Three-Month Old Hard Drive Dying

After booting my computer last night, Windows told me it had detected a hard disk problem. It suggested I backup critical data. I thought it might have been a bit overzealous (as Windows has been known to say things it doesn't really mean), so I downloaded the Seagate tools to do some tests.

The two basic tests in Seagate tools failed. It immediately popped up a window with warranty information. That was enough to accept that this 3-month old Seagate 7200.12 500GB hard drive was dying. I took it out and today went back to the shop I got it from to return it. Apparently they'll send it off for repair, which could take 3-6 weeks...

I ended up buying another hard drive, because I can't wait that long. I can always use the repaired one as a second drive. Perhaps tempting fate, I bought another Seagate.

Long Weekend

Not much to report these past couple of days. We had a long weekend in Melbourne, but I was sick for all of it. Felt (still feel) quite lethargic and fatigued. We went to the zoo on Saturday morning and got home before the massive hailstorm hit. No damage to our house or car, which was good.

On Sunday, we had lunch at the Station Hotel in Footscray where I ordered the steak and mushroom pie and the wife got the wagyu steak. I think the pie was too big for me, and would have been even if I wasn't sick. The steak was good though, but not Kobe beef good :)

Son Sleeps 13 Hours

My 19-month old son went to sleep at 5pm yesterday... and slept through until 6am this morning. He had a big day and was obviously exhausted. It's the first time he's done this, and it's the longest he's ever slept for. Unfortunately, I assumed that he was going to wake up in the early hours of the morning, so I went to sleep quite early in preparation. I didn't sleep that well because I was constantly expecting to wake up, so I never got into that good deep sleep state. Maybe next time.