As far as I know the best clue that it is on the way out is when/if you hear clicking (faint sound - almost more a feel that the head has misaligned). Sometimes, it just plain won't start up when plugged in and that's that.
The moral of the story is that you never want to have only one backup of really valuable data. ************ Dianne Arnold <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] 651-994-0305 (St. Paul, MN) 760-479-0632 (Encinitas, CA) _____ From: carogene [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 11:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Caption/Text for images (.jpg) Which raises a question from me please, is there any way you can tell if your external hard drive is on the way out? I use mine once a week (usually) and just overwrite each time, but I do worry that it might not be working! Carolyn again! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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