OF COURSE

[Hannibal]

Of course, I FINALLY get a new computer, and I barely turn it on, and the portable hard drive I have crashes a week later. Before I uploaded the data to the new computer. So now I have to pay to see if someone can fix it, or get the data off of the old hard drive.

I have to have that data. Every paper I ever wrote in college is on that hard drive.

[Froberg]

Get Data Back.

http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm

I've tried it, and it works. Costs money though.

Then again, it costs less than having professionals do a data-restore.

[Psycho Xeno]

I have used the *erhrmmm* "Free" version of it. It works WONDERS.

[GUI|LoBo]

I have completely boycotted external drives. I have had too many fail on me and lost all my backed up data on more than one occasion. Lesson learned.

[Alex]

Ive not had any problems yet with external drives.

[Psycho Xeno]

Me neither. What ones did you buy Lobo?

[TheNewScientist]

the only problems I've had with external drives is when the power source, or the bit of the external case which connects to the drive fucks out. I've never had problems with the actual hard drive itself. Just go for flash memory, that is getting cheaper, and it is virtually indestructible, right?

[Froberg]

hah, no.

Flash memory degrades the more you use it.. and no storage medium is infinite..

[Alex]

Well, recently put a 2TB WD HDD in my pc :D along with a 120gb SSD <3

[TheNewScientist]

that being said, the only times I've had trouble with HDD's has been with WD drives

[GUI|LoBo]

What ones did you buy Lobo?

One was a Seagate internal IDE drive in a FutureShop (think Canadian Best Buy) brand enclosure. It crapped out after a little bump on the floor. Another was a Western Digital My Book that completely died after a similar love tap. What's even more irritating is after opening up the My Book encosure I discovered it was just a regular ol' WD Caviar Green internal SATA drive which have guaranteed shock protection. Turns out that's not true...