Have any of you experienced this? I just did for the first time. This hard drive I got in back when I built this computer in July of 2013 is pretty much fucked. It still kinda works, but it's extremely slow and some files are corrupted. I got almost everything off of the drive before it got this bad, so I didn't really lose that much.
Yes before on my old computer which I had to replace.
Hi therey
At this point there's pretty much nothing you can do to salvage it. Either find some use for it until it's rendered completely useless or take it to a computer shop for recycling.
You could also scrap it for parts if you're just that interested in magnets.
Save the jumper if it has one. It can be re-used on other hardware.
At 11/14/14 04:00 PM, Sekhem wrote: the days before ssds were very dark
Those times were called the dark ages.....
Hi therey
At 11/14/14 04:00 PM, NeonSpider wrote: Save the jumper if it has one. It can be re-used on other hardware.
What do jumpers come with? I don't think I have any.
At 11/14/14 04:07 PM, Sword-of-Kings wrote:At 11/14/14 04:00 PM, NeonSpider wrote: Save the jumper if it has one. It can be re-used on other hardware.What do jumpers come with? I don't think I have any.
Got anything that looks like those rectangular black/blue/white pieces in that picture? If there's one or more on your hard drive it'd be around the location near the top of that picture. Those are jumpers.
It's the little things you can save from failed hardware that are still useful for other hardware.
At 11/14/14 04:15 PM, NeonSpider wrote: Got anything that looks like those rectangular black/blue/white pieces in that picture? If there's one or more on your hard drive it'd be around the location near the top of that picture. Those are jumpers.
It's the little things you can save from failed hardware that are still useful for other hardware.
So that's what the pins on hard drives are for? What are they useful for?
At 11/14/14 04:19 PM, Sword-of-Kings wrote:At 11/14/14 04:15 PM, NeonSpider wrote: Got anything that looks like those rectangular black/blue/white pieces in that picture? If there's one or more on your hard drive it'd be around the location near the top of that picture. Those are jumpers.So that's what the pins on hard drives are for? What are they useful for?
It's the little things you can save from failed hardware that are still useful for other hardware.
Configuring settings like master/slave for example. Could have other uses which are specific to specific hard drives. And yes that's what those pins are for. You'll also notice similar pins on your motherboard and those are also for setting various hardware settings specific to that motherboard. Other hardware can also have them.
It's a simple case of saving the jumper if it had one and if not, don't worry about it.
Also sometimes computer repair shops will steal jumpers from people's computers they fix just FYI. It's something to watch for.
You always cry about everything. Deal with it. 31 degrees doesn't look good anyway. Is it still summer where you live, or is your AC on a really high setting? You should probably get some better cooling for your PC or just a fan.
At 11/14/14 04:31 PM, Tuttugu wrote: You always cry about everything. Deal with it.
Of course I do. I've been using this emoticon for months. Do you really think I'm actually crying about this?
31 degrees doesn't look good anyway.
31 degrees is normal.
Is it still summer where you live, or is your AC on a really high setting?
It's cold as fuck here.
You should probably get some better cooling for your PC or just a fan.
My cooling is fine.
A few weeks before Halloween, actually. I was working on a really cool track for Halloween, but it is now forever lost. Ah, well.
Back up your drives!
My drive started making noises within less than a year after getting it, but I didn't get any warning messages until 5 months later. I didn't lose any data, but the computer had a hard time shutting off/turning on to the point that I just left it on until the new one arrived.
It's fun to stay alive
-Limepopsicle
At 11/14/14 06:39 PM, torithefox wrote: My drive started making noises within less than a year after getting it, but I didn't get any warning messages until 5 months later. I didn't lose any data, but the computer had a hard time shutting off/turning on to the point that I just left it on until the new one arrived.
Was the operating system installed on the hard drive? Nothing like that happened to me, probably because I had Windows installed on my SSD.
At 11/14/14 06:56 PM, Sword-of-Kings wrote:
Was the operating system installed on the hard drive? Nothing like that happened to me, probably because I had Windows installed on my SSD.
Yep. I considered switching to a SSD but I couldn't afford both that and a HDD.
It's fun to stay alive
-Limepopsicle
