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The other seagate drive is only 7 months old.

Oh okay in that case, do it backwards, use the WD as back up and Seagate as main

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Hello LTT Community,

 

I'm new, and I would like some advice on this possibly stupid question haha.

 

So I have had my PC for 2 years, and after 2 years my hard drive has finally died :(, Oh well.

 

So my storage configuration at the moment is:

 

1)     SSD - Samsung 120GB for OS

2)     HDD - 1TB Seagate Barracuda for Programs and Games (This One died)

3)     HDD - 1TB Seagate Barracuda for Movies, Photos, Backups Images, etc

 

I have bought a new 1TB WD Blue and my question is:

 

Should I move my other seagate drive which is hardly ever used up (only use it for backing up, has like 150 hours power on) and use it as my drive for programs and games, and use my WD blue for backups etc. (Sounds stupid but no harm in asking).

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Conspiracy said:

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What are you asking for exactly?

Well, now you're reading this, I might as well inspire you with a deep quote

If you fall, I'll be there

             - Floor

so inspiring, so deep, the feels ;-;  THE FEELS ;-;

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£0.00)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£0.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.76 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£0.00)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  (Purchased For £0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £803.77

 

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3 minutes ago, LynxThe1st said:

What are you asking for exactly?

I accidentally clicked save lol

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2 minutes ago, Conspiracy said:

I accidentally clicked save.

I would rather keep the WD as your main since it's new and would have a longer life span (assuming the 2 Seagate are both 2 years old?) and keep the Seagate as your main

IMO

Well, now you're reading this, I might as well inspire you with a deep quote

If you fall, I'll be there

             - Floor

so inspiring, so deep, the feels ;-;  THE FEELS ;-;

 

Newer Build which I'm gonna buy when I haz moneyz

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£0.00)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£0.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.76 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£0.00)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  (Purchased For £0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £803.77

 

somethings says '£0.00' because I already bought them

 

https://soundcloud.com/theglitchmob/whitestripesremix
 
probably best remix out there

 

 

If I follow you, consider your self lucky, I rarely follow people and when I do it's either because

1) I look up to you

2)I like your picture

3) Or you have an epic ass rig (40 titan x's 9 6700k's clocked at 29GHz that is what I call a epic ass rig, but no one has that soo...)

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If space is not an issue. I would put the two drives into raid 1. This will make an exact 1:1 copy of the data on two drives. So if one fails in the future you still have all your data. 

 

Also, I would suggest checking out spinrite. I don't know if you need to retrieve data from the failed drive.  You may be able to save the failed hard drive. It is a paid solution, but depending on how important the data is. It may be worth the purchase. 

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Ah the second seagate drive is only a 7 months old

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4 minutes ago, LynxThe1st said:

I would rather keep the WD as your main since it's new and would have a longer life span (assuming the 2 Seagate are both 2 years old?) and keep the Seagate as your main

IMO

The other seagate drive is only 7 months old.

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The other seagate drive is only 7 months old.

Oh okay in that case, do it backwards, use the WD as back up and Seagate as main

Well, now you're reading this, I might as well inspire you with a deep quote

If you fall, I'll be there

             - Floor

so inspiring, so deep, the feels ;-;  THE FEELS ;-;

 

Newer Build which I'm gonna buy when I haz moneyz

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£0.00)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£0.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.76 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£0.00)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  (Purchased For £0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £803.77

 

somethings says '£0.00' because I already bought them

 

https://soundcloud.com/theglitchmob/whitestripesremix
 
probably best remix out there

 

 

If I follow you, consider your self lucky, I rarely follow people and when I do it's either because

1) I look up to you

2)I like your picture

3) Or you have an epic ass rig (40 titan x's 9 6700k's clocked at 29GHz that is what I call a epic ass rig, but no one has that soo...)

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Just now, Conspiracy said:

The other seagate drive is only 7 months old.

I would put the data you care most about on the newest and therefore likely the most reliable drive.

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2 hours ago, Bragi said:

If space is not an issue. I would put the two drives into raid 1. This will make an exact 1:1 copy of the data on two drives. So if one fails in the future you still have all your data. 

 

Also, I would suggest checking out spinrite. I don't know if you need to retrieve data from the failed drive.  You may be able to save the failed hard drive. It is a paid solution, but depending on how important the data is. It may be worth the purchase. 

Would this tool work on recovering files off a HDD which has been formatted and has bad sectors?

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4 minutes ago, Conspiracy said:

Would this tool work on recovering files off a HDD which has been formatted and has bad sectors?

If you formatted the drive after the failure it will not rescue your data. Sprinrite recovers drives by going over each sector and repeatedly reads the data until it is successful. Then erases the sector and writes the corrected data. Sprinrite is not capable of restoring deleted partitions. 

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1 minute ago, Bragi said:

If you formatted the drive after the failure it will not rescue your data. Sprinrite recovers drives by going over each sector and repeatedly reads the data until it is successful. Then erases the sector and writes the corrected data. 

Ah okay, ive recovered my data fine, but my mums hard drive for her laptop was dropped by her and now it hangs every time i try to access it, it has bad sectors and any recovery software i run on it, says the remain time is 1 month. I've tried using easeus, recuva and seagate recovery.

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Ah okay, ive recovered my data fine, but my mums hard drive for her laptop was dropped by her and now it hangs every time i try to access it, it has bad sectors and any recovery software i run on it, says the remain time is 1 month. I've tried using easeus, recuva and seagate recovery.

Spinrite will be faster. Because Sprinrite is developed in x86 assembly language it had direct access to your hardware. This allows spinrite to leverage all of your systems resources without having to go through any "middlemen". Spinrite is capable of processing data at a maximum of 2Gb/m. Spinrite can perform miracles on drives, I would give it a shot. 

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6 minutes ago, Bragi said:

Spinrite will be faster. Because Sprinrite is developed in x86 assembly language it had direct access to your hardware. This allows spinrite to leverage all of your systems resources without having to go through any "middlemen". Spinrite is capable of processing data at a maximum of 2Gb/m. Spinrite can perform miracles on drives, I would give it a shot. 

I'll give it a go, She gave it to someone to recover the files and they just formatted it and said we couldnt do it. But yeah, I'll give spin rite a whirl and see what happens

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