Mourn With Me! :'(

[GforceD]

Get a new drive and come get your "backup" from me. Just a note, all my movies are in HD.

Sniff most of mine were too and I had 3D movies too, you know how long it took to download on a 384k line, thank goodness I've up'ed to a 1024k line now. (sooon it'lll be 2Mbs. yay)
hmm PTA no too far from me only a few hundred KMs

[GforceD]

some consolation, my drive was under warranty I got my cash back, and bought 2 x 2TB

[Rickster]

My 2TB died today. My only condolence is it was not yet full. But I lost over a TB of movies and series.

If you were a PC enthusiast you should have known that the constant starting (Spin-up)
of a hard drive is the main killer of one! You should do what most people have never heard of....LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER ON!

And make sure:

'Turn off the Hard Disk after (Never)' and Put the computer to sleep (Never)

My PC has been running 4 months without turning off. I have 1x500GB 2x1TB and 1x2TB all running 24/7.

PS: What brand was your beloved 2TB?

[ele33]

Here's a basic MSI AMD E350 setup (excl hard drive) that would cost you R1,824 at Sybaritic:

• MSI AMD E350 CPU + motherboard (USB3, SATA3, 1Gbps LAN, HDMI + VGA out [with DirectX 11 support])
• 2x 4GB DDR3 1333MHz
• Cheap 350W PSU
• Coolermaster Elite 120 mini-ITX case - for more info see http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/for...ic.php?p=15473

Rouxenator suggested that case & CPU/motherboard. Unfortunately I don't have any experience with that cheap Thermaltake PSU! Here's a post with photos of his rig: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthre...=1#post8713615

This build competes very well with like an HP Microserver, seeing that they now cost you like R1750.
The HP Microserver does include a 250GB HDD, which costs like R600 brand new. The HP Microserver lacks 1080p hardware decoding support, which could set you back another R400 though.

So if you're going to be building a multimedia +NAS server with multiple 2TB+ drives, then this build would be cheaper than a HP Microserver.

Im thinking of going this route, but Im completely clueless as to how to go about setting this up in terms of software needed, do you maybe have a link to a guide?
Also just to confirm is the following all I would need in terms of hardware:
-Coolermaster RC-120A-KKN1 , Elite 120 advance mini-iTX gaming cube case with 2x expansion slots - 240x207x401mm , black with silver aluminum finish front panel , No psu , with cable management , support upto 343mm long vga card , 1x front usb3.0 + 2x usb2
-GIGABYTE® ODIN 370W 24-Pin Power Supply, 2 Molex & 3 SATA Power Connectors, Intel LGA775 Ready & Approved, Includes Power Cable
-MSI E350IA-E45 AMD Hudson M1 Motherboard w/A8 + G + LK + USB3 + SATA6 + HDMI
-Corsair DDR3-1333 8GB (2x4GB) SO-DIMM Kit

[xera]

If you don't have one already, then get a UPS for your pc.

[Draconia2]

this thread just reminded me why i have 3x 80gb hdds backed up in my cupboard, each labeled for their purposes.

and then a 500gb samsung and a 80gb split for windows and critical backups. and then ofcourse ... bluray backup for those "long term files"

sorry for your loss OP, 2TB is a hard nail to swallow lol ... ouchy

i sometimes do defrags and do disk doctor checks , do these actually help ?

[reedOsama]

If you were a PC enthusiast you should have known that the constant starting (Spin-up)
of a hard drive is the main killer of one! You should do what most people have never heard of....LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER ON!

And make sure:

'Turn off the Hard Disk after (Never)' and Put the computer to sleep (Never)

My PC has been running 4 months without turning off. I have 1x500GB 2x1TB and 1x2TB all running 24/7.

PS: What brand was your beloved 2TB?

I think most people on the forum know this, but leaving your PC on is just a pain

Me for instance... My PC's in my room; it would annoy the hell out of me if I'm trying to sleep and it's humming the entire night

[Duff-Man]

My 2TB died today. My only condolence is it was not yet full. But I lost over a TB of movies and series. So sad.

The click of death greeted me this morning when I turned on my drive. ALAS poor drive I loved thee.

Oh well out with the old and in with the new.
What suggestions do you guys have for a cheap NAS or at least some sort of RAID solution?

Hard luck GforceD, it can happen to anyone, for example over the stormy previous week in Durban lightening struck a telephone line near cousins house, he only had is ethernet cable plugged into his PC nothing else had power, and his whole PC blew up, everything, screen, HDD, PSU, motherboard, CPU etc.