Eight Ways To Kill Your HDD, About what NOT to do to prolong HDD life
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 Dec 25 2008, 12:37 PM
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QUOTE(sellerlol @ Dec 23 2008, 08:03 PM) how to kill my hdd without opening the removing the casing. throw the hdd into a wall or floor.i wanted to kill my fren hdd not mine.... EVILLLLLL  will do the work. it did on my old hdd ^^ reason: got tired of the old hdd making noises and decided to get a new one.  |
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Dec 27 2008, 06:59 PM
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QUOTE(abdulricks85 @ Dec 26 2008, 01:39 PM) really can kill hdd if we use torrent 24/7? not really.. even if you on 24/7 also, hdd can last for atleast 3years.Coz I never turn off my laptop for about 1 month because of downloading... really scared me....  |
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Dec 29 2008, 02:52 PM
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QUOTE(Sib @ Dec 27 2008, 09:03 PM) yo guys, any other way to determine whether ur HDD died alr or not? try putting it as a slave a.k.a storage settingi've tried connecting it thru other SATA ports on my mobo = failed test it in another PC = failed the last thing tat i haven't tried yet is using it as slave... so the verdict? died d?  if cannot also .. then reformat ur hdd, delete partition and create a new one .. if cannot, then dead. |
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Dec 30 2008, 09:43 PM
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QUOTE(sellerlol @ Dec 29 2008, 04:12 PM) can i gave like a program to kill my hdd. why use a software when you can use a hammer / axe .. i saw a video on youtube.Click here ! This post has been edited by xelnamikaze: Dec 30 2008, 10:28 PM |
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Dec 30 2008, 10:38 PM
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QUOTE(fender @ Dec 30 2008, 11:34 PM) anyone can be a hacker now.. yeah .. it depends on what you mean by a hacker .. hacking has many meanings |
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Dec 31 2008, 12:47 PM
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QUOTE(sunmenghao @ Dec 31 2008, 05:36 AM) If I always store and delete date from my hardisk, are my hardisk fast to be dead hardisk? what is the use of the hdd if you're not going to store and delete the files in your hdd ? |
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Jan 5 2009, 07:44 PM
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QUOTE(junks6767 @ Jan 5 2009, 04:00 AM) hdd? spammer ? |
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Jan 16 2009, 12:49 PM
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QUOTE(motherboard_barai @ Jan 16 2009, 01:18 PM) just get the recovery software.. u can buy online or just try to find at market...sure you can recover all ur HDD..even the lost doc.. be noted that not "all" data can be recovered ..be safe with EXCELENT Antivirus.. and btw, are you a kaspersky reseller ? |
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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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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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