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I have a wonderful data backup story. I was backing up one nearly-full 1TB Seagate Freeagent to another one, and then after 180GB of data transferred, I knocke
by zandorg 18y ago
I have a wonderful data backup story.
I was backing up one nearly-full 1TB Seagate Freeagent to another one, and then after 180GB of data transferred, I knocked one of them over by mistake, it fell 15 cm to the floor and died!
I sent the broken Freeagent to Seagate data recovery, but unsure if it would be recoverable, I had this amazing brainwave.
Before I backed up one Freeagent to another, I quick-formatted (note: quick, not full). When one of the drives broke, I had a brainwave: Why not undelete the remaining data?
So I found a utility on the web to unformat and undelete, and the only data left from the copying was off a spare 3.5" drive, and I got back all but 2 weeks of data.
I was lucky. Now I have 3 Freeagents to serve my backup needs.
However, all my core data is now on some 2.5" drives, which are more reliable than a 3.5% Freeagent.
- statictype 18y agoThe lesson as always: Keep your Freeagent drive on the floor. I've knocked mine over more than a few times, but since I've got it sitting on the floor, there's been no issues.