I forgot to add that, since my first hard drive in (probably) 1986 I can
only remember 2 drive failures. Both were soft failures in that the
drive was getting unrecoverable errors in some parts of the disk
surface. One of these was actually a brand new drive which was
reporting such errors on first usage so never had any trusted data on
it. The other was a very long time ago and I don't remember any usage
details.
On the other hand, I should add that my internal and frequently used
drives are replaced about every three years as technology rolls along.
They probably don't get time to wear out. The backup drives also get
replaced but only when I start to worry about technical viability, not
drive wear factors.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/8/2014 8:33 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I think it's more likely that the external drives run hotter in a small
> case with little ventilation. I've never had any trouble with external
> drives but mine only run when they're doing backup duty.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 3/7/2014 10:49 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>> I've had more failures of external drives than internal, I've got a feeling
>> it's related to power cycling the external drives (my desktop's internal
>> drives are almost never powered off and have been very reliable).
>>
>> ...Wayne
>>
>>
>>
>>> With the constant downward pressure on
>>> prices for disk drives, I've always worried that over-reliance on
>> ever-cheaper
>>> external drives could be problematic. Hence the use of three USB drives.
>>>
>>
>>
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