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Elendil3616y@irene main reason is because VR, and because i wanted something that was future proof. I rarely do upgrades, whatever i get needs to last 3-5 years.
But i am a noob at this (as you can clearly see) so idk :shrug: -
Damn that sucks. The risk of data loss is why i have been hesitant in buying an external HD for portable storage. Now I'm convinced. I am gonna settle for an SSD.
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Root797956ySSD's (Or M2's) for local storage, Raid5 NAS for everything else. 😊
I have a 3yo, so local spinning disks are a very very bad idea. -
Noob64606yI still like the assertiveness and OP not being lazy.
Completely stupid mistake, but hey, we all gotta do some of those :) -
ivrat2596ySo u ran out to buy a saw insted of new case lol maybe u watch too much linus tech typs
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so here's a little story:
yesterday i decided to buy a shiny new gtx 1070 since my pc is getting very old, i come back from the store and i realize that my case is slightly too small to fit the card.
'No bg deal' i think to myself, i run out to buy a saw and after some work i made some space to fit the card in by sawing off some hard drive bays i was not using. I plug in the card, i wire up the pc, and it does not boot: after some asking around (i have never really built a pc before), i relaize i need more power to the card and wire a second PCIE connector. low and behold, i power of the pc and it works! Once logged into windows tho, i realize none of my HHDs are detected...
To cut a long story short, i **did not think to unplug the hard drives before i started sawing off bits of the case and the vibrations killed both of them!** i lost ~1TB of data in the process: a lot of it was games and programs, but i have yet to tally up the damage.
I am completely bamboozled by what the fuck just happened, i think i'll go hand myself in to the nearest police station for crimes against technology... or maybe a mental clinic would be best?...
PS: my system drive was spared since its an SSD, but i may as well re-install windows at this point since i lost 90% of my software
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