<<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.>>
And sometimes the quality brands take a dive too.
<<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. >>
Yes, an ominous clicking or chattering can be telling you it's the
beginning of the end, (or it may already be too late.) Unfortunately,
many of us put our drives in soundproof isolation, so we aren't
always aware of the death cough.
<<Even if the hard disk sounds fine, keep it backed up.>>
More than anything else, this is crucial.
<<Human error also loses lots of data.>>
I try to keep humans away from the studio, but it just doesn't work.
Scott Fraser
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