My age is showing.
My advice is “get over it”. Stuff happens. Especially to 5 year old consumer electronics.
If I look at my spending; I average $1000 a month (Like $12000 a year) on replacing things that fail due to age or my own incompetence. It’s insane. . but that’s life. Seriously. . .somethings CAN be fixed with a liberal application of money.
Of course; some things are irritating. And costly. Is your data backed up? If so - - - Then there is a quick and easy solution.
If you don’t have the coin - or inclined to take on a project - then look at this as a learning opportunity.
If you don’t have the data backed up. . . .you have just learned an important life lesson. . . and you have some work to do. PS: Don’t forget to get this when you are done.
Edit: I am not personally recommending any brand or product; the links are the results of almost random product searches. However. . . you notice a theme in those links, correct?
Posted by a dweeb with a drawer FULL of WD external drives, and a shelf with three WD NAS devices. WD Fan boy I was. . .until the lack of support for the MyPassPort Wireless; the red drive SMR/CMR debacle last year, and finally the OS/5 rollout
