External drives
Apr 16, 2020 09:49:14 #
Apr 16, 2020 09:50:36 #
If I've had 8 so far covering the past 15+ years, it maybe does seem like it's you.
Apr 16, 2020 09:55:36 #
A lot of consumer level external drives are crap and don’t last. I recommend getting a good enclosure and putting something like a WD Red drive or a Seagate Ironwolf drive in it. I set up a NAS (network attached storage) so my external drives are accessible to any of my devices, (PC, laptop, iPad, iPhone,etc)
Apr 16, 2020 09:56:05 #
Apr 16, 2020 09:58:01 #
Mark Williams wrote:
Pulling my hair out!!! My 4th external drive has died... is it me???
I've got a bunch of them, say around 8. None have gone bad yet. I only run them intermittently to archive data or retrieve old data. Leaving them on if you do 24/7 will likely overheat them unless they are high end ones with internal fans. Buying your own fan and vented enclosures and using standard Internal full-sized HDDs is a better solution.
Apr 16, 2020 10:00:50 #
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Apr 16, 2020 10:19:15 #
Using "Quote Reply" helps us understand to whom you are replying.
Apr 16, 2020 10:26:59 #
Longshadow wrote:
Using "Quote Reply" helps us understand to whom you are replying.
Thanx rookie
Apr 16, 2020 13:06:26 #
Mark Williams wrote:
Pulling my hair out!!! My 4th external drive has died... is it me???
Don't know, but I have several, had some for about 15 years and never had one fail!
Apr 16, 2020 18:12:10 #
Perhaps you need to take a critical look at how you are handling your hard drives and what you should be doing differently to ensure long life. For example, when the hard drive is not in use - do you pack it away securely, or just let it sit there in the open? Are you dropping your hard drives frequently? Are you allowing your hard drives to get wet? Is there something generating a powerful magnetic force right next to the hard drive?
Apr 16, 2020 19:07:53 #
What type drives? In an enclosure with its own power supply? What are the symptoms?
Apr 17, 2020 06:00:06 #
Make sure what ever external drive you get it has RAID. Then you can mirror the drives. So if one drive dies the other is a mirror and had all your data stored on it.
Apr 17, 2020 06:16:17 #
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