Hard drive failure

[JB1]

So tonight I decided to unplug my backup drive due to noisy operation seeing as it is a enterprise drive and just plug it back in whenever I need to back something up. While I had the hdd cage out I decided to remove all 3 drives to wipe the dust off them. While trying to remove one of the drives from the cage, it slipped out of my hand and hit the floor from about 18 inches up. Not a particularly hard landing but I guess it was enough to put it down. When I plugged everything back in and turned the pc back on, the system would not post and the drive was making a strange noise, kind of like aluminum foil being balled all along with a beeping sound. So I turned the pc back off, unplugged the drive and everything worked fine again. I really do think I am about finished with platter drives. A fall like that would not have killed a sata ssd or nvme. I think I am just going to buy a 4tb sata ssd to replace the aging 1tb platter that I still have in use as of tonight to go along with the recently purchased 8tb platter that will remain unplugged unless needed for backups.

[counterintelligence]

So tonight I decided to unplug my backup drive due to noisy operation seeing as it is a enterprise drive and just plug it back in whenever I need to back something up. While I had the hdd cage out I decided to remove all 3 drives to wipe the dust off them. While trying to remove one of the drives from the cage, it slipped out of my hand and hit the floor from about 18 inches up. Not a particularly hard landing but I guess it was enough to put it down. When I plugged everything back in and turned the pc back on, the system would not post and the drive was making a strange noise, kind of like aluminum foil being balled all along with a beeping sound. So I turned the pc back off, unplugged the drive and everything worked fine again. I really do think I am about finished with platter drives. A fall like that would not have killed a sata ssd or nvme. I think I am just going to buy a 4tb sata ssd to replace the aging 1tb platter that I still have in use as of tonight to go along with the recently purchased 8tb platter that will remain unplugged unless needed for backups.

A parked platter drive should survive better than a one that is running being subjected to g spinning forces.

The ssd or nvme is a memory technology and it can fail ubruptly and no way to recover the data.

[JB1]

A parked platter drive should survive better than a one that is running being subjected to g spinning forces.

The ssd or nvme is a memory technology and it can fail ubruptly and no way to recover the data.

The platter drive I dropped was parked. It was off, unplugged in fact. The small drop still killed it. If you are referring to the one I plan to keep unplugged from now on, yeah I hope keeping it unplugged will greatly extend its life for backup purposes.

I think ssd/nvme technology has improved a good bit over the years. I will take my chances. I make multiple copies of everything anyhow.

[DaJavoo]

The hype that SS drives weren't robust was wrong.

Been using them (prolly 2nd generation) for years with no problems.

[JB1]

The hype that SS drives weren't robust was wrong.

Been using them (prolly 2nd generation) for years with no problems.

Not to mention they are quiet.

I never really realized how much noise hdd's actually made until I decided to go nvme/ssd only last night. With the fan curve set to quiet mode I can hardly tell the pc is even on unless I am doing something that causes the fans to spin up.

As for using my hdd's, I went and got a docking station for when I want to back something up. This way I won't have to open up the pc and fiddle around with sata plugs and disc cages. I tried it out, seemed to work good. I was afraid it being usb would be slow but am getting over 200MBPS over usb 3. Virtually the same as if it were wired directly. Apparently it clones drives as well. Dunno about its reliability, but I only plan to use it a couple of times a year.