I just ordered two new 40gb drives to compliment my current 40gb drive- I was copying all my data (MP3's, movies, games, and the occasional bit of actual work <but that's not important>) and, the moment the drive got to the very last file, one Transformer episode I only recently found out I have burnt onto a backup CD (in addition to owning the cassette tape, woot), the moment it came to this file, BSOD: "Error reading drive D: Data may be lost.". Oh. Shit. Well, that was unexpected. Hit enter a few times, cancel a few things, try to get the episode back. Unfortunately I think it's a lost cause, but as I said, I have it backed up on a CD. Hey, I'm stubborn like that. I want THIS file, damnit, not the backup!
But, it just goes to show. That hard drive waited two years to finally RIP the very day the new one arrives. Probably couldn't handle the competition. Heh.
Good news, the drive has a five year warrenty, so it goes back with this mobo since was supplied by the same bloke.
Whee. But, just goes to show. You gotta be careful. :D
Personally, i'd just like to thank you for buying up all the dodgy hdd's in australia, all 4 of my seagates are running like a dream, with no sign of issues (thankfully, the desk i'm sitting at is made of wood. which i'm touching)
Ouch you sure have some bad luck with your HD. It really sounds like something other than bad HD. Perhaps you need to check the power in your house. If its not good i will take your house off your hands and you and your family can move. hehe :lol: Just joking David
Hard drives are just evil full stop. Cant wait for solid state drives, only problem is theyll be expensive :(
Ive had 2 HDD's die. First one was an IBM Deathstar 40GB (loud whinning noise for a while then a very loud bang) then a Maxtor 40 GB which replaced the IBM as it was under warranty :D (didnt really die but was going to so i took it back as it was making a really loud whinning noise and i could hear it very clearly over my case fans which i thought were loud) :)
I had a HDD once that I used for storage of MP3s ect... one day when I was going to burn a CD of some of the Data on it, it just wiped itself clean in a matter of about 1 second.
I thought wtf... then later (same disk) prolly a month or so later it wiped itself again.
Then it started to develop Bad sectors, so I got a new one.
Quote from General Martok: Hard drives are just evil full stop. Cant wait for solid state drives, only problem is theyll be expensive :(
Ive had 2 HDD's die. First one was an IBM Deathstar 40GB (loud whinning noise for a while then a very loud bang) then a Maxtor 40 GB which replaced the IBM as it was under warranty :D (didnt really die but was going to so i took it back as it was making a really loud whinning noise and i could hear it very clearly over my case fans which i thought were loud) :)
I'd have cracked open the one that went bang - I'm guessing one of the disk platters probably shook itself to peices and that'd be spectacular to see :P
Quote from Mephiston: [quote:f0b156a2bb="General Martok"]Hard drives are just evil full stop. Cant wait for solid state drives, only problem is theyll be expensive :(
Ive had 2 HDD's die. First one was an IBM Deathstar 40GB (loud whinning noise for a while then a very loud bang) then a Maxtor 40 GB which replaced the IBM as it was under warranty :D (didnt really die but was going to so i took it back as it was making a really loud whinning noise and i could hear it very clearly over my case fans which i thought were loud) :)
I'd have cracked open the one that went bang - I'm guessing one of the disk platters probably shook itself to peices and that'd be spectacular to see :P[/quote:f0b156a2bb]
Nah i couldn't do that cos it was still in warranty, but i certainly would have if it was out of warranty :)
Funnily enough the same IBM Deskstar i had was causing problems for nearly everyone who had them (hence the name Deathstar). And IBM then put a disclaimer on their drives stating that it should not be used more than 8 hours a day (pretty pathetic)
Quote from DoWhatUWant: could just be heavy use couldnt it? like copying stuff between hard drives and shit constantly would reduce a hd's lifespan.....
I think thats known as "day to day useage"
A HDD is designed to copy and store data, otherwise it wouldn't be a HDD, it'd be a brick
yeah but me personally im always shifting massive amounts of data (gigs of stuff at a time) between my hds and im just suggesting that that sort of heavy use would cut down the life of a hard drive compared to someone who just surfed the net and played games or someone who barely even used there comp.
copying information shouldn't - things like overheating, or jolting the machine while it is reading or writing data will. as long as you keep it cool, and undisturbed, you shouldn't have any trouble with the drive running for at least the manufacturer listed lifetime of the device.
Edit: keep in mind too that a hardcore web surfer will be caching alot of data on his drive, it won't be working it quite as hard as someone who is leeching or downloading large files, but its still getting a workout.
depends if he surfs the same sites repeatedly as most surfers do or not in which case most of the sites are already in the cache and little hard drive workout involved.
ok now you're just arguing semantics. Can I ask if you have *any* idea of how a HDD really works? or are you just trying to up your post count the way many of us suspect?
whenever your computer is running and you are doing anything on it - you could be playing solitare for all the difrerence it makes - the platters on the disc are turning at whatever speed they are rated at (lets say 5800 rpm). HDD's come with a notification that they are good for X amount of hours useage (lets say 10000) This means that you could play solitare, or websurf, or leech data for 10000 hours and the drive should last. As I said above, if the drive overheats, has problems from manufacture, or is knocked around alot while running, it will lessen the overall life of the drive.