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No, it's a secondary internal SATA drive. I just use it to house archived video files and music

I tried right clicking the data folder and checking previous versions, but that didn't turn up anything. Worth a shot...

The recovery program I'm using is still scanning. I think it encountered a large folder (probably my steam folder lol) and is trying to parse through it. Still no help on that front.

Sorry to say that I'm still not optimistic about project recovery, but worth letting the scan complete since it's been running so long.
Also, nothing comes to mind as to what may have caused the problem. I would have expected that the effect would handle 1h 20, assuming a normal sample rate (could be a problem if much longer or a very high sample rate). All other likely causes you seem to have covered, though probably worth running a full scan with Windows Defender (overnight - it takes ages to do a full scan).

nothing comes to mind as to what may have caused the problem.

Nothing in software. My hat says hardware and I'd be getting out my tools. If the machine is several years old, when was the last time you checked the motherboard coin battery? They have about a 3-year life.

Who made the second hard drive? There are first and second tier manufacturers. Did you put the drive in? I'd be shutting down completely and checking all the connections. Reseat everything.

Newer drives have an Early Warning System that's supposed to know when the drive isn't feeling well, but your system has to know to look for it. I can't remember the name, but many drives have it.

You can do a surface scan so the drive updates its list of dead locations.

You could just replace it. Several of my motherboards will support four drives, so it's possible to put three in and transfer the work to the new drive.

When you finish a live recording, save an additional WAV to an external thumb drive. Losing an edit is very different from shooting the show over again.

Koz

Are all the fans going 'round and 'round? I have several newer muffin fans that almost can't be heard in normal operation. It's good to check them now and then.

It's possible to have elevated temperatures and no warning. You can carefully clean inside the cabinet with a fresh paintbrush a vacuum.

I have decades old machines still working.

Koz

kozikowski wrote:Newer drives have an Early Warning System that's supposed to know when the drive isn't feeling well, but your system has to know to look for it. I can't remember the name, but many drives have it.

"SMART" (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology).

The simplest way to check is from the command line: There are also third party graphical tools. Google can make suggestions.

The simplest way to check is from the command line:

Writing that down.....

Koz

Thanks for all the suggestions! Glad to see an active and clearly knowledgeable forum community.

Both 2TB hdds are Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracudas and are just over 2 years old. I installed them myself when I built my rig. I cleaned and brushed everything out a few months ago, unplugged everything and replugged. Try to do that a couple times a year. Carefully, so I don't wear down the connectors, and all of my fans and water cooling are operating a-okay.

Steve, I ran the command and they all came up OK. (that's a super neat trick, btw thanks for that)

Once the recovery program is done (it's still going lol) I'll run a defender scan, that's a good idea.

I'll definitely be saving an extra WAV file. I have a 64GB thumbdrive that I leave plugged in for quick backups, so I'll start doing that. All very good suggestions, thanks all!

My co-host and I are planning on rerecording it tomorrow morning. It's a bummer, but we're both actors and know how to make it sound genuine the second time around XD

I'll update if the scan returns anything

Do post back if you have more info. It's pretty unusual to stump the band here, but we got that way from posters telling us what broke.

Koz

know how to make it sound genuine the second time around XD

OK, now we'll shoot the love scene from the woman's point of view with our one (1) camera.

SPEED! Aaaand, ACTION!

"Oh, Marcia....."

<g>
Koz