Update:
I put the drive in the freezer - I turned off the computer... (for a while)
I'm waiting for the drive to come back to room temo
I do have an 80 gig WD which I was backing up what I considered the
most precious things on -
MY C drive is only 80 gigs and is pretty full...
And my upstairs neighbor is actually going to help me if I need it - pro
bono_ on Monday or Tuesday...
We had more excitement alst night --
I smelled smoke ... it was faint but noticible coming in through my
kitchen window.. which is a narrow breezeway...
when ever I small smoke the first thing I do is go out in the hallway to
see if it is there too... it was... I got coat on
and went down stairs and noticed it all the way to the first floor...
Called Fire dept... they came'everyone got up ... everyone smelled
it except the firemen who were dressed in gear that was totally smoky...
(!) and their sensors did get a whiff...
This is a small old building.. the consensus seemed to be that the odor
came from the basement where the boiler is...
Needless to say. I was wired .... everyone was glad I called 911 and I
must say they really did arrive quickly but one of
them crowbarred the door to the basement - and another said no I
didn't do that... hehe.
I took a xanax and slept well... I'm still giddy though
So NOW I'm going to put the drive back on...
I got back most of the stuff already, but nothing that I took in
January... good thing I got the photo submitted to the
book and the gallery and up on smugmug. I had accidentally reformatted
the 2 gig cf card in the Pentax - Yes I knew I was reformatting, I jsut
forgot that I had the good stuff on that card.... and that was before
the drive crashed.
I'll accept crossed fingers... There is some goodnews about my photos
but I'll save that for another post
ann
John Sessoms wrote:
From: Ann Sanfedele
Geez .. with all that.... I UNPLUGGED the harddrive from the wall
socket... let it cool off...
replugged... and
I got it all back!!!!
yayayayaya!
It was the only thing I hadn't tried -- all I did before was check that
the connection was tight
sigh
thanks for all the hugs andd stuff
ann
That's good news.
NOW, get a second drive and copy everything too it before this one
fails again. If you're worried about the quality and reliability of
Seagate externals, look for drives by Iomega, Toshiba or Hitachi (and
other brands).
I don't recommend Western Digital because they are so slow to mount
when you plug them in. I know this because I have some Western Digital
USB drives. Bought them because they were the lowest price at the
time. And I still use them. But they are slooooooooooooooow to mount!
I've also had more trouble with Western Digital hard-disk failures
than I have experienced with other brands. But that's over a period of
20 years.
Eventually, ALL hard-disks fail.
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