Art Alexion on 30 Apr 2008 05:12:35 -0700 |
I have a 200 GB IDE drive that recently stopped being detected by the BIOS. After I did a dist-upgrade and was forced to reboot, the drive reappeared. The drive had not given me problems prior to disappearing. I still don't trust it and am ordering a replacement. Once the replacement arrives I want to copy the contents, mostly audio files, to the new drive, but don't want to do it in a way that will tax the drive and make it fail during the copy. My first thought was rsync, but I am concerned about the effect this (transferring ~180 GB at once) may have on the precarious drive. Another thought was to just copy a little at a time, giving it a chance to rest in between, but am reminded that sometimes turning things on and off causes more wear than being left on. What are the best practices in this situation? Attachment:
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