@Phorm @anthracite nothing. Unfortunately that's often how HDs bite it, it's why backups and multiple backups are a Good Idea
@Phorm @anthracite ...ouch. is check the laptop itself too, that's sounding like it took more power surgery than it was rated for or something
@Doephin @anthracite No idea.
No real way to check that, either.
Actually, scratch that. Primary drive seems to be okay, and was just chewing on itself. Recovery mode scan revealed no problems and I'm back in operation with a fresh 2 TB external backing up now.
Fingers crossed. It's times like this that I sort of wish I trusted cloud backups.
@Doephin @anthracite Yup, which is cool, because it looks like my primary drive has just bit the dust simultaneously.