Invisible wrote:
> 
> 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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