Disk died and data lost.

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  1. xiazixin

    xiazixin Well-Known Member

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    Recently one of my laptops hard disk died while I was cloning the disk. It was a sshd, about 7 years old.
    Usually I did clone them from time to time, but this time when I was cloning half way, the disk dropped.
    With 100% bad sectors. And I can't open the backup disk with as it always say insufficient privileges.
    200GB of data lost.. They should really not use any crappie 2.5 inch hdd of any sort on a laptop, it fails so badly.
     
  2. novaes

    novaes Well-Known Member

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    I know how that feels and it has happened a lot to me, lol. I've come to terms with my laziness though, if I care enough about something, I will back it up. If not? It's my fault for being lazy.

    Actually now is probably a good time to back up my browser settings again.
     
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    yogesh12 Hater of Generic Novels

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    All hail the ssds
     
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    kgggdkp2012 Void ReapeR(8th grade syndrome patient)

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    Things I keep are downloadable later on, and if it's important I store in cloud storage, mobile, computer, and laptop.
     
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    UnGrave ななひ~^^

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    Flowers for the dead
     
  7. Ushuaya

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    In general, the use of hdd in laptops is very harmful to the disk. There is an opinion that the service life of the HDD in a laptop is at least two times less than in a stationary PC. This is due to the fact that the laptop is constantly being moved from one place to another, and hard drives do not like such actions very much. It is better to use an SSD, it will be faster and more reliable, although they also have their drawbacks. I'm not sure that your data can be restored, but you can try to contact the service center, maybe they will help you.
     
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  8. phobos

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    i think i have over 10 broken hdds lying around ...

    mostly the hdd with my mp3 collection on it lost that at least 4 times

    free restoration tools and the non professional once were always unable to restore more than single files here and there

    and its up to you to judge if you lost some files that would be worth several 100 bucks to get a professional restoration done
     
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  9. viva99ku

    viva99ku New Member

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    how about using online storage for backup files... google give cheap price for it guys hehehe
     
  10. phobos

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    the time is lost my collections several times was the time of ISDN single channel 7kb/sec without flatrate if i remember right - no cloud back then