celly Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Just an update since I've been away for a while recently. I was tinking around my cab early last week when my kid decided she wanted to play a game. I was working in windows so it was not a big deal to hand over my mouse to the 6 year old and let her play. As soon as she clicked the game icon on the desktop, my system froze. Not worried at all, I ctrl-alt-deleted, ended the task and restarted my puter. Dun dun duhhhh.... Upon restart, my E: drive totally dissapeared. Gone. 500gb of games, movie, programs, gone. I turned off my cab and went upstairs to cry. I haven't had the heart to turn it on or open her up since to check connections or anything. I was devastated. Until today. Yes, my hard drive has been restored! All files intact and clean. I had sometime today and took everything apart, disconnected, reseated and reconnected everything and my E: drive has appeared once more. I am soooo relieved. I'm guessing by the fix it must have been a connection issue. Either way, I'm ecstatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loppydog Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 that is great news! Just be sure to back everything up to a different drive, you may not be so lucky next time. And it sounds like your drive could be failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circo Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Just an update since I've been away for a while recently. I was tinking around my cab early last week when my kid decided she wanted to play a game. I was working in windows so it was not a big deal to hand over my mouse to the 6 year old and let her play. As soon as she clicked the game icon on the desktop, my system froze. Not worried at all, I ctrl-alt-deleted, ended the task and restarted my puter. Dun dun duhhhh.... Upon restart, my E: drive totally dissapeared. Gone. 500gb of games, movie, programs, gone. I turned off my cab and went upstairs to cry. I haven't had the heart to turn it on or open her up since to check connections or anything. I was devastated. Until today. Yes, my hard drive has been restored! All files intact and clean. I had sometime today and took everything apart, disconnected, reseated and reconnected everything and my E: drive has appeared once more. I am soooo relieved. I'm guessing by the fix it must have been a connection issue. Either way, I'm ecstatic.There is nothing scarier, i have two local back ups and 2 online ones. I have lost everything before, never again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celly Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 that is great news! Just be sure to back everything up to a different drive, you may not be so lucky next time. And it sounds like your drive could be failing. I thought the same thing but the drive is only a year old. It better not. There is nothing scarier, i have two local back ups and 2 online ones. I have lost everything before, never again Oh and I did back everything up. Don't want to loose anything again like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loppydog Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 your drive is probably fine, but I have worked in the computer repair field, and have seen MANY drives fail before the 1 year mark. Hard drives are Very delicate, and do not like heat. I set up a surveillance system one time, and had 4 drives stacked tight in a bay. The machine ran 24/7 and I was having a hard drive failure almost every month or so. After about 5-6 failed drives I decided to consolidate them into 1 large drive and 1 external. The system has been functioning now for over almost 2 years with no failures. I am sure the heat builup was killing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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