On 10/05/14 17:03, Brad Rogers wrote:
>> You can just about get away with opening a hard disk in a clean
>>> zip-seal freezer bag (making a very small "clean room").
> You got away with it, but I wouldn't fancy my chances TBH. Drive
> head fly heights are measured in microns, and just one dust
> p
On Mon, 12 May 2014 12:49:53 +0100
David Webb wrote:
Hello David,
>1. Are disks still my best archive storage system?
Given their cost these days, probably. Although CDs and DVDs can be
cheaper, their use requires extra step be taken. This eats into
cost/performance benefit ratios.
>2. Sho
Thanks for everyone's input. I took your advice not to try cleaning the disks
but as I was using ext2, befor discarding them I decided to try a journaling
file system just in case the errors were due to errors when foolishly
switching of the power or similar.
I tried ext3, but after unmounting
On Sat, 10 May 2014 11:26:24 +0100
Alex Dicks wrote:
Hello Alex,
>You can just about get away with opening a hard disk in a clean
>zip-seal freezer bag (making a very small "clean room").
You got away with it, but I wouldn't fancy my chances TBH. Drive head
fly heights are measured in microns,
I had a few of these series disks and they all went belly up within
weeks of the warranty expiring.
Samsung didn't want to know about the problems and in the end I decided
to junk them( re-cycled).
It also meant that Samsung is on my 'do not buy' list.
My advice would be to replace them ASAP.
On 10/05/14 10:18, Brad Rogers wrote:
> Opening the drive itself can only be done in a clean room
> otherwise the disk *will* be destroyed.
You can just about get away with opening a hard disk in a clean
zip-seal freezer bag (making a very small "clean room").
I did this when modding an old drive
On Sat, 10 May 2014 09:53:19 +0100
David Webb wrote:
Hello David,
>Does anyone know of an obvious cause for this type of failure - dust,
>movement, overheating - or how to get into the enclosure (to clean)
>without destroying it?
If it's the drives that are failing, simply opening the enclosur
I have a couple of 1TB usb based backup disks which I alternate between home
and my daughters house. They are Samsung HJ103UJ disks in a Lacie enclosure.
Both have developed a fault in which I can read files for about 10-20s but
they then freeze. I have tried reformatting one (ext4) but then r
