Hard Drive Went Bad

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My hard drive went kaput :blush:.

S.M.A.R.T. report shows two errors.

I had already taken offline and saved any data on the drive, so at least no data was lost. This wasn't my system drive :).

In my lifetime, I think I've only had 1 or 2 drives go bad on me.
 

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This is why I backup all my personal data on two separate external drives monthly. I can always buy another HD or PC but not my files... It's a PIA to get the new machine configured like I want, but it's doable in a few hours. I've had a few drives go bad over the years but never lost any personal data.
 
I'm a HD killer. Mine die on me every couple of years. Happened at work too. Must be my magnetic personality



(i'll be here all week folks)
 
About 2 wks ago, the same thing happened to me, my 1 TB drive started clicking...

Usually they age out, are too small and need to be upgraded to a new larger drive.

Still when it happens it, it is slightly worrisome, as I wonder if my backups will work.
 
Open up your dead HD , if it's non-ssd and there are large rare earth magnets inside.

I now have our computers on UPS, mostly as a short blip in the power would crash our computers, but maybe it will also make the electronics last longer ?
 
I have gone through a couple of Western Digital hard drives. I started building using Seagate's and have had no failures.
 
I'm a HD killer. Mine die on me every couple of years. Happened at work too. Must be my magnetic personality



(i'll be here all week folks)
:LOL::LOL::LOL:
 
Disk report not readable here. Everything fails in time and now there is more proof.

Found an interesting GITHUB page on failure rates reported. Sample sizes are small.
https://github.com/linuxhw/SMART

I always felt my slower 5,400 RPM dirves were more reliable in the very long run, but have no proof.
 
I've had this happen now and then over the past ~40 years or so. It used to be a Big Deal. But now, like you, I back up my files regularly. I do this on two separate external hard drives like Car-Guy, every weekend. Also, I prefer using laptop computers and by now, their cost (in inflated dollars) is SO much less than the cost was back in the day.

So, when it happens, I buy a new laptop, copy my backed up files onto it, and reinstall my software. Then I remove the hard drive from my old laptop and destroy it.

Actually this is fun because I get a new "toy". :D
 
Fortunately the last HDD that failed for me was in a NAS configured for RAID 1... no data loss, no need to even shut it down... just take it out and replace it with another one.

backup of my critical data on local NAS with RAID and in "the cloud" makes a HDD failure more of an inconvenience than a tragedy.
 
Open up your dead HD , if it's non-ssd and there are large rare earth magnets inside.

What do you do with the rare earth magnets you harvest from hard drives? I have a few I've removed from some old drives, and while they're very interesting to play with, I'm not sure exactly what I could do with them that would be useful.
 
Around here they always seem to wind up holding papers to the refrigerator.
 
What do you do with the rare earth magnets you harvest from hard drives? I have a few I've removed from some old drives, and while they're very interesting to play with, I'm not sure exactly what I could do with them that would be useful.

Truthfully they are mostly fun to play and show folks.

I do use one to hold a towel on the fridge so I can dry my hands. And hold some photos (with the tiny ones).

I've used them to stick to the ceiling on cruises to hang hangers from.

I've used one to put in a blue disposable glove box on the bottom and then the box sticks to my tool cabinet

I've thought of screwing a couple under the desk, so I can magnetically hold a gun under the bottom of the desk. I'd glue a thing fabric on it so it doesn't scratch.
 
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