-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Could be either case. Heat will kill a hard drive. Sometimes taking the case off the external drive will do the trick (I have been punishing external drives for a while now).
Richard Carter wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have an 80GB external HD which I use for backups. Recently I left it > running all night while rm -rf was cleaning up a lot of junk. In the > morning the power light had gone out, although the switch was still in > the "on" position, and it wouldn't mount. Also the case was quite hot. > After it cooled down it worked fine. > > Is this a sign that the drive is failing or is it just that it > overheated and shut itself off? > > Robin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG2mPDwRXgH3rKGfMRAinbAKCbEwIaPLSr+JYiRN0h3tSViDADrQCePMWk updNM4Hp8uIYzTpAgab42sc= =m3xe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
