Second Western Digital Drive Dead
I had two hard drives in my computer – both Western Digital Caviar SATA drives. One was for programs, and the other was for Sonar audio data. The audio drive died around the first of the year, and I had a miserable time getting it replaced under warranty.
The other drive, with my programs on it, died this week.
It’s also under warranty, since I bought them at the same time. When the audio drive died, I could at least use my computer for other things while waiting on the warranty replacement. This time, the computer is dead until I get a new drive and reinstall Windows and all my software. I’m not sure I can wait a month for Western Digital to fulfill their warranty obligations.
I think I’m just going to buy something else. And it won’t be Western Digital.
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Thanks for post. The hard drive story is scary. I have two computer, and because of that scary scenario, I have a lot of the same info on both computers(programs and music files). I also have a western digital exterior hard drive 1 TB.
I have files from 10 years or more that I would have to lose.
Do you know how to stop 5 other tracks from being recorded to the new track i’m recording now? I have to hear the other tracks but I don’t want them on the track I’m trying to record on.
I’m using Sonar 8 producer Edition, M-Audio Audiophile 2496 sound card with an Alesis 8 USB 1.1, not the 2.0 mixer. I don’t have the USB connected because the drivers I’ve found have all sorts of issues.
Thanks again.