On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 02:28:10AM +0000, T o n g wrote: > Ok, seems everyone thinks this way. My justification was, HD normally not > dies all of sudden. There should be signs of failing sectors. When it > happens, I might have a better chance salvage from the other copy. Yeah, > I agree, this is cheep. :-) A total waste of time. When a drive is failing, you can't trust the data you are reading from it. Get a backup routine sorted. -- Jon Dowland