My 12TB hard drive died because I ignored the warning signs for 6 months

Was sitting in my home office in Portland last Tuesday when my computer started making this clicking noise. I knew what it was. Had been getting those SMART errors in CrystalDiskInfo for half a year. Just kept putting off the backup. Lost about 2TB of mod archives and old game ISOs I had been hoarding since 2017. Spent the whole weekend trying recovery software. Got maybe 30% back. Now I run a script every Sunday that copies everything to a second drive. Any of you folks actually check your hard drive health regularly or just hope for the best?

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blake_martinez9d ago

I mean that Sunday backup script is the real move honestly.

wade_young869d ago

Tbh @blake_martinez is spot on, but ignoring SMART warnings for 6 months is wild.