And why was it only after you realized your Golden Girls directory ballooned past 200GB?

  • metaStatic
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    278 months ago

    this is the only true answer.

    like making backups only when the disk starts clicking.

    • Handles
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      178 months ago

      I’m waiting for the disk to stop clicking before I back it up. Any day now!

      • @[email protected]OP
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        68 months ago

        Just last week I did a drive clone for somebody who’s disk reported a total runtime of over 9 years. The SMART stats only reported one pending sector and long spin up time but it was making noises that said otherwise.

        The clone completed with only three I/O errors.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          I got one a few months old that was clicking like something from The Last of Us.

          I swear SMART data is the most useless shit.

        • Handles
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          78 months ago

          You read my mind! Now help me read this dead mechanical drive, would you?