2010/3/24 Joseph McAllister <[email protected]>: > I have a 1 TB MyBook, and although it still works (at times), if my iMac > goes to sleep for any length of time, when I awaken the iMac, the drive does > not. Frequently, when Time Machine started to back up to it (it was my main > BU drive at one time) it would not be able to "find" the drive, even though > it was up and running. If I turned it off using the switch at the rear panel > of the drive, then turned it back on, it would then mount to the desktop and > back up fine - until the next time. So, I do not use it anymore, because, as > Western Digital says, it was no longer responding to a wake up signal. They > said I could ship it to them and they would replace it. > > I never have, so it sits, a full backup of my drives & system as of last > summer sometime. > > Just as my old 300 GB Western Digital sits nearby, a Back-up testament to my > old Dual 1 GIG G4 Quicksilver. The files on it have been transferred to > other drives, making it a backup from 3 years ago, maybe 4 yrs. An army of > older G4, G3, and PowerMac units are scattered around in Tower and Laptop > form. > > I have a planned use for each and every one. I knew you'd be thinking bad > thoughts of me if I said otherwise! <grin>
Sounds like $$ sleeping peacefully... Send in hte TB drive and remember to power up and work out the older drives once in a while... there is such a thing as hard disk shelf death, you know =) Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
