I have 2 external HD's, one is a Kaser Storage Vault which I have set aside for my time machine in Leopard. I plug it in now and again and get the flickering blue light but never really paid attention.
I also have a new Western Digital Mybook Premium (500GB) which I bought to store my daughters videos, music, files, etc.
So, last night I wanted to get some files off of the mybook which is plugged into my airport extreme router and everything on there had vanished. Absolutley no files whatsoever. Over 70gbs of my daughter's birth, first feed, photos, files, etc...gone. I was very distraught and very pissed off that my security device (as in backup) had failed. I tried the disk utility and some other things to try to get some informaiton back but to no avail.
LUCKILY when transferring files from my computer to the new WD mybook, I had run the time machine prior to the exchange and it looks as though I am going to be able to restore my files. BIG RELIEF and Time Machine now officially rules the school.
My question is, how does an external hard drive magically completely erase itself? It was plugged into a surge protector, insulated room, on a shelf away from the dog... Should I not be using the drive as a file server? Putting it in a ziplock? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I also have a new Western Digital Mybook Premium (500GB) which I bought to store my daughters videos, music, files, etc.
So, last night I wanted to get some files off of the mybook which is plugged into my airport extreme router and everything on there had vanished. Absolutley no files whatsoever. Over 70gbs of my daughter's birth, first feed, photos, files, etc...gone. I was very distraught and very pissed off that my security device (as in backup) had failed. I tried the disk utility and some other things to try to get some informaiton back but to no avail.
LUCKILY when transferring files from my computer to the new WD mybook, I had run the time machine prior to the exchange and it looks as though I am going to be able to restore my files. BIG RELIEF and Time Machine now officially rules the school.
My question is, how does an external hard drive magically completely erase itself? It was plugged into a surge protector, insulated room, on a shelf away from the dog... Should I not be using the drive as a file server? Putting it in a ziplock? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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