Posted by: "Scott Fraser"
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> <<Do note that with ANY hard disk recorder or player, if the drive is
> subject to severe impact it can fail. If severe service condtions are
> anticipated, recording to solid state (CF) media is recommended.>>
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> Note also that hard drives can fail catastrophically in the absence
> of impacts, in fact in everyday usage. I have experienced head
> crashes resulting in 100% data loss from the simple act of powering
> up a drive.
With the newer generations of hard drives this has become very uncommon.
Anyone who wants to keep their valuable data backs it up, however. And
it does not matter what kind of memory it's on, you can have a failure
for no apparent reason. That includes solid state media.
I, too have had a hard disk fail and be unrecoverable on power up. That
is without paying recovery services a lot of money. But that was some 8
years ago now, it's not a common problem if you are careful with your
equipment and stick with quality brands.
I pay attention to how all my hard disks sound. Strange noises from a
running hard disk are a warning to quick back everything up if you have
not already. It may still be a long time to failure, but you never know.
Even if the hard disk sounds fine, keep it backed up.
Actually the most likely way to loose data is via a software glitch. And
those are not limited to any particular type of memory for the most part.
Human error also loses lots of data.
Walt
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