I plugged in my external harddrive (the harddrive which stores much of the raw footage accumulated during this project and all the episodes compiled for YouTube) and flipped the switch. Nothing happened. I check the cords, make sure everything is plugged in – nada.
The worst case scenario is now here: something has broken which is critical to the continuation of this project.
I’m a big believer in Murphy’s Law – so I was kind of expected something like this to happen. I’m kind of annoyed that it is this particular harddrive that failed – because I really went out of my way to try and get my hands on a LaCie harddrive here in Bangladesh. I ordered it from Amazon.com and sent it to a professor in the States who happened to be flying to Bangladesh.
It only lasted a month – whereas the Western Digital Harddrives I’ve been using for a good part of a year are chugging along just fine.
There aren’t many options available. This HD is a big investment and I’d like to have it repaired under warranty – and maybe have a way of retrieving the data that was on it. But the nearest location that will repair it under warranty is in Singapore. At the cost of flying to Singapore, I could just as easily fly home. I’d buy a replacement harddrive, but part of the reason I’ve gone to such lengths to get harddrives is because decent harddrive enclosures are hard to obtain in Bangladesh.
I’ll keep you guys posted. It is starting to look like I may need to fly back home – even if only temporary.
