ANOTHER Update (My PC dilemma)
Added 2024-02-25 08:01:51 +0000 UTCHello so after a long day of troubleshooting (Thank you so much Skiks on discord he really helped me out)
So my SSD died. My PC would not boot up. I bought a brand new SSD today took apart some of my PC and swapped them out by myself successfully.
However, Iβve been trying to get my document files and assets off of my old SSD and failed doing so. Iβll keep trying but sadly at this point I have to redownload my programs, find my serial codes for everything, find and get my assets for my videos. Figure out my OBS settings again.
Thankfully I saved my reaction video/audio files to my HDD so they are safe however I basically lost all of my premiere files, layouts and assets for editing. Which really sucks especially for YT editing now I have to start over.
Anyways I need a few days to figure out things get all of my programs and assets back. Thankfully my PC is working again after a long day of fixing. Hopefully Monday I will be able to record again.
Literally such a shitty day I feel somewhat defeated but trying to figure everything out now and if anything to always save even project files to a hard drive.
The show must go on though.
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Wuhahaha... I put in the new hard drive and it's rebuilding. It will probably take a whole day... but yet so easy. When I only do it once a year I forget how... so I search it... but there really are no instructions. I just pull the drive... hot swap it and it knows what to do. I'll worry about expanding partitions later, just let it rebuild the mirror first.
Mannygogou
2024-03-01 03:57:54 +0000 UTCso basically about once a year I buy a new hard drive (HDD) and I replace one in my "array" and move the one I pull out and put it into another array... I don't care if the sizes are mismatched, speed mismatch, whatever. I even use HDDs with problems, with warnings. I use them in a RAID array, let's say the drives are mirrored (data is saved to 2 drives, they are mirrors of each other) and if one fails, there's plenty of time for me to put in a replacement drive and the data will be copied to the new one. Seems pretty safe. And you can have a drive with errors but it will continue to work for years. Anyway I have mismatched drive sizes etc. But I buy a new one that is inexpensive for the capacity... and then upgrade every cluster of drives. This time I'm going to end up with 2 to 4 unused HDDs and so I'm going to buy another box with 4 bays or maybe 5 bays. This will collect the smallest and worst drives that are kicked out of the other clusters. There is a nice RAID box with a big metal handle on top, it's inexpensive, looks fun. I should buy it now but I ordered an HD first, a refurbished one and I'll swap out a drive with errors on it... see how that goes before I order the new box. The bad drive I pull out I'll pair it with another one elsewhere and do that again, etc. Maybe next month I'll have the spare HDDs and put them in a new box.
Em McG
2024-02-28 12:47:56 +0000 UTCyou are brave and awesome and hard working. Thank you for your service. I did a quick search, while Windows can "mirror" HDDs it doesn't do it for SSD, although 3rd party software can do it. But you can setup Windows to automatically backup anything in your SSD to HDD. Hardware failures should be uncommon so in the "unlikely" event that your next SSD crashes you can restore from HDD. I've always had bad luck with external HDDs but as long as you account for that. Backup is always a drag... but try to set it up automatically.
Em McG
2024-02-25 16:19:40 +0000 UTCGoing forward, I recommend downloading Personal Backup and then getting a second drive to automatically have a backup drive. There are videos on YT on how to set it all up and it's not too complex.
Abraxas
2024-02-25 15:55:55 +0000 UTChappened to me once i had 200+ plugins on premiere and after effects took me a very long time get everything back i feel you that sucks
lvdvd
2024-02-25 11:16:11 +0000 UTCI know it doesn't help you now but for the future always have a backup for such things. I have a 256GB USB-C stick just for the back up for the case that something like that happens. That is the problem with SSDs they might live forever but they can die in just a blink without any prior warnings. HDDs on the other hand... you'll know in advance if they are going to die on you.
RiShinMarco
2024-02-25 09:01:36 +0000 UTCThat's very unfortunate, it's crazy enough that I been seeing you having a lot issues with your PC or anything that matters that been happening irl or your own content for YT. Hopefully everything goes well over there at your own end and staying safe too
Ξ±UnkwnΞ©
2024-02-25 08:58:26 +0000 UTCIt sucks, you're going to go through a lot of hassle but be proud you're figuring it out and learning new things. Some programs allow you to backup even assets but maybe you've already looked into that. After all the hassle you will come out stronger, you got this (hey you already learned how to swap out your SSD)!
Akachi
2024-02-25 08:21:35 +0000 UTCTake your time , do what you have to do , we can wait ππ
Pablo Salazar
2024-02-25 08:18:11 +0000 UTC
