Click of Death
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Jan. 20th, 2008 | 06:36 pm
location: 15206
mood:
annoyed
music: LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
I keep active archives of video files--both raw footage and also the completed clips. Well, I should have written that sentence in past tense, because the Western Digital MyBook (500-Gbyte drive in an external USB enclosure) I kept the archive on has failed and will not spin up. The tell-tale sign of its absolute failure is the Click of Death.
I don't recall exactly how long I've had it but it seems like only a year or so. I'm not very happy right now because I hadn't made long-term archives of the material on the drives, so at the very least it would be a huge pain to recreate by grabbing the original video again. Sigh.
I removed the cover and found nothing interesting (obviously) inside. I put the drive in the freezer (in a plastic bag) for several days (!)--I'm not sure what I was hoping for, but when it came back to room temperature the click was still there. Banging on the drive also didn't help. (Of course it should only have hurt!) I was just trying to get it to spin up once more but it seems that will not occur.
I guess it's finally time to use RAID at home.
I don't recall exactly how long I've had it but it seems like only a year or so. I'm not very happy right now because I hadn't made long-term archives of the material on the drives, so at the very least it would be a huge pain to recreate by grabbing the original video again. Sigh.
I removed the cover and found nothing interesting (obviously) inside. I put the drive in the freezer (in a plastic bag) for several days (!)--I'm not sure what I was hoping for, but when it came back to room temperature the click was still there. Banging on the drive also didn't help. (Of course it should only have hurt!) I was just trying to get it to spin up once more but it seems that will not occur.
I guess it's finally time to use RAID at home.

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from: anonymous
date: Jan. 21st, 2008 01:42 am (UTC)
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Backups!
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date: Mar. 9th, 2008 02:42 am (UTC)
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Re: Backups!
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spargelkohl
date: Mar. 9th, 2008 10:20 pm (UTC)
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You can be sure this problem figures in my current and future plans.
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