I think I'm cursed
The evidence is overwhelming; I honestly think I'm cursed. Yesterday, I had yet another hard drive fail on me. This time, the hard drive in my Powerbook died. And it died hard.
Amazingly enough, the drive died as I was backing it up. So, even though it didn’t complete the backup, it did copy all the important things (namely my Users directory) to the external drive before it bit the dust. If I'm not the perfect example of why you should back up your data (and often!), I don’t know who is.
I'm happy that everything important is safe, but what a hassle it is. I'm now without my Powerbook for at least a week. sob
Heed my warning: back up your data!
Comments
- Matt M. said on 05 February 2006:
I've had two hard drives die on my PowerBook in the last year. Both were covered by AppleCare. The second time around I had a lot of luck putting my Powerbook in firewire target mode and running Disk Warrior off another machine. It fixed up the drive enough to recover my files.
- theory said on 26 March 2006:
I just got my new powerbook back yesterday after it had a failure on the logic board. This is the replacement machine for one that I lost last month.
That one is chewing through drives, memory, whatever you put in it. It’s still with applecare, I think it’s just cursed.
- janny said on 18 April 2006:
Its really nice of you to remind us. It is dishearting to lose data. Without a Powerbook for a week, feel sorry for you. Thanks for your warning:back up your data.