Always have had back up. My 4 year old 4TB drive that I just had made the music drive for my brand spanking new i7 2012 Mac Mini started making noises on the VERY day I had ordered a new 6TB drive for more room.
Tonight it would not mount...
No biggie as the 6TB is in transit and
My 6 TB inside my Mac Pro has all the data.
So I play CDs and SACDs for a few days
Lesson proven right....
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Topic - Lesson - LWR 19:26:47 11/20/14 (16)
- ALL hard drives eventually fail -nt - Feanor 11:21:20 11/21/14 (13)
- Not true: most are thrown away before they die -t - Sordidman 13:56:09 11/21/14 (12)
- RE: Not true: most are thrown away before they die -t - Tony Lauck 17:11:45 11/21/14 (9)
- RE: Not true: most are thrown away before they die -t - EmailTim 01:15:36 11/22/14 (2)
- RE: Not true: most are thrown away before they die -t - Presto 21:53:33 11/24/14 (1)
- RE: Not true: most are thrown away before they die -t - EmailTim 22:00:14 11/24/14 (0)
- You can encrypt the contents, then securely erase when it's time.... - AbeCollins 23:04:37 11/21/14 (5)
- RE: You can encrypt the contents, then securely erase when it's time.... - Tony Lauck 07:37:29 11/22/14 (4)
- RE: You can encrypt the contents, then securely erase when it's time.... - AbeCollins 09:38:54 11/22/14 (3)
- RE: You can encrypt the contents, then securely erase when it's time.... - Tony Lauck 11:17:28 11/22/14 (2)
- RE: You can encrypt the contents, then securely erase when it's time.... - AbeCollins 09:30:29 11/24/14 (0)
- RE: You can encrypt the contents, then securely erase when it's time.... - fmak 08:45:55 11/24/14 (0)
- Based on personal use history, you might be right ! - AbeCollins 14:11:33 11/21/14 (1)
- We just replaced a bunch of XP machines in June - Sordidman 14:31:11 11/21/14 (0)
- Back ups of your back ups - JeffH 06:01:23 11/21/14 (1)
- Good advice - Goober58 08:25:33 11/22/14 (0)