[ale] two sata drives fail at the same time?

[lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey)]

So, what are the chances that two different sata drives, same 
manufacturer (wd), that were purchased at different times, would fail at 
exactly the same time?

Is it possible for a drive failure to cause another to fail?  I'm 
grasping, but I just can see this happening.

They were connected to an interface card, so I removed it and connected 
them to the onboard interface, no go.  both drives appear to exhibit low 
clicking sounds.

This pretty much sucks.

This system sits behind a decent ups/surge protector, no problems with 
any other hardware and no recent electrical issues known.


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Until later, Geoffrey

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