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I know this doesn't help you, but for future reference I use a RAID and an online backup service. At the very least a small array configured with redundancy helps, though a disk outage during a rebuild without a hot spare and you're toast.
If you're not techy the Drobo is probably the way to go.
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Some hot pig-on-pig action eh?
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(RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Disks).
Seul, let me have a think about it, maybe, I'm not good @ platter transplants but am good at swapping the other bits around, and some can talk you through. 20-30% says I can do it, so low chance. Will likely be tomorrow night before I think on it…
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Just went through my warranty papers: disk was 5 years old… Now using a WD Passport thingy to get me through... Will need a solid 2 or even 3 TB disk asap... Any recs = welcome...
Oh and Snow: not going to try and retrieve the data... No need to... Most stuff was backed up... Gonna use Soulseek for music and Kickass torrents for some shows I hadn't backed up...
Only shitty thing: no more bonus points on Pass the Popcorn and IP Torrents... Have good ratios but gotta rebuild from scratch... Damn it...
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Depending on how serious you are about not losing data, RAID stuff really does come into it.
If you're serious I'd suggest http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS413j&lang=enu
It's $380USD @ Amazon( http://www.amazon.com/Synology-DiskStation-Diskless-Network-Attached/dp/B008U69LC4 ) before you buy your own HDD's (4 of them). So total cost with drives is around $800 for some nice disks. -
Yeah, sounds like the controller's going/gone really. As long as you can get the HDD out it should be possible to stick in another enclosure. About $20 - http://www.newegg.com/External-Enclosures/SubCategory/ID-92
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I think that the controller is really part of the drive anyway; I don't know that changing the enclosure would help.
