Re: My Pro Tools audio file drive hit the floor at the airport
Rockman413 I got three letters for you: SSD
I'm guessing these are spinners right? Some drives are pretty tough. There are Seagate Barracudas in my Glyph and LaCie drive cases (nobody makes their own drives as such) and they are pretty tough. Drives when they shut down park their heads in a safe zone so should the head actually make contact with a platter there's no data loss. The actual spinner drive is probably okay but I'd suspect the bridge interface board may have a crack in it. Remedy if so - pop said spinner drive out and put it in a new case.
Seriously - that drive should have been in a fitted case with a flip lid so the TSA droid can look at it without handling it. They understand (or should) about such things. And for the love of all that is music - don't put all drives in one case for the exact reason you stated. That way you don't lose all drives at the same time.
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