This thread is a place to ask any dumb tech questions you want to know the answer to (along with the not so dumb ones)

I am going to kick it off

I have an 8TB external HDD/Hub that I use for my Xbox. Last night I booted up my console for the first time in about a week and noticed that all the games on the external weren't showing up. I thought maybe it was an error, full shut down the console and when it came on the external wasn't reading at first. After some time it popped up, but not under the custom drive name with 0GB available for use. I had a quick look online and it said to run it through SeaTools and see what shows up. There is a status failure on the IOEDC count (should be 100 but is reading as 99) which I have no idea what it actually means. After some further Googling I found this

Bear in mind that the end-to-end error is a critical parameter that means an imminent hard drive failure. So, it is highly recommended that you make a full backup of your hard drive in order to avoid any unnecessary loss.

I ran a short Fix All on the drive through the SeaTools and it is still showing the error. Is the drive officially screwed? Can I recover anything? It is still under warranty by about 6 months so I am tempted to just get a refund on it since I need an upgrade anyway. 

I also had a look at the drive details and it says the amount of hours it has been powered on is 22,742  The drive is always plugged in, but normally the light turns off with the console when it goes into standby. I'm thinking this is highly likely the reason it is cooked. 

did you unplug it and plug it back in?

"But it's so small."

A thread for ants! 

On 8/7/2022 at 10:25 AM, Mat said:

This thread is a place to ask any dumb tech questions you want to know the answer to (along with the not so dumb ones)

I am going to kick it off

I have an 8TB external HDD/Hub that I use for my Xbox. Last night I booted up my console for the first time in about a week and noticed that all the games on the external weren't showing up. I thought maybe it was an error, full shut down the console and when it came on the external wasn't reading at first. After some time it popped up, but not under the custom drive name with 0GB available for use. I had a quick look online and it said to run it through SeaTools and see what shows up. There is a status failure on the IOEDC count (should be 100 but is reading as 99) which I have no idea what it actually means. After some further Googling I found this

Bear in mind that the end-to-end error is a critical parameter that means an imminent hard drive failure. So, it is highly recommended that you make a full backup of your hard drive in order to avoid any unnecessary loss.

I ran a short Fix All on the drive through the SeaTools and it is still showing the error. Is the drive officially screwed? Can I recover anything? It is still under warranty by about 6 months so I am tempted to just get a refund on it since I need an upgrade anyway. 

I also had a look at the drive details and it says the amount of hours it has been powered on is 22,742  The drive is always plugged in, but normally the light turns off with the console when it goes into standby. I'm thinking this is highly likely the reason it is cooked. 

often in these cases you end up having to take the HD in to a pro if there is critical data to be recovered - assuming it can be.

It sounds like the drive was refurbed? Did you buy it new? Sounds like you bought a lemon

btw failure rate on 8TB hard drives is nominally abt 1% or a bit under

 

sorry to hear you chose XBox

13 hours ago, Arthur Jackson said:

often in these cases you end up having to take the HD in to a pro if there is critical data to be recovered - assuming it can be.

It sounds like the drive was refurbed? Did you buy it new? Sounds like you bought a lemon

btw failure rate on 8TB hard drives is nominally abt 1% or a bit under

 

It's not worth the cost of recovery. I have a duplicate drive with most of the stuff on it and all save game data is on the cloud. 

It was brand new when I got it in 2019. I got one for myself and one for dad. The other one is still kicking so you might be right that I got a lemon.

This is it

 

https://www.seagate.com/au/en/consumer/play/game-drive-hub-xbox/

I ended up taking it in and getting a gift card today since it is still under warranty.

They've been discontinued but they still have 16 left in the company. They've also dropped another $100 since I got mine. I'm tempted to see if I can get my hands on one as a spare. 

 

11 hours ago, Agent23 said:

sorry to hear you chose Seagate

Fixed

Had the 2 TB die on dad's PS4 about 3 months ago. I've generally been pretty lucky with my Seagate drives in the past but I've had 2 separate drives have issues in the last 3 months. The other one was a little older and USB. They're normally prone to being trash. Didn't expect the error on the 8TB that I had. From what I read it will probably work once it was reformatted but there are probably other issues so worth replacing/refunding now

I think I have a western digital slim 5TB plugged into my ps5 with all my past ps4 games I’ll never actually play saved onto it. 

My Xbox just crap the bed but i have a sweet Surface pro 7 I never use.  Can I game on that thing? 

1 hour ago, Redden said:

My Xbox just crap the bed but i have a sweet Surface pro 7 I never use.  Can I game on that thing? 

 

I'll take it that's a no.

3 minutes ago, Redden said:

I'll take it that's a no.

if you want a moderately helpful answer...

It has pretty decent specs and performance, approaching desktop but not quite like a console or gaming rig

I just don't like games on tablets. I'm just too bloody old

It really depends on the game

I'm now one step closer to figuring out whose clone you are.

My new car has CarPlay. It’s nice

does anyone know of a good, reliable, FREE app for doing a video conference (like on teams or zoom)?  i have 1 guy in my fantasy league who will be out of town so i wanted to see if there's a way for him to follow the draft & make his picks remotely.  zoom only gives you 40 minutes for free. 

2 hours ago, mr_hunt said:

does anyone know of a good, reliable, FREE app for doing a video conference (like on teams or zoom)?  i have 1 guy in my fantasy league who will be out of town so i wanted to see if there's a way for him to follow the draft & make his picks remotely.  zoom only gives you 40 minutes for free. 

Facetime

2 hours ago, mr_hunt said:

does anyone know of a good, reliable, FREE app for doing a video conference (like on teams or zoom)?  i have 1 guy in my fantasy league who will be out of town so i wanted to see if there's a way for him to follow the draft & make his picks remotely.  zoom only gives you 40 minutes for free. 

If he doesn't have an iPhone you can use Whatsapp or Messenger which both have video call functions and should work for what you need. 

24 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

Facetime

ahh...how could i forget the obvious?  i think it now works on android, doesn't it? 

1 minute ago, Mat said:

If he doesn't have an iPhone you can use Whatsapp or Messenger which both have video call functions and should work for what you need. 

messenger is a good option. i know he has it. thanks! 

Just now, mr_hunt said:

ahh...how could i forget the obvious?  i think it now works on android, doesn't it? 

messenger is a good option. i know he has it. thanks! 

This is a good question. I didn't think/know it was possible. Quick Google search tells me this

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As of September 2021, FaceTime is available on Android. However, you won't find a FaceTime app available for download on the Google Play Store or Microsoft Store. Instead, someone with an Apple device needs to create a link to invite you to a FaceTime call

Handy to know but could be a pain if he gets disconnected 

3 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

ahh...how could i forget the obvious?  i think it now works on android, doesn't it? 

 

Looks like it.  I think you have to have them in your contacts though.

Facebook has video calls too. I think maybe snapchat though I've never used that for live calls

1 hour ago, Agent23 said:

Facebook has video calls too. I think maybe snapchat though I've never used that for live calls

Yeah both of these have video calls and they work well. Our niece uses them to video chat us when she's bored. 

150% of income too much money to give to a cam girl monthly?

sustainable?

17 hours ago, Arthur Jackson said:

150% of income too much money to give to a cam girl monthly?

sustainable?

Just call it a student loan and you're golden.