Buffalo's a solid brand. I often buy their stuff out here, and know other people who use them a lot. They're not that populat outside Japan, but solid nonetheless.
Posted by Spacey Orange on Jan-13-2010 08:44:
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Originally posted by Sushipunk
Good call. It seems to be working out great for Lira. I think I'll go and buy one right now
Take two. They're small.
Posted by Sushipunk on Jan-13-2010 08:51:
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Originally posted by Spacey Orange
Take two. They're small.
That's what she said.
Posted by Lira on Jan-13-2010 16:05:
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Originally posted by Sushipunk
Good call. It seems to be working out great for Lira. I think I'll go and buy one right now :p
Yay, it lives.
So I ran scanddisk, dskchk, and a bunch of acronyms I can't remember. I also relocated some of the files, and will try to defrag it later today. But I'm afraid this is not enough...
Edit: Wha? Ta is not Zalgo-friendly!?
Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Jan-13-2010 16:09:
Hm, I can see where maybe you went wrong.
Posted by Lira on Jan-13-2010 16:20:
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Hm, I can see where maybe you went wrong.
No, no, despite the joke, I'm really worried it's just a matter of time before it rebels against me again =/
Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Jan-13-2010 16:28:
If I were you, I would seriously get another HD. I'm not saying get rid of your current one, but if you truly do have an extensive collection of books/documents/nubileasianpornography, it never hurts to have a backup. You said you'll be travelling soon? 1TB HDs in the US go for like $120 anymore, and that price can only drop farther.
External HDs are absolutely notorious for setting you back a few years by suicide/incontinence, and only get worse the fuller they become. You could just as well make a torrent of many of your documents and host them on a site like Demonoid - should the catastrophic ever happen, you'll know precisely where you can find everything again. Assuming Demonoid doesn't die in the meanwhile.
Posted by euphoria on Jan-13-2010 17:06:
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Originally posted by saluyamo
The 2 main brands are Western Digital and Seagate
and Maxtor
Posted by Lira on Jan-13-2010 17:26:
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
If I were you, I would seriously get another HD. I'm not saying get rid of your current one, but if you truly do have an extensive collection of books/documents/nubileasianpornography, it never hurts to have a backup. You said you'll be travelling soon? 1TB HDs in the US go for like $120 anymore, and that price can only drop farther.
Hmmm... that's not a bad idea, but I'll probably be squandering my poor money in two of the world's most expensive cities in the next few days, so buying a new HD is not really among my top priorities: it's more probable to see me streaking around Harajuku and the Trafalgar Square than buying any redundant piece of computer hardware
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
External HDs are absolutely notorious for setting you back a few years by suicide/incontinence, and only get worse the fuller they become. You could just as well make a torrent of many of your documents and host them on a site like Demonoid - should the catastrophic ever happen, you'll know precisely where you can find everything again. Assuming Demonoid doesn't die in the meanwhile.
Given how I can't read all those books in my lifetime, I do keep just the most useful ones in on-line vaults, fearing a worst case scenario. If my apartment blows up while I'm at work or, less dramatically, my HD dies, I do have some back up copies. I just dread to think I'd have to download it all back again, as that should keep me busy for a while, heh.
Posted by Lira on May-11-2011 20:25:
In the end, I did buy another external HDD, but I'm stubbornly trying to use this old one because of its useful gigabytes.
Here's the question: I know part of the disc is damaged beyond repair. So I decided to create 13 partitions and use the ones in which I don't get this error. But, are partitions really "physical", in the sense that the first partition occupies the a coherent region of the disc and the second partition does the same to an adjacent area? I noticed I can't format some partitions due to this error, but others seem to work fine.
Posted by Domesticated on May-11-2011 20:40:
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Originally posted by Lira
In the end, I did buy another external HDD, but I'm stubbornly trying to use this old one because of its useful gigabytes.
Here's the question: I know part of the disc is damaged beyond repair. So I decided to create 13 partitions and use the ones in which I don't get this error. But, are partitions really "physical", in the sense that the first partition occupies the a coherent region of the disc and the second partition does the same to an adjacent area? I noticed I can't format some partitions due to this error, but others seem to work fine.
Dude, just transfer everything from the old onto the new, and then do a complete re-format of the old and it should be fine. Unless it's an actual manufacturing error.
Posted by Lira on May-11-2011 20:49:
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Originally posted by Domesticated
Dude, just transfer everything from the old onto the new, and then do a complete re-format of the old and it should be fine. Unless it's an actual manufacturing error.
I did. However, the problem seems to persist in some specific sectors even after I reformat it (that is, when I "quick reformat" it - depending on the partition, I can't format it properly).
Posted by KilldaDJ on May-11-2011 20:52:
its fucked, theres nothing you can do to save it.
Posted by Lira on May-11-2011 21:01:
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Originally posted by KilldaDJ
its fucked, theres nothing you can do to save it.
I'm too stubborn to let it die like that Posted by igottaknow on May-11-2011 21:40:
set it outside in the street and let fate decide its fate.
Posted by Sushipunk on May-11-2011 23:06:
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Originally posted by Lira
I'm too stubborn to let it die like that
If you still get funky errors after formatting the drive, it's busted.
Let it go, man Posted by sensorium on May-12-2011 00:41:
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Originally posted by Lira
Here's the question: I know part of the disc is damaged beyond repair. So I decided to create 13 partitions and use the ones in which I don't get this error. But, are partitions really "physical", in the sense that the first partition occupies the a coherent region of the disc and the second partition does the same to an adjacent area? I noticed I can't format some partitions due to this error, but others seem to work fine.
I sure hope they are. I'm running a computer with a damaged HD. And I have some partitions along with different operating systems just in case one of them stops functioning.
So far, nothing has happened. Fedora is the only one that identifies the HD error though although I'm pretty sure it isn't in that particular partition.
Posted by Lira on May-12-2011 01:01:
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Originally posted by sensorium
I sure hope they are. I'm running a computer with a damaged HD. And I have some partitions along with different operating systems just in case one of them stops functioning.
So far, nothing has happened. Fedora is the only one that identifies the HD error though although I'm pretty sure it isn't in that particular partition.
Good, goooooooooood.
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Originally posted by clay
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Originally posted by Sushipunk
If you still get funky errors after formatting the drive, it's busted.
Let it go, man
I can't! I can't let my baby die on me
Well, I can, actually, but I'm too stubborn to let it go Posted by Sushipunk on May-12-2011 01:08:
Fuck everything and become a pirate
Posted by Lira on May-12-2011 01:09:
YAAAAR, THERE BE NO DISCS UPON THE SEA!
Aaaaaaand that's going to make my battle against ninjas much more awesoe!
Posted by igottaknow on May-12-2011 01:17:
if its any solace i felt the same way about my red Swingline stapler
Posted by Sushipunk on May-12-2011 01:21:
Burn down the building.
Posted by Kaidreas on May-12-2011 06:06:
What about guarantee?
I've got a simular problem, my HD just gave up (samsung) after a year. It does nothing anymore (power doesn't work) is there any way to get to the files on them? or did I download 200GB of Pron for nothing?
bought a new one yesterday (western digital) 1TB
Posted by Lira on May-12-2011 06:10:
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Originally posted by Kaidreas
What about guarantee?
It was bought overseas
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Originally posted by Kaidreas
It does nothing anymore (power doesn't work) is there any way to get to the files on them? or did I download 200GB of Pron for nothing?
Can't you rip the hd off and put it in a desktop computer? Posted by Kaidreas on May-12-2011 06:27:
^ Don't know if that works, and how to do it
I just thought of actually just sending it to samsung for my data (read pron)
Normally it's still in the guarantee period but i broke some seals when i opened the thing, to realise I actually know nothing about high-tech equipment