Day 852 of 365 Again.
Well, I have the smallest glimmer of hope. I finally heard back from the company that made my hard drive. I am out of warranty (as I knew) but the tech seems to think that the problem is the power adapter has gone bad (not the motor on the drive itself). Which means, if he’s right, then I should be able to just switch that and magically everything will be fine.
It’s a shot in the dark, but it’s one that’s only going to cost me $30. So I ordered it and I’ll know in a few days.
Blah. I also need to remember to renew my flickr account sometime this week. Just don’t feel like it right now. *sigh*
Here’s hoping it’s the easy fix.
Hope it’s just the power source, dude. A drive loss can be devastating.
@lrayholly: yep… I’m actually feeling confident tonight. Hopeful. It probably won’t last and I’ll be back to my miserable self tomorrow.
@madmolecule: yeah… here’s hoping.
Good luck!!!
when I looked at the tiny thumbnail of this on my phone, it looked like it was your back and you had one arm up over your head. seeing it now on my computer confuses me greatly. oh and good luck with the hard drive.
You could try removing the drive from the external case, and connect it inside the computer itself
@cpmiv: thanks
@dyannafstop: huh… weird. And thank you.
@SchultzLabs: that’s an absolute last resort. It’s not a regular drive. It’s a special hardware RAID0 drive. Meaning there are two drives in the case and the case merges them together into one. Taking them out of the case would mean they’re not merged.
Ooohh… a striped set… risky move. You might want to consider a mirrored set with the replacement.
good luck with the fix… hope it works for you.
@DeHoll: thanks. Hopefully the part will be here today or tomorrow.