My 80GB HDD just dead last week. Tried to used Maxtor diagnostic tools and and also Hiren Boot CD but didn't work. Luckily got spare 250GB HDD.

can hdd prolongs the lifespan if we always reset the computer ?

i've just order WD200gb from my dealer instead he gave me a maxtor so i refuse to accept it and ask him to order WD...WD is ATA100 eik?

For the PATA UDMA-66 Cable, (80 pin) it is not straight between the Master and Slave connectors. One way to verify this is to get two Hard Disk, Set both Jumper to CS mode and plug into the computer. The one that is plug into the Master will act as Master and the one that plug into Slave will remain slave. Your assumption that the two connectors are hooked on parallelly is not true.

WD means western digital hard disk,not ATA 100,ATA 100 means the hd transfer speed is 100Mb/sec(teori)

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 13 2006, 12:13 PM

never used system drive in the removable rack b4.but my 20G hdd still works fine with that rack.just wondering y would anybody use mobile rack for system hdd??

Mobile HDD rack? Unreliable huge "pen"drive

Just want to know...external hdd that converted from internal Hdd case...Is it worth to use of it in long term usage?

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 13 2006, 12:14 PM

i using 3.5 external harddisk for my backup and stored movies

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 13 2006, 12:14 PM

well,my mobile rack/external hdd is used for swapping anime n stuff.itz not used as the system.just makes my life easier sharing files with friends rather than opening the case n install/take out hdd all the time

don't on it 24 hours? if u work 24 hours a day, u also die

missing my 160gig hdd... almost every 2 year i facing same problem with the hdd....

hehe brought a new hardisk recently....200gb...how to make sure that it's does heat up and make it stabilized this is my precious hardisk lol.... hehe

1.buy hdd cooler . my hdd is hotter than my cpu la... >40c.
2. dont write on the hd 24 hours.. in case u r very eager to fill ur hd wif a lot of stuff from the net
3. dun trust one hd .. u hv to get another hd like me.. 80 gb of ext if anything happen to my 160 gb .. u never cant take anything for granted.

just my RM 0000.02

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 13 2006, 12:14 PM

for me...my hdd always working at 36c-39c...even work more than 6 hours

i put a casing fan under the hdd..air blow towards the hdd

b4 i put that fan...my hdd can reach 50c...scary..

i oso not sure that can i put a fan blow toward hdd like that..dusty??

This post has been edited by lex: Feb 13 2006, 12:15 PM

how to check hardisk tempreture....my cpu temp is 160/75 something2 like that

i wanna know also...

use Speed Fan

installed speed fan.hdd temperature checked but what is fan 1,fan 2,fan 3?i know 1 of it is for processor but which 1?all 3 are showing

This post has been edited by zooloo: Jul 14 2005, 08:34 PM

Dont know is it related of not, 2 of my hard disk which i install fan on die faster than the one that i din install fan which currently still running smoothly without bad sector after 4years..........so for me i think the magnet from the fan got little bit related to the dead of my hard disk............