-=PCTechTalk=- Re: HD Companies
- From: Glen <glbbrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:53:26 -0700 (PDT)
I currently have four hard drives.
A 13.5GB IBM 7200RPM 4 years old.
A 30.5GB IBM 7200RPM 3 Years Old.
A 80GB Maxtor 5400RPM One year six Months old.
A 120GB Maxtor 7200RPM One Year old.
No failures......Knock on Wood.
I had one problem with a hard drive not being seen by
my OS or Bios. Just turned the system on no hard
drive.
I check the voltage coming out of the power supply
connection to hard drive. Bad. Swapped with different
power cable. Hard drive was back and no problems.
What I heard when the first 7200RPM hard drives came
out was that they generated a lot of heat. So I got a
hard drive cooler(basically heatsink with fans). I use
the cooler for my main hard drive at 7200RPM that is
the 30GB IBM. I also make sure there is good air flow
around my hard drives.
Another note is to make sure you have a good
dependable power supply with plenty of wattage. I
recommend at least 400 to a 500 watts power supply.
Just my 2 cents.
Glen
--- ~OoO~ <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let's talk about hard drive manufacturers. Just
> today... the 4th time I've had a hard drive go bad.
> My first and second drives were Maxtors, my 3rd was
> an IBM (oem), and my 4th, today, was a Maxtor.
> Today's however, came up with the most damage... a
> wopping 6GB bad sectors. Luckily, it was in an
> unused area of the drive, so I lost no info, but it
> has taken up a considerable amount of my time, cause
> Windows scan disk didn't want to work... just kept
> freezing up at around 95%. Norton Disk Doctor was
> freezing up too, but after reformatting the drive
> from scratch, Norton was able to secure the bad
> sectors.
> So... question... what sort of luck has everyone
> been having with hard drives? Any streaks on drives
> going bad? What brands?
>
> Next question... anyone know how I can go back and
> see specific data on my drive? It seems that after
> you do either Scan Disk or Disk Doctor, it tells you
> at the end report that you have so-and-so sectors
> bad, but after the report is gone, there's no way to
> pull up the info to see how much is bad and how much
> is good? Any way to do it in Windows? Or, maybe
> another program I can buy?
>
> ---Troth
>
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