Ok, so within 12 hours of the ceremonial re-opening of my LJ I am pooched. I have an external HDD, see. I use this to move crap between computers and to back up stuff
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wait, so what happened to the external exactly? it got formatted?
if it's not working right and still in the case, i would say crack the case open and install it internally, and see if the drive itself is still good. i had that happen with a 500 gb western digital mybook that i now use as an internal backup drive.
and i'll tell you the same thing i always tell people at work shopping for externals; don't simply use them as a backup, but always keep a redundancy. keep two copies of everything (at least, everything you don't want to lose). externals are great, but they're not infallible.
The drive itself is alive, the issue is that I formatted it. And lost everything. Because I'm tremendously stupid. 10 years of e-mail and photos, gone. Vanished.
I totally agree with your thoughts on the Olympics, and the reactions/hype surrounding it. But you have to admit, those leotards are pretty awesome. They are like real-life Power Rangers!
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if it's not working right and still in the case, i would say crack the case open and install it internally, and see if the drive itself is still good. i had that happen with a 500 gb western digital mybook that i now use as an internal backup drive.
and i'll tell you the same thing i always tell people at work shopping for externals; don't simply use them as a backup, but always keep a redundancy. keep two copies of everything (at least, everything you don't want to lose). externals are great, but they're not infallible.
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