hmm... i always carry my protable HDD around... well... i dint drop it.. but fast movement and shake will hurt it onot? means like i carry it in my pocket/bagpack and running...

thx for da info lex..

it depends on what casing are u using,
u know, the sata hdd cant withstand excessive vibration, knock or water

its different with new solid state drive
it can withstand shock and extreem compression
hehe..the price?? u get what u paid..rm1000 for 80gb

needa keep our hdd cool at all time

Thank you for sharing such useful information. This will surely help a lot of people. I personally never had any HDD problem my entire life.

Hehe,,, my one died while being struck by LIGHTNING. PROUD!

hot temp will effect hdd? i mean coz bad sector n etc..

thanks..i need this

once i overclock my pc then i overrev
all of a sudden my harddics just blow out
a very shocking experience

i've got a not so similar experience with my hard drive it was when i bought a 500gig seagate barracuda and broke the sata connector copper pins when installing it, brought back to the shop and they cant fix it so just throw it away. As simple as that 500gig burn

another main hdd killer factor: heat...

bout 2 years ago ,i had a shocking experience. i woke up one morning and switched on my desktop .suddenly ,there was a strong stench and seconds later ,white smoke emitted from the CPU .i switched off the power but was too late .my primary HDD was burned with smoke coming out..good thing my secondary HDD was unscatched.
i went to several PC repair shops in hopes of recovering the burnt HDD and each of the techs who entertained me was surprised .

Said they never encountered this before. heh, bad experience for me.

heat?

if we send RMA do they repair the broken parts or do they just give out new unit? and also im wondering how do the recovery services company do their job?? are they doing it physically?? how is that possible?

as i know for all company, first year is replace new unit, after that all is replace repair unit, but hitachi is replace new unit for all the warranty period,not sure wat they do with the spoil HDD though..

they only replace when got ex-stock

for me just format my harddisk once in a while to let it stay at tip top condition

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i think WD HDD it's better because i use it on my laptop and power on 4 days without off still no problem.

Hmmm, I never on my laptop for more than 4days. Whats the temp of your laptop? Any side-effect during restart.. Whats the temp of the RAM?