> On Nov 8, 2015, at 5:40 PM, Yolanda Rowe <ypr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Eric, from my own experience, I'd toss the drive that failed. It > probably wasn't a software hiccup that caused the failure. The > mechanical failure will recur--it's only a question of when. I lost a > significant portion of my catalog on one computer under similar > circumstances. I was able to recover some, but not the all of it.
Thanks, Yolanda. I learned a hard less a few years back when I had a hard drive replaced in my notebook, threw away the old drive, only to discover afterward that I had not included my photo database in my Time Machine. That said, while I’m not pitching the failed drive till I’m absolutely certain I don’t need need it, I haven't been using it. I don’t think I’ll need to, but just in case…. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
