And why was it only after you realized your Golden Girls directory ballooned past 200GB?

    • metaStatic
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      271 month ago

      this is the only true answer.

      like making backups only when the disk starts clicking.

      • Handles
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        171 month ago

        I’m waiting for the disk to stop clicking before I back it up. Any day now!

          • Handles
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            71 month ago

            You read my mind! Now help me read this dead mechanical drive, would you?

        • @LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgOP
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          61 month ago

          Just last week I did a drive clone for somebody who’s disk reported a total runtime of over 9 years. The SMART stats only reported one pending sector and long spin up time but it was making noises that said otherwise.

          The clone completed with only three I/O errors.

          • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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            11 month ago

            I got one a few months old that was clicking like something from The Last of Us.

            I swear SMART data is the most useless shit.