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RE: HD problem

Posted by AbeCollins (A) on September 23, 2015 at 07:08:31

In Reply to: HD problem posted by jazz1 on September 22, 2015 at 23:41:36:

It sounds like your source HD may have failed mid-way through your backup process.

- Does the backup HD work and contain all of your music? I know your backup said 50% done but depending on the type of backup performed, previous content may still reside on the backup disk with only new content being backed up.

- You also said that your main HD LED shows that it is getting power but this is no guarantee that the power supply is good. Do you have another power supply you can try on your HD? How about using the power supply from your backup disk on your main disk? If you do not have another compatible power supply I would consider getting one to try.

Do you have a 2nd backup disk? I keep more than one backup around.

- Recovering data off a failed HD is no easy task. If it's the controller board mounted under the drive, you can sometimes swap it with a good controller board from another identical disk. Otherwise, there are data recovery services that can get your data off the platters but if you had a disk crash not all of your data will be recoverable. And those services can be very costly, mostly used by businesses that have critical data to recover, not a music collection.

Edits: 09/23/15 09/23/15

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