An FYI on the Lacie failures - about 6 years ago they had a problem where
they had maxtor drives in them - and that was the problem. More recently
the last 2-3 years - I've seen at least 10 fail here at CNN - but none of
them lost data - as I quickly figured out that the power supply was no
Digital does NOT last foreverI remember reading an article last
year about some companies who were early adopters in the digital
realm, CD's, etcand they have found that some data is gone or is
being corrupted, something to do with the protective film on the CD's
(if I am remembering
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From: Heath
Digital does NOT last foreverI remember reading an article last
year about some companies who were early adopters in the digital
realm, CD's, etcand they have found that some data is gone or is
being corrupted, something to do with the
On a side note - Discovered a nice trick for data recovery on a drive
that Mac and PC won't read or recognize... Linux.
Plugged a drive that must have had something important corrupted up to
a Suse 10.3 box via USB 2 external enclosure and it mounted fine. I
was able to recover data very easy.
Brook, thanks for the pointers. It's my understanding that Lacie
G-Tech both format drives only for the Mac.
One problem has been happening. The new G-Tech drive mounts when the
computer starts and then, at random unpredictable times, it drops off
and I get a improper device removal notice.
That's really good to know. I just shuddered when I heard how
expensive data recovery costs. Then a friend told me his girlfriend
had spent quite a sum because that was the only way to recover
irreplaceable photos, etc.
I guess that also underscores the importance of having all your data
backed
I've heard so much conflicting testimony about Lacie external drives.
Your point that it appears on all the external drives is something I
hadn't thought of in exactly that way. The internal drives play
everything without any problem.
It's time consuming and sometimes confusing when you have to
That's not beside the point at all. I'm now realizing how fragile
data is. My old PC crashed twice in years past. Since I got my Mac a
couple years ago, I've been splendidly complacent.
Some friends who work as professional video editors producing
documentaries for Cable Channels tell me that
