wao so scary...

scary meh? just pray hard. any hdd can die. just that maxtors have a higher % of doing so.

Not that actually, it depends on your usage pattern too, those lazy bums who always didn't switch off their com properly would have higher chance of faulty HDD.

Ahem ... I don't switch off my system unless I really need to, so does that make me a lazy bum?

I leave my comp on because I'm downloading/folding/sometimes I need to do some stuffs remotely from my school

maybe if u dont turn off ur hdd it will have a longer lifespan. if turn off wrongly can kill a hdd, why turn it off? haha

I think I read somewhere that leaving your HDD on rather than turning it on or off can prolong its lifespan because it's harder for the drive to spin-up the platters than just maintaining rotation.

Is it true?

maybe. the bootup uses extra voltage to get everything running. thats y its called a 'boot

something like that, when the platters is at stationary state, an extra force is needed to overcome the inertia of the platters in order to spin it up.

Edit: Typo

This post has been edited by blaxez: Sep 13 2006, 10:00 PM

so we just put our computer open 24/7/356??

yes. that way our hdds can last up to 10 years. 10 years from now: my 80gb hdd still works.
some1 else: wow that is t3h 1337! my maxtor 100terabyte hdd died after a year!

haha.. can feel your rage towards maxtor. you want to bomb them ah? you lose many maxtor HDD?

haha. i dont have any rage towards maxtor. using 1 right now. had 3, all three still working fine. woot! maybe i'm lucky.

maybe you are lucky but i am not going to try out maxtor anyway. looking forwards for seagate and WD and probably samsung.

using samsung right now. average temps of samsung drives are 40'c. but if u touch it not so hot. about the same heat as my maxtor, which shows 30'c. maybe the temp probe at different place compared to other hdds. i wanna try hitachi, wd or seagate. got 2 old seagate hdds. 10gb and 40gb.

well.. i am using WD 80G SATA now. you can view my HDD performance in the previous few pages. seagate is a good brand so i intended to buy it again..

WD has nice scores. my maxtor higher score than my samsung. haha. i dream of hitachi. haha. sata hdd beating sata2 scores. @.@

SATA beat SATA2 scores eh? really? but i don think SATA's speed in reading and writing is faster than SATA2 lah.

Hi all!!

I need some advise on laptop external hardisk. Not really sure where to post so I thought of trying my luck here. If this isn't the correct place, admins please move the post

For external laptop hardisk what brands should I be looking at? And I understand that not all casings support every hardisk capacity. Meaning a casing that can support 30GB may not be able to support a 80GB hardisk right?
Any other things I should be wary of?

Thanks!

hwm reviewed it. hitachi sata beat most sata2 hdd scores. forgot about reading and writing speeds.

if the casing is a 2.5 inch casing, it should fit most notebook hdds.

HWM eh? i don trust HWM reviews. don know why but i think the SATA2 reading and writing speed is faster though.