Eight Ways To Kill Your HDD, About what NOT to do to prolong HDD life
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 Jan 26 2009, 01:23 AM
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QUOTE(nash9701 @ Jan 17 2009, 12:23 PM) i know...two molex i don't know howcome i install the wire reversed...others is OK...huhu I did that once and my HDD started to smell burnt. heh reverse voltage.(^____^)  |
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Jan 26 2009, 06:10 PM
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why everybody keep saying that maxtor a bad drive.?
been using this brand since 1999, 100, 133, sata I with raid 0 and sata II and still working fine. decide to change to seagate (raid 0) 6 months ago and it fail me just yesterday morning. is it because i betray maxtor for changing to seagate..........  ?maybe it just happen that i got the bad one probably. p/s......currently on my still working maxtor. This post has been edited by KoQaiN: Jan 26 2009, 06:14 PM |
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Jan 28 2009, 04:45 PM
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QUOTE(KoQaiN @ Jan 26 2009, 07:10 PM) why everybody keep saying that maxtor a bad drive.? seagate currently have issues with their hdd ..been using this brand since 1999, 100, 133, sata I with raid 0 and sata II and still working fine. decide to change to seagate (raid 0) 6 months ago and it fail me just yesterday morning. is it because i betray maxtor for changing to seagate.......... ?maybe it just happen that i got the bad one probably. p/s......currently on my still working maxtor. try checking out the thread in hardware section . |
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Jan 30 2009, 04:10 PM
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so which brand is the best?
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Jan 31 2009, 12:28 AM
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Perhaps it is a good time to convert to Flash memory.
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Jan 31 2009, 09:51 AM
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lol...wait for solid state hard drive then...
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Feb 10 2009, 11:44 AM
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sorry menggangu..
 i just wana ask smthng.. my friend says that if we format so many times, it can damage the hdd.. true or false??  |
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Feb 11 2009, 07:05 AM
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How about suddenly take out the USB cable out (using external h/disk) w/out 'properly click "remove usb ddvice from window"
it kill the hdisk or not been doing that quite some time (always) |
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Feb 12 2009, 11:47 AM
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all of u pernah watch csi season 4 i think...when grissom open one hdd...that him show how to open n fix it...i laready forget lolz
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Feb 16 2009, 08:12 PM
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CSI is tv show la. Sometimes is true, sometimes is not true. If you are taking statistic for a long enough period, i guess there is no one good brand. Likewise, there is no one bad brand too. Every company has so many different batches of products, and no one company is always on top. Intel went down too, and AMD had it's peak. But now Intel up again, and AMD is down.
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Feb 17 2009, 10:27 PM
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QUOTE(skovoski @ Feb 10 2009, 12:44 PM) sorry menggangu.. yes it will .. but what can you do ? sure need reformat lor .. if no other option .. then terpaksa reformat i just wana ask smthng.. my friend says that if we format so many times, it can damage the hdd.. true or false?? QUOTE(anistova @ Feb 11 2009, 08:05 AM) How about suddenly take out the USB cable out (using external h/disk) w/out 'properly click "remove usb ddvice from window" won't rosak .. only data might lost ^^it kill the hdisk or not been doing that quite some time (always) |
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Feb 17 2009, 10:55 PM
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QUOTE Rounded Cables Some companies have gotten really cute with the design of what has become known as rounded cables. Depending on the manufacturer, the ribbons are sliced into single or multiple strands and then bundled tightly. In most cases, there should be no problems, however, there have been numerous suspicions on many bulletin boards about rounded cables causing higher coaster rates while burning CDs. Likewise, users of rounded cables appear to suffer from abnormally high failure rates of HDDs. Again, this could be pure coincidence but it is food for thought, at least. just wanna ask 1 question is above statement means v r not advised to use rounded SATA cables?? mine is rounded SATA cable, how to solve this problem  |
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Feb 18 2009, 03:14 AM
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i dun think hard disk cn be killed easily
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Feb 18 2009, 04:12 AM
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QUOTE(yuktsi14 @ Feb 18 2009, 03:14 AM) i dun think hard disk cn be killed easily I guess you haven't tried leaving them on 24/7 for 365 days or the latest problematic firmware batch from Seagate  QUOTE(anistova @ Feb 11 2009, 07:05 AM) How about suddenly take out the USB cable out (using external h/disk) w/out 'properly click "remove usb ddvice from window" You might lose data if the files get orphaned or stuck in the drive cache.it kill the hdisk or not been doing that quite some time (always) This post has been edited by rizvanrp: Feb 18 2009, 04:14 AM |
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Feb 20 2009, 02:59 AM
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is there any significant risk on hdd failure if i ask sumbody in malaysia to buy a hdd, boxed in foam and posted to me oversea?
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Feb 20 2009, 10:26 AM
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QUOTE(xelrix @ Feb 20 2009, 02:59 AM) is there any significant risk on hdd failure if i ask sumbody in malaysia to buy a hdd, boxed in foam and posted to me oversea? IMO of course there is because you will never know the procedure during the postage as they might not treat the package carefully. |
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Feb 21 2009, 05:48 PM
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well, assuming they do their job properly and carefully, do the foams prevent damages to the hdd from shock and vibration?
or lets say they just going thru shock and vibration just that one time and i take care of it really carefully for its whole life, does the hdd lifespan will be reduced significantly? |
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Feb 22 2009, 10:49 PM
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I agree with Xelrix and most of time oversea seller will do a good job make sure it is properly pack however it is the handling that is always the problem ... it might get tossed around as they can't understand what fragile means ... Good luck ordering you HDD and pray it comes in one piece.
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Mar 2 2009, 10:45 AM
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Hammer is the best weapon for destroying ur hdd
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Mar 2 2009, 11:52 PM
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QUOTE(WIlds @ Feb 22 2009, 10:49 PM) I agree with Xelrix and most of time oversea seller will do a good job make sure it is properly pack however it is the handling that is always the problem ... it might get tossed around as they can't understand what fragile means ... Good luck ordering you HDD and pray it comes in one piece. Wah, i about to buy HD online..Sked edi now =/ |
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