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Old May 5, 2008 | 7:43 am
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nd_eric_77
 
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They even mentioned what I am doing to mitigate future risk...
IOW. The drive is almost certainly toast. If the data is really important, you can send it to a disk recovery place, who will charge you lots of money, and send back the data on CD or whatnot. If it’s not, you buy a new drive (or two and a mirroring controller) and resolve to be better about backups next time.
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Originally Posted by ScottC
When I made the switch from from my Raptor to a SATAII drive I didn't notice a single difference in speed. Raptors were fast 3 years ago, but not any more.
same here so far...
Originally Posted by ScottC
The new velociraptor OTOH....
Its probably the fastest thing going in consumer-grade drives... but I will never know b/c I am once-bitten, twice-shy on raptors. Also, given the way my seagates are just zipping along, I just don't see the need to bump up the speed even more (at this time).
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