Posts tagged with "hard-disk"


  • Dec 28, 2025

    A Not So Failed Hard Disk

    By now you must have heard this several times that I have a 8 TB hard disk that stores all my media, photos and documents. I also have backup drives which put together is 8 TB. So in the unfortunate event that either of these volumes fail, I have another copy of all my precious media. As luck would have it, my main 8 TB drive stopped working suddenly one day.

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  • Dec 12, 2022

    How To Prepare For A Hard Disk Failure

    In April 2021, my 8TB media center hard disk suddenly stopped working. It started to make the “click of death” sounds while we were watching some movie and my heart sank. I knew this could be the end of life for the drive. I turned off the media center PC and turned it on but it was unable to discover the HDD. Bad luck struck. At least I am prepared for such kind of an event, so it was not too bad. The drive contains all my important files, photos, videos, music and movies. I purchased the drive in November 2016, so it lasted a good four and a half years. Not bad for a drive that has been running almost 24/7.

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