Just placed my HD in the freezer - let's see how it goes

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  • Antonio
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Oct 2001
    • 14136
    #1

    Just placed my HD in the freezer - let's see how it goes

    Fucking Seagate - I've had HDs crashing before, but noting like that - it stopped working in a split second while I was jerking off to some Japanese porn; usually, I would start hearing some cracking noise, but the HD would be working for a week or longer, giving me more than enough time to get out everything I need.

    I have backups for pretty much most of the important stuff, but it'll still take me days to go back to normal. Just put the HD in the freezer - I know that it is a long shot, but what the heck, if it works, it works....

    What is the easiest way to set up automatic backup?????? External HD and some RAID shit (never done that before)?
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    • CyberHustler
      Masterbaiter
      • Feb 2006
      • 28760
      #2
      You not supposed to pop on the HD homie, there's nut rags (socks) for that. Freezer can't fix bad masturbation etiquette my nigga.
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        • Antonio
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Oct 2001
          • 14136
          #3
          The HD malfunction happened way before popping time, I had to switch to PC2 to finish what I'd started....

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            • Scott McD
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              • Nov 2002
              • 67792
              #4
              The freezer trick never worked for me when i needed it a couple of years back.


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                • Antonio
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Oct 2001
                  • 14136
                  #5
                  didn't work at all - took it out after keeping it overnight in the freezer, the clicking sound was less louder, but still didn't work .... grrrrrrrrrr

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                    • ggrrssyydik
                      Confirmed User
                      • Mar 2011
                      • 157
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Antonio
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                      What is the easiest way to set up automatic backup?????? External HD and some RAID shit (never done that before)?
                      I use Second Copy to back up my files. Saved my behind a few times already.

                      Ohh and I don't like Segate HD. Rather use WD or Hitachi. But oddly Im using it on my Macbook. The only one available at the time. We'll see.
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                        • shake
                          frc
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 4663
                          #7
                          For windows, volume shadow copy turned on and backing up to an external USB drive (USB 3 is nice and fast, and pretty cheap).

                          Also, get a subscription to crashplan or one of their competitors for around $5 a month - it works great.

                          Myself I switched to using a Mac for my important things - time machine works so well.
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                            • freecartoonporn
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                              • Jan 2012
                              • 7683
                              #8
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                                • mikke
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                                  • Jan 2010
                                  • 1327
                                  #9
                                  NAS + time machine
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                                    • oscer
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                                      • Jan 2001
                                      • 2834
                                      #10
                                      I have had the freezer work in many cases but not all . Good luck
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                                        • BIGTYMER
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                                          • Nov 2004
                                          • 17066
                                          #11
                                          Time to invest in a nice NAS device.

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                                            • AllAboutCams
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                                              • Jul 2011
                                              • 12234
                                              #12
                                              When setting up backups with win7 is there a way to only copy modified files to backup as mine keeps wring untill the drive is full
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                                                • rowan
                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                  • Mar 2002
                                                  • 17393
                                                  #13
                                                  Freezer is the last thing you try, not the first.

                                                  You've been lucky in the past with slow failures, but they don't always go that way!

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                                                    • CYF
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                                                      • Mar 2009
                                                      • 10973
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by ggrrssyydik
                                                      Ohh and I don't like Segate HD. Rather use WD or Hitachi.
                                                      Same here. In 1997 I had a Seagate crap out on me, and so did the replacement they sent me. I won't buy them anymore, even though I realize manufacturers can have bad batches and every manufacturer has had problems.

                                                      I've had WD, Hitachi, and even Samsung drives without problems and I just prefer to use them over Seagate.
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                                                        • Va2k
                                                          I’m still alive barley.
                                                          • Oct 2001
                                                          • 10060
                                                          #15
                                                          Yea I got a Segate terr and it wouldn't even work when I got from the ups man

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                                                            • robwod
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Nov 2005
                                                              • 2540
                                                              #16
                                                              I've actually had nothing but great results from Seagate. The only hard drives I've ever had fail on me were more recent WD's and older Maxtor drives. But Seagate drives have never once caused me grief in the 15+ years I've been using them.

                                                              Having said that, I agree with having a solid NAS drive. You can even pick up a reasonably decent WD NAS drive for under $200.

                                                              One little tool I find really useful for incremental backups is from the same people who make RoboForm -- called GoodSync. You can schedule backups of all drives, external drives, NAS drives, or heck, you can even use it to sync your server's drives to a local drive. And no need to put anything inside some other service's "cloud". And it allows you to store multiple day's copies of files so you can go back X number of days for a specific file edit.

                                                              http://www.goodsync.com/

                                                              Good luck getting back up to speed.
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                                                                • Barry-xlovecam
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                                                                  • Jun 2010
                                                                  • 18083
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Debian/Ubuntu sbackup
                                                                  Windoz good luck I would make hard copies to DVD RW of the files themselves -- have a record of the data

                                                                  The backups should be on a separate hard drive (or 2)

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                                                                    • NaughtyRob
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                                                                      • Nov 2004
                                                                      • 29602
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Seagate seems to be the only HD that has ever died on me.
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                                                                        • Brad Mitchell
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Nov 2001
                                                                          • 9813
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Hard drives fail at a rate of several percent annually. If you want lower failure rates, buy a non consumer drive. Doesn't matter what manufacturer. If you heard clicking there is a mechanical error and your drive is toast, at best try to copy your data off. Your data can be saved for around 900 in a lab clean room if all else fails, I have a place to recommend.

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                                                                            • Theo
                                                                              HAL 9000
                                                                              • May 2001
                                                                              • 34515
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by robwod
                                                                              I've actually had nothing but great results from Seagate. The only hard drives I've ever had fail on me were more recent WD's and older Maxtor drives. But Seagate drives have never once caused me grief in the 15+ years I've been using them.

                                                                              Having said that, I agree with having a solid NAS drive. You can even pick up a reasonably decent WD NAS drive for under $200.

                                                                              One little tool I find really useful for incremental backups is from the same people who make RoboForm -- called GoodSync. You can schedule backups of all drives, external drives, NAS drives, or heck, you can even use it to sync your server's drives to a local drive. And no need to put anything inside some other service's "cloud". And it allows you to store multiple day's copies of files so you can go back X number of days for a specific file edit.

                                                                              http://www.goodsync.com/

                                                                              Good luck getting back up to speed.
                                                                              Any idea on how to use it with rsync?

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                                                                                • robwod
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Nov 2005
                                                                                  • 2540
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Theo, it is its own sync tool, so not sure what you mean --it does not need to use an external rsync on a server. It just runs locally from your computer and can connect to web servers, or sync/backup local drives, external drives, NAS drives and local network drives.

                                                                                  You have the option when creating a job to create a 2-way sync (meaning whichever side has the newest file wins), or a simply mirror backup.
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                                                                                    • candyflip
                                                                                      Carpe Visio
                                                                                      • Jul 2002
                                                                                      • 43070
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      NAS + Time Machine as has already been posted. Saved my butt recently.

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                                                                                        • rowan
                                                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                          • Mar 2002
                                                                                          • 17393
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          RAID1 for continuity
                                                                                          Backups for data integrity

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                                                                                            • Brad Mitchell
                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                              • Nov 2001
                                                                                              • 9813
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by rowan
                                                                                              RAID1 for continuity
                                                                                              Backups for data integrity
                                                                                              What Rowan says!

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                                                                                                • John-ACWM
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                                                                                                  • Nov 2008
                                                                                                  • 20060
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by CyberHustler
                                                                                                  You not supposed to pop on the HD homie, there's nut rags (socks) for that. Freezer can't fix bad masturbation etiquette my nigga.

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