With three months worth of anticipation building he plugged the drive into its cradle, as shown in the final . Things started out well with his PC detecting that new hardware had been connected but went downhill from there.

"It says unknown device, that's probably not a good thing. And I don't see lights on the front," he said.

The video cuts to a few minutes later and Steege trying to resurrect the drive.

"It's making noise. Doesn't sound great, it's trying," he said before a final "Oh no, c'mon drive."

But it wasn't to be.