So Saturday night my server room, along with the rest of a few blocks around my house, had a power outage that lasted a few hours. It was nice to have the house lit up with candles and lanterns. But when the power came back and I tried to turn on the box that this site and a few others were on, no dice. The box would not come up. After a few minutes of tinkering, I found out that the HD had failed. If the HD was connected to the power supply, the box would not turn on, but as soon as I disconnected the HD, the box came to life.

Now I tell my family to make regular backups, just in case something happens. You would think I would take my own advice. I didn’t.

I called a few data recovery places to see what the cost would be to restore the drive, and the range was from $500 to $2,700. 3k to get my drive back? Key-ryst! Luckily one of my co-workers helped trouble shoot what was wrong and the board on the HD had a short in it. We replaced it with a compatible board and the drive came back to life! The the drive was cloned and that’s where it stands now, back in the box and running, as you are reading this. :)

Now I take my own advice, and I am in the middle of backing up every machine in the room. Twice!

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