[SOLVED] HDD Clicking
- Thread starter V4ltamah
- Start date
Solution
Any abnormal operation is a sign of potential fail.
Or, it could show NO abnormal operation, and still die.
Storage devices can die at any time. Sometimes quite suddenly. No matter how old or new.
If it happens within the warranty period, free replacement.
If past the warranty period..well..it had a good life.
There is no massaging it to make it last longer. It could die in the next 5 minutes. Or last another 5 years.
I had an almost brand new drive go from great to dead in about 36 hours. 5 weeks off the store shelf.
The only safeguard for the data on it is a good backup routine.
forums.tomshardware.com
Or, it could show NO abnormal operation, and still die.
Storage devices can die at any time. Sometimes quite suddenly. No matter how old or new.
If it happens within the warranty period, free replacement.
If past the warranty period..well..it had a good life.
There is no massaging it to make it last longer. It could die in the next 5 minutes. Or last another 5 years.
I had an almost brand new drive go from great to dead in about 36 hours. 5 weeks off the store shelf.
The only safeguard for the data on it is a good backup routine.
What is your backup situation at home?
What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...
forums.tomshardware.com
- Jan 2, 2021
- 6
- 0
- 10
Is slow copy speed a sign of failure? Because i have two 3TB drives and one of them is slow.
- Jan 2, 2021
- 6
- 0
- 10
- Mar 16, 2013
- 171,282
- 17,810
- 184,590
Any abnormal operation is a sign of potential fail.
Or, it could show NO abnormal operation, and still die.
Storage devices can die at any time. Sometimes quite suddenly. No matter how old or new.
If it happens within the warranty period, free replacement.
If past the warranty period..well..it had a good life.
There is no massaging it to make it last longer. It could die in the next 5 minutes. Or last another 5 years.
I had an almost brand new drive go from great to dead in about 36 hours. 5 weeks off the store shelf.
The only safeguard for the data on it is a good backup routine.
forums.tomshardware.com
Or, it could show NO abnormal operation, and still die.
Storage devices can die at any time. Sometimes quite suddenly. No matter how old or new.
If it happens within the warranty period, free replacement.
If past the warranty period..well..it had a good life.
There is no massaging it to make it last longer. It could die in the next 5 minutes. Or last another 5 years.
I had an almost brand new drive go from great to dead in about 36 hours. 5 weeks off the store shelf.
The only safeguard for the data on it is a good backup routine.
What is your backup situation at home?
What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...
forums.tomshardware.com
Yep. I don't care about the data on my SSDs because all of it is backed up... I have the install executables, etc... for every program and game on it. I have 2 HDDs (10TB and 12TB) for my current media file hoard (currently about 5.5TB) because one drive backs up the other.
TRENDING THREADS
-
-
-
RTX 4070 vs RX 7900 GRE faceoff: Which mainstream graphics card is better?- Started by Admin
- Replies: 10
-
-
-
-
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram