While going through a filing cabinet full of old parts this afternoon, I came across an anti-static bag containing a hard drive. It was labeled, and I almost couldn’t believe what it said:
Instant HD Restore:
- Put this drive on IDE Channel #1
- Set RAID controller mode to RAID-1
- Let this disk rebuild drive on IDE Channel #0
In short, use RAID-1 as a ghost substitute. Too bad that’s a good way to thrash the drives to death. No wonder nothing will detect the drive when I try to see what’s on it….
The situation reminds me of this story over at The Daily WTF.
(Disclaimer: DO NOT use this as a production-method of keeping an image of your hard drive. It’s not reliable, and if you’re not careful, your RAID controller will overwrite the wrong drive. You’ve been warned.)
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