Re: hard drive connected to the slug

[Bill Gatliff <bgat@billgatliff.com>]

Michael Glockenstein wrote:
> Hello,
> some weeks ago I reported an error where my drive makes strange sounds like
> spinning up in 6 or 7 sequences, then noise, then spinning up again and the
> slug did respond anymore for login. Because nobody replied, I thought it was
> a one time accident, but three days before it happended again :-(
> So now I think about a solution the slug running all the time instead of shut it down
> in the evening and wake up in the morning. I have connected a 3.5" hd to port 1
> with an external power supply in the moment. But this is power consuming too much.
> Is it possible to have a 2.5" notebook hd without external power supply connected
> to the slug and the usb port spends enough energy for that drive?
> Regards Michael
> 
> 

Might be the drive recalibrating its head-positioning hardware, which signals a
failing drive.  Very non-repeatable, at least until whatever is prompting the
event dies completely.  :(

Regardless of the answer to your question, I'd procure a backup storage source
and put it to work right now.  And don't shut the ailing drive down until you
have all the data safely off of it--- it might not restart.


b.g.
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Bill Gatliff
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