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It's A Digital Disease!

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SurpriseGmg on 2024-10-10 05:11:26.

Just checking by real quick since I can't really find any info online - So basically, I have one of those large external hard drives that requires its own external power cords - I've noticed recently that a mini fridge I had plugged into the other outlet would typically cause a brief trip in which inputs like my mouse noticeably freeze for a second. I've most definitely copied data in the middle of one of these trips before, so is it possible that something like this could potentially cause some sort of data loss? I don't believe the hard drive has ever disconnected or stopped spinning during any of these GFCI trips, but I figured I'd check anyway and see if it was worth copying over some of these files a second time (I'm going to assume these trips haven't damaged the drive itself since it still works fine).

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