I did some research on the lives of harddrives. JUST LIKE PEOPLE, THEY ALL EVENTUALLY DIE. Some HD's actually die during the warranty period in which case the manufacturer will replace the HD but charge you $2,000 to recover the data.While data recovery sounds great, the best bet is to place yourself in a position where you have backed everything up.
Backup, Backup, Backup and then Backup.
A friend of mine always has two backups (terabyte being so cheap now). He is assuming that both HD's will not die at the exact same time. So when one HD dies, he makes another backup from the remaining HD survivor. Ergo, he has two backups again. Pretty smart, eh?with usb terabyte drives going so cheap, there really is no need to lose data. i use synctoy and it's done.
The challenge with modern hard drives is ensuring no data corruption takes place before the hard drive finally dies. Otherwise, both backups can become corrupt, and you are none the wiser until years after the fact.A friend of mine always has two backups (terabyte being so cheap now). He is assuming that both HD's will not die at the exact same time. So when one HD dies, he makes another backup from the remaining HD survivor. Ergo, he has two backups again. Pretty smart, eh?
Damn! It is always something. Damn data corruption. Is nothing sacred?The challenge with modern hard drives is ensuring no data corruption takes place before the hard drive finally dies.
I've made about 4000 services calls and have only seen a couple handfull of dead HD's. Of those, most were customer abused. I consider leaving your computer on 24/7 abuse. I can't really say i have seen more than 5 that have just crapped out. Of those that crapped out, all were less than 3 years old and large drives. Perhaps the newer and larger drives are inferior. Who knows.I did some research on the lives of harddrives. JUST LIKE PEOPLE, THEY ALL EVENTUALLY DIE. Some HD's actually die during the warranty period in which case the manufacturer will replace the HD but charge you $2,000 to recover the data.
--Hey,
Do you guys have a preference of a certain data recovery software that you use all the time and gives good results ?
Yes, there was a bit of a discussion a few months ago about the problems with the 1TB harddrives. Maybe, brought to market prematurely?Perhaps the newer and larger drives are inferior.
Word... even better to run it on all your drives about every 6 months to head off potential problems. I have been using this (and the previous versions since 4) - it has brought drives back from the seemingly dead more than once.
