On Mon, 12 May 2014 16:48:20 + (UTC)
Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Maybe he's got one of the greens that gets old fast (once very 8
seconds) if steps aren't taken.
I have a WD green disk (3GB, IIRC) in my backup server. Could
On 5/13/14, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 16:56 +, Curt wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com
wrote:
This is actually pretty important because all my backup data is stored
there.
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 06:43:16PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Hi,
I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012 but it has
never been unpacked and has been sitting on the shelf all this time. How
long can it be considered 'new'? Is it safe to use?
So, what could go
On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com
wrote:
I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012 but it
has never been unpacked and has been sitting on the shelf all this time.
How
On Mon, 12 May 2014 15:10:56 + (UTC)
Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom
hvw59...@care2.com wrote:
I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012
but it has never
On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 15:10 +, Curt wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com
wrote:
I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012 but it
has never been unpacked and
On 13/05/14 02:30, Steve Litt wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 15:10:56 + (UTC)
Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom
hvw59...@care2.com wrote:
I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that
On 2014-05-12, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Maybe he's got one of the greens that gets old fast (once very 8
seconds) if steps aren't taken.
I have a WD green disk (3GB, IIRC) in my backup server. Could you please
elaborate on the steps, and in what ways it gets old quickly?
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 2:42 AM, Scott Ferguson
scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com wrote:
I fed a mouse to an intertube seer... could this be what Curt refers too?
http://www.ngohq.com/news/19805-critical-design-flaw-found-in-wd-caviar-green-hdds.html
I don't know about eight seconds as a
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 15:10 +, Curt wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com
wrote:
I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012 but it
has never
On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 12:30 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 15:10:56 + (UTC)
Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom
hvw59...@care2.com wrote:
I have a 500GB Western
On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 18:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 12:30 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 15:10:56 + (UTC)
Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo
On 2014-05-12, Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com wrote:
This is actually pretty important because all my backup data is stored
there.
I fed a mouse to an intertube seer... could this be what Curt refers too?
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 15:10 +, Curt wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom
hvw59...@care2.com wrote:
I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in
On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 16:56 +, Curt wrote:
On 2014-05-12, Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com wrote:
This is actually pretty important because all my backup data is stored
there.
I fed a mouse to an intertube seer... could this be what Curt refers too?
On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 11:50 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
It is not a green drive.
That's good.
Anyway, a fabrication defect could happen for a new drive and an old
drive. Electrostatics or aging of the materials unlikely is an issue.
Assumed the shelf was in an unheated room somewhere in
On 5/11/2014 4:43 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Hi,
I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012 but it
has never been unpacked and has been sitting on the shelf all this
time. How long can it be considered 'new'? Is it safe to use?
Hugo
Hello,
May be a bit
On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com
wrote:
I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012 but it
has never been unpacked and has been sitting on the shelf all this time.
How long can it be considered 'new'? Is it safe to use?
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