[softwarelist] Re: SparkFS 1.41 (RISC OS) - Zip size max?
- From: Martin Vethake <martinv@xxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:14:25 +0200
In message <1DgBGoD9DzQGFw10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4ee0d179eajohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John Cartmell
> >I thought that was a good idea but I've had two pack up on me (HD in cradle
> >in
> >RiscPC) and they were the only hard drives that have died on me excepting
> >those that were killed by a mis-wired power lead. 5V <-> 12V isn't happy. ;-(
>
> It is anecdotal, but I have had RISC PC configurations that seemed to
> give short HD lifetimes - I would say because it was too hot inside.
>
My personal experience has it that consumer HDs produced after ~'99
i.e. gigabytes can be expected to die after 4 years.
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