Help!! I are not good with computer...

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

But back up ~900GB of music/video that's replaceable? Not worth it even if I did have the space...

Don't think about the perceived value of the data, think about the amount of time that it's cost you so far trying to recover it, and the amount of downloading you'd have to do to replace it. Worth 50 quid at least

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002E7HEV...SIN=B002E7HEVU

Glad DataGetBack seems to be working anyway.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Don't think about the perceived value of the data, think about the amount of time that it's cost you so far trying to recover it, and the amount of downloading you'd have to do to replace it. Worth 50 quid at least

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002E7HEV...SIN=B002E7HEVU

Glad DataGetBack seems to be working anyway.

TBH now I have the 2TB drive I may well consider putting the two 1TB drives in a mirrored RAID

But most of the stuff on there is stuff I've watched and then hoarded when in reality I'm unlikely to use it again, it'd probably be good to have a clear out...

Have you tried hitting it with a hammer? I know people who swear by this technique!

I suggest you start using raid with redunacy in the future, then when 1 goes swap the drive and the data can be reconstruced. RIAD 5 is the one you want, if i recall correctly.