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>HDD starts acting real spotty
>one folder that hadn't been backed up, it fails
>HDD stops responding at all
>remove it to check it out
>whenever I tip the drive, I can hear the platter(s) physically squeaking around inside
how fucked am I /g/?
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>>61163202
If the platters are squeaking the you're thoroughly fucked
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Bearing failed read write heads touching the platters. Press f to pay respects.
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>>61163202
Plug it in Linux.
Run Badblocks in terminal.
Read SMART Data first and backup stuff if you can.
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>>61163202
>one folder that hadn't been backed up, it fails
you're fucked, learn your lesson next time
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>>61163345
>Run Badblocks in terminal.
how
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>>61163345
(OP) SMART showed a bunch of errors and shit, but now it doesn't even show up in partition lists and stuff.
I had backups of literally everything except my porn. So many boobs lost forever...
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>>61163491
Just plug your HDD in something running Linux, go to disk section, open your SMART data and run a benchmark of the HDD to see if speeds are fine, if no something is wrong.
If there are bad sectors in the SMART info then your HDD is fucked.
>>>/g/sqt
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