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Invisible wrote:
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> Well he got a newer motherboard where the chipset throws in a RAID
> function just for fun (this seems to be very common now), and had the
> exact same problem. (Despite it being an unrelated machine with
> unrelated drives.)
Weird. Do the mobo and the card share the same chipset?
> That's true. Although I've never yet had occasion to need to format
> multiple drives in the same day. ;-)
Oooh, you're just so young.
>
> This is where the system my dad had failed; it would randomly drop
> drives for no apparent reason. Once he turned RAID off completely, all
> the drives worked just fine. Go figure.
That's what I figured.
OTOH, did you do any tests on that drive? Or checked S.M.A.R.T. log?
>>
>> Do backups ever seem like gaining a huge amount? Think again. How does
>> external HD differ from LTO-tape in
>> 1) in virus-case, when all online files are compromised or deleted
>> 2) when your running data-disk breaks up
>> 3) when you'll accidentally press "delete"
>> 4) when the flood comes through your roof
>> 5) when some looney robs your laptop
>
> Because the LTO system we have at work involves the tapes being put in a
> fire resistant safe in a remote location. ;-)
That's physical job, which has nothing to say with the type of the
media. Even if it had, it would rule out case number 4.
> Obviously, a home user
> with an external HD isn't going to do this.
And a home user with LTO would? Besides nothing stops you doing it with
external HD at home.
>
> ...it just means that that problem is dwarfed by all the other ones! :-D
>
Which isn't equal with the problem being non-existent.
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