Can anyone tell me if going through 5 hard drives in 7 yeas, same box,
is abnormal? I have lost an IBM, a Hitachi, and three Seagates. A
friend says there must be something else wrong, and that to loose so
many drives is abnormal.
>Can anyone tell me if going through 5 hard drives in 7 yeas, same box,
>is abnormal? I have lost an IBM, a Hitachi, and three Seagates. A
>friend says there must be something else wrong, and that to loose so
>many drives is abnormal.
Power supply? Some cheap power supply may be harmful and could be the
one killing your hard drives.
Another factor: any decent cooling around the hard drive? If your
PC's air tight around the hard drive and no air circulate around it at
all, you may be frying them.
Hi
i have also expresened it i lost 4 Cd rom and a hard disk all seagate.
this ia what happened. i was browsing then a virus attacked my
pc( Desktop ) Then i bought a windows cd to install windows unlimited.
has i disconetted the drive and rom. Then i conneted everything back
to beging setup after i have scanned the hardisk on another computer.
i turned on my pc it was somking i qickly unplug the power cable. then
i checked out what was roung i found out the cd rom thas been damaged.
Then i touch a Cd writer to install from the pc i used to scan my hard
drive. to install windows the system booted to the steg of setup, then
it started smoking again. i qickly remove the power cable and i found
out the cd rom has been damaged. In the process and also he hard disk.
so i changed my motherbord. i will advice you to purchase a new pc or
change your mother board. you can puchase a pc or mother board at
1. amazon http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF...reative=380557
i hope you do so to avoid lossing your drives and hard disk. That was
a terrible exprence. i stil rember it til to day. the incedent
happened on june 5. prevention is better thain cure. i want you to
rember that always
This is quite abnormal. I have systems running hard disks for more than 7
years, hard disk is Quantum brand.
I protected these systems and hard disks by buying a good quality surge
suppressor and make sure the hard disks are cool by installing additional
fans in the box.
> Can anyone tell me if going through 5 hard drives in 7 yeas, same box,
> is abnormal? I have lost an IBM, a Hitachi, and three Seagates. A
> friend says there must be something else wrong, and that to loose so
> many drives is abnormal.
Previously dennis.graham@eds.com wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if going through 5 hard drives in 7 yeas, same box,
> is abnormal? I have lost an IBM, a Hitachi, and three Seagates. A
> friend says there must be something else wrong, and that to loose so
> many drives is abnormal.
Indeed. Personally I have lost one or so in a comparaple space of time,
while I have 6-8 active ones (in several computers).
So:
- How did they die? What error profiles?
- Heat?
- Vibration?
- Bad PSU voltages?
-...
On Aug 17, 12:57 pm, dennis.gra...@eds.com wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if going through 5 hard drives in 7 yeas, same box,
> is abnormal? I have lost an IBM, a Hitachi, and three Seagates. A
> friend says there must be something else wrong, and that to loose so
> many drives is abnormal.
Hard Drive Failure 
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