I think use BT to download for very long time (non stop) may cause HDD to spoil

Not if your HDD temperature remains below 40C or slightly above 40C like 41C or 42C.

ic. i would like to know more detail. any internet article on this? or maybe explain?

BT make HDD load 24/7 and hot.. thats make its spoil.. give a good cooling la..
btw, power supply also important.. incorrect power factor n unstable power also can shorten hdd life

read this www.adrc.com/ckr/hdd_myths.html

I ve got a 320 gb of ext hdd standin alongside my laptop, vertically, is it better to lay it down? I ve put it standing cos the casing was design to be standing..... (nexstar3 by vantec)
Any suggestion?

And by the way how do u know if ur hdd is overheating, esp if u r using an external hdd? how do u judge it? by touching the covering????

I m cant bear the idea of my ext hdd died with all the animes n series inside...... X(

What is the ideal temperature for HDD and is there any programme or software that detects the temperature of the HDD? I think I need to install some fan into my pc as it always heats up pretty quickly. Not a good thing I suppose.

Power Outages In The Midst Of Defragmentation? Lol...if anyone ever experienced it...mmg very badluck


Try downloading "Hard Drive Inspector Pro" I am using the software to monitor my HDD temperature...it will warn you when the HDD is getting too hot. My HDD drives, under normal condition operates at 90 Fahrenheit but when I am downloading things from Rapidshare with HiDownload, the temperature increases up to 105 Fahrenheit. Most HDD nowadays can stand up to 130 Fahrenheit.

Hope this helps

EDIT: One more thing, if I on the PC 48 hours non-stop, the temperature does not really increase...So far it has only reached up to 115 Fahrenheit. And btw, I'm using 80 GB x 2 Western Digital HDD

My previous PC used Maxtor but it gets too hot pretty easy...so I'd recommend everyone to use Western Digital HDD's if you are a hardcore downloader

This post has been edited by ibnuasad: Dec 27 2007, 09:28 PM

Hey, thanks for the suggestion and on another note, will installing more fan actually help to cool the hdd? I did that for my uncle's computer and though with six fan installed, of course with the proper air-flow, the hdd just seems to be hot (based on my itchy finger on the physicality of his hdd) and noisy too.
I thought by installing the fan, it should be make it cool even physically but in my uncle's case, it just doesn't seems so.

My data is corrupted...

I ran check disc ,

The first time : Just check the system error check box
Errors found and fixed , but data still showing CRC error

The second time: Check both boxes
No problem is found , the data is still showing CRC error

Will copy from the source again fixed the problem? ( BTW , is this normal? My data is still corrupted after " fixing" )

Answered by haneve

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Added on January 8, 2008, 11:25 amIdeal I'd say below 40C. Slightly above 40C around 41C or 42C is still acceptable. Even 45C can be acceptable but not on 24/7 operations I suggest.

You can use Everest Ultimate. It'll read every sensor on your motherboard including GC, and HDD

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Added on January 8, 2008, 11:27 amYup, installing fan will surely cool you HDD. Try to provide good airflow and make sure the air is going through your HDD and not by pass it. I'm surprised the heat still rising up even with fans on your system. What HDD are you using?

This post has been edited by skymyxe: Jan 8 2008, 11:27 AM

better carefull la..

i would like to ask, what is "HDD Low-Level Format"? i heard my friend's said that it will decrease ur HDD's life if u doing this with FDISK? is it right?

d topic of tis thread makes me wonder why u ever want 2 do tht???

Will sudden blackout kill our HDD too?

my laptop's HDD is always displaying 'SMART failure' when it starts up now. no idea what is that, but according to the HP technician, i'd need to change my HDD.

any recommendation as to which brand or how many GB should i get? mine is currently 80GB, but i want a bigger capacity one. i'm super noob when it comes to pc stuff.

i use 500gb external hdd so far ok leh.

For me HDD now is considerable Cheap edi lor! for me any brand of HDD still the same la.. as long as it can store my files enof edi..

Is there any such hard disk enclosed that got fans?

only the pallet inside the HDD u cant to repair it..if the pallet inside HDD is fine..u still can extract data inside it..

This is from my own experience....
I seldom defragments my hdd..but at this once, i've decided to give a go...
suddenly, there was a power blackouts at around 50-70% of defragment process..
When I turned the computer back, the hard disk was gone...no more in Windows...even in BIOS...
that's when I've decided...NO MORE DEFRAGS!!Curse you for damaging my treasure of 80GB worth of data.....