So, my computer stopped booting yesterday. Or rather, it’d boot, then BSOD and shut down. The 500GB Maxtor that the data was on has diagnosed as totally fine using several different programs.

The backup images for the Maxtor were on a 750GB Seagate Barracuda. I say “were”, because two days ago it started making chirping noises. I can use the computer it’s in for about five minutes before it fails and the computer hangs. Five minutes is, unfortunately, not long enough to restore the image.

The TeraStation is no longer accepting connections, after a reboot following its mysterious “going stealth”.

The two computers with failed drives are hooked up to the same APC BackUPS, and all three go to the same outlet. I’m thinking the outlet is the common thread: I don’t know when the electrical was redone in this house, but it doesn’t look like it was too long after it was built in 1884.

The electrician will be redoing our outlets some time this month. In the mean time, I may switch to working from the laptop full time, from a different outlet. And perhaps I’ll leave my precious desktops turned off.

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