No.1489
oh, and I suppose I put some backups of important things on flashdrives along with operating system installers, but that's whatever
No.1490
My new WD Red 8tb is having problems. I had to run a chkdsk to recover my files, and I've seen posts stating that tool will cause damage which worries me. I think the problem is the enclosure so I'll try upgrading to a usb 3.2 type c enclosure. I'm not sure how to proceed, I don't have the funds for a proper NAS and just need a competent system for desktop usage, preferably always on so I can seed torrents and listen to music all day.
No.1492
that is not my computer hdd's specs by the way
No.1495
>>1490chkdsk /f isn't finding anymore errors but there are still corrupt files with missing permissions and metadata. I'm not sure how to fix it. Would running ntfsfix with a Unix machine help? I just started using this drive last week to backup for a new Windows install and it's turned into a real headache.
No.1497
>>1491Kind of a bummer that it switched to AI stuff there, and a very generic kind at that.
>>1494Cute names! I hope you're able to resolve that... but at least this stuff is generally only getting cheaper. I don't know if you can buy stuff that small these days outside of SSDs.
No.1503
>>1494I know that feeling. I used to store all my media on a 500gb HDD not
too long ago.
No.1505
on topic sagween
No.1507
>>1504I sage when I make off topic posts to not disturb the place. Sage should be used as a sign of kindness, not a downvote. Don't mind my sage please.
Also I just realized I misstyped it haha.
No.1518
>>1507Sageru all you want, you will never crush my yamato damashii
No.1519
>>1518How new are you? Please lurk before posting. We use sage to not bother people when we make off topic posts. It's a cultural thing that comes from Futabachan and other japanese message boards where people sage their posts to not disupt the peace of the site as opposed to how 4tards use it as a downvote. If you take offense on sage then I recomend you either go back to 4crap or lurk moar before acting like a clueless newfag.
No.1523
>>1519Who the fuck is this
we person your talking about? I sage because I can sage, god gave me the right to sage so here I am.
No.1526
>>1524koshitan is PISSED......
No.1590
im obsessed to negate some sagees
No.1846
Dunno how it looks but I can hear it's doing its quarterly scrub through two doors.
No.3128
bump
No.4924
>>4922I feel like I've had unnatually good luck when I read stuff like this. I've never had a drive fail, although I switch them out before they have a chance to, I guess.
I'm still looking to find some way to connect my old HDD from the early 00s to a modern computer since it was in the process of dying back then but I don't have those big bulky ribbon cables any more.
What's your total across drives?
No.4929
>>4924~70TB overall, but only around 28TB that's actually usable for storing stuff.
No.4933
On the topic of failing drives: I did have a couple of HDDs fail before (around 6), BUT all of them worked completely fine prior to removal and went through 2 movings in terrible, lazy packaging before I tested them again, at which point they were either faulty or completely gone. There were only 2 or 3 more HDDs in the same box that luckily survived and the ones I always kept in PCs also still run fine, so I like to think I've never lost a drive to natural wear before, including some of my oldest ones from the late 90s. That said, I'm not running any storage servers and only ever used them like an average Joe would.
Different topic, but I did just recently have an optical drive from around the same time randomly stop working and that actually marked the first time I experienced PC hardware dying "for no reason".
On my main PC I can get by with around 5 TB because I don't really archive storage-heavy stuff and half of that is just related to software and editing.
No.4934
I dread, DREAD, the grinding and clicking sounds that HDDs make when they're dying
No.5089
>>5087>Unfortunately, laptop drive adapters are more expensive at around $20.If you need to hook up an IDE drive to a laptop buy one of those chassis for SATA -> USB then use the usual IDE -> SATA adapter with it.
Those external chassis/enclosures are a much better way to go than buying dedicated external USB storage.
No.5091
>>5087Hmmm, that could work maybe. The only thing I've seen was an adapter thing that kind of resembled a game console in how you load a drive like a cartridge. It didn't work unfortunately since I used an adapter for it and I think it just complicated the process.