I was able to recover the contents of one of them using Disk Warrior (which was $108 bucks, but it worked), and the others are still in use (although I had to reformat, and lost all the data).
And now I have a power strip UPS, that gives me about 5 minutes of post-power-loss uptime, which has prevented any more issues so far. http://images.highspeedbackbone.net/skuimages/large/C910-1229_chiclet01xx_er.jpg On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Really? I was not aware of that. That's interesting and definitely affects > my decision. I was about 98% on buying one. > > Bruce > > On Oct 21, 2013, at 8:59 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The WD devices, whether connected directly via USB3, or via ethernet, > will > > lose their shiite (and their file tables and formatting) when they lose > > power while being written to. > > > > (I've lost 4 drives in the past 12 months) > > > > If you do get one, get a small UPS that can add a few minutes of uptime > in > > the case of a power loss. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367997 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
