and.... It has officially crashed.
At the time of the crash I had over 500 GB of Music, Photos and Videos, as well as all of my 3D art and other miscellaneous files. THANKFULLY I've lost only a fraction of my most recent files, which makes me extremely happy (and irritated at the same time). This is actually the 5th time the drive has failed on me, out of the blue, saying "Drive F not Formatted". The last four times I was able to wait a while and power the unit back on, at which time, *MIRACULOUSLY* I get my files back.
Its been tough archiving as I don't have the space needed to save all these files, so I've been writing DVD's like no one's business.
So anyways, the drive comes with a full year warranty, we'll see if the company honors it. Calling in the morning to see what they can do for me. I expect a long wait and sub-standard customer service based on the negative reviews I've read online. Hopefully they can prove me wrong!
I should count my lucky stars that I haven't lost our photo and video albums, which is of course, the most important data to me.
So I guess back to the drawing board... what a pain in the ass.
/visualizes dropping the hard drive off the roof of a very tall building
/rant complete
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