G2Jim
10th of January 2003 (Fri), 13:38
Just a reminder to all of you to regularly back up your files/photos, whether it's to CD or another drive.
I had been putting it off for the last 6 months, and wouldn't you know it my hard drive failed! I lost lots of original work, since the cost of data retrieval is astronomical. I was painfully forced to reformat my drive.
PS - I found a lot of similar horror stories from fellow IBM Deskstar drive owners whose hard drives failed prematurely. Avoid them if you can. If you own one, back up often! I bought a new Western Digital drive for my main drive and will be using my IBM as a slave.
Jim
I had been putting it off for the last 6 months, and wouldn't you know it my hard drive failed! I lost lots of original work, since the cost of data retrieval is astronomical. I was painfully forced to reformat my drive.
PS - I found a lot of similar horror stories from fellow IBM Deskstar drive owners whose hard drives failed prematurely. Avoid them if you can. If you own one, back up often! I bought a new Western Digital drive for my main drive and will be using my IBM as a slave.
Jim