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5y

Always back up your data.

I came to my computer earlier today to find it on my Linux login screen. This could only mean one thing: something went horribly wrong.

Let me explain.

I have my BIOS set up to boot into Windows automatically. The exception is a reboot or something horrible happens and the computer crashes. Then, it boots me into Linux. Due to a hardware issue I never looked into, I have to be present to push F1 to allow the computer to start. The fact that it rebooted successfully, without me present, into *Linux*, could only mean one thing:

My primary hard drive died and was no longer bootable.

The warning was the BIOS telling me the drive was likely to fail ("Device Error" doesn't really tell me anything to be fair).

The massive wave of panic hit me.

I rebooted in hopes of reviving the drive. No dice.

I rebooted again. The drive appeared.

Let's see how much data I can recover from it before I can no longer mount it. Hopefully, I can come out of this relatively unscathed.

The drive in question is a 10 year old 1.5 TB Seagate drive that came with the computer. It served me well.

Press F to pay respects I guess.

On the bright side, I'll be getting an SSD as a replacement (probably a Samsung EVO).

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  • 4
    5y
    Update: I got the drive working again.

    Yes, I did back up the essentials and yes I'm still shopping for an SSD
  • 3
    5y
    Another update: "working" might be a bit generous.

    Discord is broken and Chrome goes "aw snap" for various sites. Eclipse was doing some weird stuff but it's working fine now.

    I'm attempting a disk check now
  • 0
    5y
    Why have you been using the same drive for so long?
  • 0
    5y
    @Root if it works it ain't stupid?
  • 1
    5y
    @neriald It is when it stops, and that gets more likely every day.

    Use dat raid, yo.
  • 1
    5y
    Crashed during disk check.

    Currently moving the rest of my work to my Linux drive until I get around to buying a new drive.
  • 2
    5y
    @IAmAnIssue why the fuck wasn't your kneejerk to use your Linux env to back up? You got better utils and total raw disk access coverage on Linux, plus you're not hitting permission roadblocks trying to do shit while running off it.

    this is basic shit: get into a stable env, get shit off immediate. Time is of the essence here.
  • 2
    5y
    @Root I had an 8 year old RAID where all three controllers caught fire at the same time. All in different parts of the PCB's.

    Keep off-site backups.
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