Hard Drive Disaster lost all my video clips waiting to be edited so purchased an SSD for future

This was to be Episode 6 of my Irish Adventure but alas the portable hard drive I had bought to store the video clips on ceased to function. This is what I tried.

[@sanclewphotographic]

That's bad luck Michael an excuse to go back at some point and reacquaint yourself with Ireland,but what we saw in previous videos we all enjoyed, best wishes, Colin.

[@michaelchartres]

Thank you Colin. I actually don't need an excuse, I love the place. Cheers Michael

[@AR-hq3yf]

Sorry that you lost your footage Michael and you really did your utmost to try and save it. You have so much patience. I think i would have given up early on and had a large Vodka Mak. Look forward to your next trip.

[@michaelchartres]

Thanks for that comment, I did have a LARGE Vodka Mac after that LOL. Cheers Michael

[@trainsontuesday]

A tragedy for sure Michael, what a shame. Nothing to do but put it behind you and move on to the next adventure. Regards, David.

[@michaelchartres]

Absolutely David but still a shame. Cheers Michael

[@trainsontuesday]

@@michaelchartres You still have the memories Michael but you won't get to share them.

[@Andystrainsandmore]

OMG what a sh äm bad luck. I hope the pictures are well stored in your memory. Take care. Cheers Andy 🤠

[@michaelchartres]

The pictures are very well stored in my memory Andy and will be for many years. Regards Michael

[@malcolmpayne754]

Sorry about the bad luck. I am surprised a branded product like that has failed on its first attempt. I wonder if you could remove the disk and insert it into the dvd slot on an older laptop. Pity they no longer put these slots on newer machines. Cheers for now Malcolm

[@michaelchartres]

Thanks for your comment Malcolm. I discovered (by watching numerous KZbin videos) that the problem was with the disk itself. How it got damaged I shall never know because I have always been very careful when handling external drives, I have now replaced with SSD portable unit. It is much smaller and far more robust. Cheers Michael

[@richardearth2848]

what a horrible feeling but well done for giving it a go. i guess its the same as losing a diary or journal a hundred years ago I guess. onwards and upwards . good excuse for more travels 👍

[@michaelchartres]

You are right Richard. I wish I had written a journal now and just taken Black & White photos !! Cheers Michael

[@breintonjunction791]

Hi Michael, so sorry for you at losing your filming of your last adventure 😢 but as you say you’ll have to go back 😊technology is great until it goes wrong cheers Al

[@michaelchartres]

You are right there Al. Great till it goes wrong. If it was on paper you could always dry it out. Cheers Michael

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

very annoying when that happens - my phone has corrupted data on a few occasions, resulting in lost photos etc

[@michaelchartres]

I could have cried but I smiled instead and shall book a ferry back to Ireland. Cheers Michael

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

technology has allowed you to share your stories and experiences with the world - at least it only goes wrong occasionally

[@sawnoff2]

gutted for you......good excuse to go back though... take care my friend. regards from brittany

[@michaelchartres]

Thanks sawnoff2. I was gutted but sahll go back. I loved it. Cheers Michael

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[@michaelchartres]

Thanks.

[@flyingkub]

I have had a few hard drives go that way and lost video, thankfully I back up twice now.

[@michaelchartres]

I wish I had backed up too. Hope all is well with you Algy. Regards Michael

[@flyingkub]

@@michaelchartres I doing OK at the moment thank you for asking.

[@ThatGoth]

There was a chance but sadly all chances of data recovery die as soon as you remove the metal cover, the platters can not handle a single piece of dust. The issue was likely electrical not mechanical, also external drives can not be trusted as there are electromagnetic fields everywhere so either have TWO and keep one at home to copy the first too or backup to a cloud service.

[@michaelchartres]

Good advice so thanks. I have now bought as SSD external storage 1T. It is small and apparently waterproof and shock proof. It is also much smaller. I just wish I had bought one of those before. Shall probably change to all SSD. What do you think???? Regards Michael

[@ThatGoth]

@@michaelchartres Even with SSD drives they have limited writes (should last years but can fail early) so always have a backup somewhere.

[@michaelchartres]

Thanks, I shall bear that in mind.

[@Simon-rx7sv]

Just a thought, my thinking is the data is stored on the disk is it possible to remove the disk and swap it into another old working HD? just a thought I had I am not even sure it is possible

[@michaelchartres]

Thanks for that. It was my thought too but alas the damage is the disk itself. Cheers Michael

[@Simon-rx7sv]

I have had Hard drives fail and it is not fun, I got SSD drives now they are not cheap and I guess they could fail as well but I have had no problems so far

[@nageshtagadur]

get a similar working toshiba hdd, even if it is old,... just working is necessary,..... change platter,... retrieve your data,....!!,.. thats it,....

[@michaelchartres]

Thanks for that but when looked carefully I saw marks on the platter and, as I understand, those were "death marks". Regards Michael

[@nageshtagadur]

@@michaelchartres no harm in trying,... you'll not loose all your data in one go,...whatever saved,.. will be your luck,.. some drives can be loaded on external enclosures,... wd, toshiba are soldered to the pcb