The QP-2020 GCMS was equipped with two hard drives in a RAID1 configuration (i.e., mirrored) at the time it was installed. One of those two drives failed, which was not the end of the world…but had the other one also failed, it would have been quite problematic.
This morning a new solid state drive was installed to replace the working hard drive; the computer boots faster (which isn’t so consequential as it doesn’t get shut down often) and everything appears to be working normally. (An analysis was run to make sure.) The failed hard drive will be subjected to deconstructive evaluation; shed no tears for it.
If you are a GCMS user and notice anything out of the ordinary (specifically with the computer, in this case) please let us know.