Re: 500 GB WD My Book external H/D suddenly not wanting to fire up

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From: thanatoid
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:44

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muzician21 <muzician21@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> I've got this WD 500 gb Firewire  external My Book drive
> I've been using to store mostly video files for a big video
> project. It doesn't have an on/off switch, it powers up
> when power is first applied, goes dormant after a period of
> inactivity and restarts when you try to access it. It's
> worked flawlessly until today. 

Without reading the rest, or the replies, I will just say one 
thing.

HD's fail, especially external ones (3x the price for the $10 
Chinese box and a $2 Chinese power adapter with the same drive 
inside that you could have put inside you machine).

DVD's (or expensive tape drives used by corporations) are the 
only way to backup safely.

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