Hard drive crapped out

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 01/24/2019 at 12:13 • Filed to: None

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This is exactly what I fucking needed today :/

Any SSD brand recommendations? This one was a Crucial and it only lasted three years. I want to try something else.

CalzoneGolem > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 12:20

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Have you tried turning it on and off again?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CalzoneGolem 01/24/2019 at 12:21

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Only about three dozen times.

Nibby > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 12:22

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SSD MASTER RACE

CalzoneGolem > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 12:23

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That sucks . Is there only one drive in the machine? Got any other machines to try and recover data?

Tripper > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 12:35

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Still might be able to get info off of that with one of those sata usb adapters. I have had 2 or 3 of our drives go bad, they have all worked enough to get the data off, but won’t work as boot drives.

Future Heap Owner > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 12:35

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If you want anecdotes,  I’ve got a Corsair I’ve been using for over five years.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CalzoneGolem 01/24/2019 at 12:36

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Tried swapping in an old HDD from my last computer and it booted up fine.

I just made a backup of my important stuff last week so I'm all set as far as data recovery.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Tripper 01/24/2019 at 12:38

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I just made  a backup last week so I didn’t lose anything important

CalzoneGolem > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 12:40

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Oh awesome! Look at you over here backing up your data ... I’m so proud.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Nibby 01/24/2019 at 12:40

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Imma get a Tb drive . It’ll be like

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 12:43

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This reminds me, I should get my backup drive reconnected.

Tripper > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 12:54

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Nice work! Well of the two or three of our drives that have failed, one was a crucial so I’d steer you away from them, although I have bought a lot of crucial drives and memory and never had a problem. Just FYI t he other one that failed was a “Kingston” and the last was a Samsung. I buy them from whomever is selling them cheap. I was sure the lot of “Adata” ones I bought would be the first to go, but nothing yet.

Boxer_4 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 12:58

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On the pricier end, I’ve had good luck so far with my Samsung 850 EVO. It’s 4 years old. Not sure what the newest is like.

I’ve also had good luck with SanDisk SSDs in some lower end computers.  

Brickman > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 13:09

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I have a Samsung Evo SSD, been using it for about 5 years and no issues.

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 13:13

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Sorry, no useful advice for you. I don’t have any strong recommendations on SSDs. I’m currently using a Samsung 970 EVO m2 drive in my main machine, which is fast and hasn’t died, but it’s only been about 6 months with that one. I’ve never had an SSD fail on me at all though (using Samsung, Sandisk, Crucial, OCZ, Corsair, and Western Digital ). Frankly all of them seem vastly more reliable than any spinning disk (I’d say probably 90% of the past 10 HDDs I’ve bought have failed within 30- years.)

Nibby > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 13:47

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yas

atfsgeoff > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 13:55

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Samsung or GTFO for SSDs

BeaterGT > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 14:15

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On the upside, storage is super cheap right now.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > BeaterGT 01/24/2019 at 14:34

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I know, right? I can get a 1TB drive for like $40 more than what I paid for a 256gb one three years ago.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CalzoneGolem 01/24/2019 at 15:52

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I only backed it up because it gave me a scare last week... rebooted it to apply updates and BIOS popped up saying I didn't have any bootable drives attached.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Tripper 01/24/2019 at 15:53

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I only made a backup because it gave me a scare last week. BIOS kept claiming there was no bootable drive attached. Had to crack the case & reinsert the SSD to get it to boot.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Nibby 01/24/2019 at 15:54

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And by "activities" I mean weird porn.

Longtime Lurker > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/24/2019 at 20:22

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Sa msung Evo.

NojustNo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/25/2019 at 14:56

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Maybe maybe some files got corrupted from being partly unplugged. you can always try restoring your backup ( assuming it’s an image of the drive).

Have you have you run any Diagnostics on the drive yet?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > NojustNo 01/25/2019 at 20:44

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I can launch startup r epair on it but if it doesn’t crash partway through, it says it can't do anything.