I got up early this morning to check the status of a remote restore that I was doing for one of my company’s clients. Everything was wonderful until about 8am when my computer started making a strange humming sound. The hard drive light lit up even though nothing was actively accessing the drives (that I had initiated), the light stayed lit like something was really going to town.
Then the light went off, and the noise stopped. Whew!
Except when I clicked the link to my email program, it said “searching for program…” What the heck? And when I opened Windows Explorer, it told me that my “D”, “E” and “F” drives were missing. Now I know I hadn’t approved any vacation time for my hard drives, and that 500gb drive was probably less than a year or two old, but it was gone!