Hi everyone,

I was using my personal computer tonight when it suddenly froze to a black screen. I rebooted and it said there were no bootable devices. Sure enough, the WD Blue 1TB SSD I bought in October croaked! Luckily, I had he original 1TB SSD that came with this computer (it's a used off-lease Dell Optiplex 7040)
and put it in.

After fiddling with the BIOS (gotta love secure boot), I got the computer back into W11.

I will be quiet this weekend trying to recover data from this drive...if I can get it to be recognized via my USB SATA HDD dock. I have a registered copy of DFSee so I have the right tool to work on it as the drive is formatted with UFS.

-- Sean



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To: Sean Dennis
Re: Uh-oh
By: Sean Dennis to All on Fri Jan 06 2023 09:37 pm

back into W11.

I will be quiet this weekend trying to recover data from this drive...if I can get it to be recognized via my USB SATA HDD dock. I have a registered copy of DFSee so I have the right tool to work on it as the drive is formatted with UFS.

did you ever get your gaming pc together for twitch streaming?
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Hello Sean!

On 06 Jan 2023, Sean Dennis said the following...

black screen. I rebooted and it said there were no bootable devices. Sure enough, the WD Blue 1TB SSD I bought in October croaked! Luckily,

That's really bad luck!

I'm wondering myself when that moment will come here on my W10 machine... It's sporting a Samsung 860 EVO 250 GB SSD. So far, so good... :-X

Best regards
Zip

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To: Zip
Re: Uh-oh
By: Zip to Sean Dennis on Sat Jan 07 2023 03:44 pm

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Hello Sean!

On 06 Jan 2023, Sean Dennis said the following...

black screen. I rebooted and it said there were no bootable devices. Sure enough, the WD Blue 1TB SSD I bought in October croaked! Luckily,

That's really bad luck!

I'm wondering myself when that moment will come here on my W10 machine... It's sporting a Samsung 860 EVO 250 GB SSD. So far, so good... :-X

Best regards
Zip

if you get a program named hard disk sentinel you
might be able to find out.
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did you ever get your gaming pc together for twitch streaming?

No, I decided I'm not going to stream for a variety of reasons. But
that might change later.

-- Sean

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That's really bad luck!

I'm never buying another WD SSD, that's for sure.

I'm wondering myself when that moment will come here on my W10
machine... It's sporting a Samsung 860 EVO 250 GB SSD. So far, so
good... :-X

If this helps, everyone I've talked to has recommended the Samsung EVO
SSD line, so I doubt you'll have issues.

-- Sean


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Hello Jas!

On 07 Jan 2023, Jas Hud said the following...

if you get a program named hard disk sentinel you
might be able to find out.

Thanks for the tip!

(On my Linux box, I'm using smartd and some custom options to monitor changes and temperatures, plus performing short daily self-tests. Even if thresholds would be set too high by the manufacturer, I would still get notices about any changes.)

Best regards
Zip

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Hello Sean!

On 07 Jan 2023, Sean Dennis said the following...

If this helps, everyone I've talked to has recommended the Samsung EVO
SSD line, so I doubt you'll have issues.

Thanks, yes, it appears that many people are happy with their Samsung SSDs.

I'm using one in my Linux box as well (although that one is an M.2 NVMe one rather than a 2.5" one).

Best regards
Zip

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To: Sean Dennis
Re: Re: Uh-oh
By: Sean Dennis to Jas Hud on Sat Jan 07 2023 12:35 pm

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did you ever get your gaming pc together for twitch streaming?

No, I decided I'm not going to stream for a variety of reasons. But
that might change later.

i think only females can make money doing that stuff.
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Sean Dennis wrote to Zip <=-

I'm never buying another WD SSD, that's for sure.

I'm wondering myself when that moment will come here on my W10
machine... It's sporting a Samsung 860 EVO 250 GB SSD. So far, so
good... :-X

If this helps, everyone I've talked to has recommended the
Samsung EVO SSD line, so I doubt you'll have issues.

Agreed. I'm using several Samsung EVOs, and I'd never buy anything
else.


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Jas Hud wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

i think only females can make money doing that stuff.

I'm not really out to make money with that but rather just have fun.
But because I want to run a dual PC streaming setup, I just physically
don't have the room to do that right now. However, if I get more money
from VA disability and I can move into a bigger place, I might still do
it later. This Windows install I am running now has OBS and all of my
Steam games but I really need to buy a better graphics card before
trying to stream with this computer.

-- Sean

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Gamgee wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Agreed. I'm using several Samsung EVOs, and I'd never buy anything
else.

Good to know, thanks!

-- Sean


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Zip wrote to Jas Hud <=-

(On my Linux box, I'm using smartd and some custom options to monitor changes and temperatures, plus performing short daily self-tests. Even
if thresholds would be set too high by the manufacturer, I would still
get notices about any changes.)

May I recommend bpytop as a system monitor? Nice program. There's
glances also. Both are Python-based.

A screenshot of bpytop running on my BBS via ssh on my W11 desktop: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aasuuoh9ou0udzb/bpytop.png

-- Sean


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Hello Sean!

On 08 Jan 2023, Sean Dennis said the following...

May I recommend bpytop as a system monitor? Nice program. There's glances also. Both are Python-based.

Thanks! They both look nice! (The Dropbox link didn't work, but I found screenshots on the net.)

Best regards
Zip

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if you get a program named hard disk sentinel you
might be able to find out.

That is a fantastic program. I use it on my main workstation and server to monitor the status of all my drives. Often times if you have a failing drive, you will know about it before it is too late.

- Mark

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