WD My Book is now rebuilding...? at DVinfo.net

Allan Black · July 17th, 2008, 05:08 AM

I just powered up the gear and the external WD My Book 2TB drive went into a 'rebuild'

Checking the RAID 1 manager it says, 'rebuilding the data on the drive in slot B'

It was 13% full and the rebuild has started from there, now at 19%...with 18.15 hrs. to go.

I've got all the upgrades. Has anyone seen this happen? Thanks.

Robert M Wright · July 20th, 2008, 11:54 AM

Time to backup your data and run a thorough diagnostic (after the rebuild is done).

Allan Black · July 20th, 2008, 03:58 PM

Thanks Robert. Well it did rebuild the drive in slot B, but I was wrong. It rebuilt the whole nine yards...well the whole 1000GB anyway.

It took a total of 22hrs. It ran by itself, didn't need the computer on. I was very conscious of it overheating and kept a good airflow around it overnight. I found in the morning when I fired up the computer to check the RAID1 progress, if it went to hibernate it also put the WD drive to sleep.

So I just let the WD RAID1 manager do its thing and it did. The problem was, I was off the air for 22hrs and now am behind the 8 ball.

Last week I got another WD 500GB drive just for back up. And the WD disc check is today.

Cheers.

Ken Steadman · July 20th, 2008, 09:02 PM

I had my second My book drive fail on friday. It was just a 500GB so it wasn't a raid failure. IMHO the lack of a fan on the my book drives makes the drives destined to fail. It was the second my book drive that has failed on me this year.

Lars Siden · July 22nd, 2008, 03:04 AM

Keeping the drives coooool is very important! I have "burnt" my share of drives.

Now, I only use single 2.5" as external disks as they don't generate as much heat. My internal drives has a 12cm fan mounted to blow on them(slow, without noise)

I hope your data survived!

// Lazze

July 17th, 2008, 05:08 AM	#1
Allan Black Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sydney. Posts: 2,887	WD My Book is now rebuilding...? I just powered up the gear and the external WD My Book 2TB drive went into a 'rebuild' Checking the RAID 1 manager it says, 'rebuilding the data on the drive in slot B' It was 13% full and the rebuild has started from there, now at 19%...with 18.15 hrs. to go. I've got all the upgrades. Has anyone seen this happen? Thanks.

July 22nd, 2008, 03:04 AM	#5
Lars Siden Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posts: 469	Keeping the drives coooool is very important! I have "burnt" my share of drives. Now, I only use single 2.5" as external disks as they don't generate as much heat. My internal drives has a 12cm fan mounted to blow on them(slow, without noise) I hope your data survived! // Lazze __________________ Sony HDR-CX130,Canon 5DMKII,i7 930@4.0, 12gb memory, 3x SSD + 2x1Tb(stripe), Geforce 480, Dual 24", Win 7 x64

July 20th, 2008, 11:54 AM	#2
Robert M Wright Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minnesota (USA) Posts: 2,171	Time to backup your data and run a thorough diagnostic (after the rebuild is done).

July 20th, 2008, 03:58 PM	#3
Allan Black Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sydney. Posts: 2,887	Thanks Robert. Well it did rebuild the drive in slot B, but I was wrong. It rebuilt the whole nine yards...well the whole 1000GB anyway. It took a total of 22hrs. It ran by itself, didn't need the computer on. I was very conscious of it overheating and kept a good airflow around it overnight. I found in the morning when I fired up the computer to check the RAID1 progress, if it went to hibernate it also put the WD drive to sleep. So I just let the WD RAID1 manager do its thing and it did. The problem was, I was off the air for 22hrs and now am behind the 8 ball. Last week I got another WD 500GB drive just for back up. And the WD disc check is today. Cheers.

July 20th, 2008, 09:02 PM	#4
Ken Steadman Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: DC Suburbs Posts: 86	I had my second My book drive fail on friday. It was just a 500GB so it wasn't a raid failure. IMHO the lack of a fan on the my book drives makes the drives destined to fail. It was the second my book drive that has failed on me this year.