Comments on: Hard Drive Headaches

By: Sweetdelightgmail

Sweetdelightgmail — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:57:26 +0000

Backup the most important backup of backups on dvds for extra safety of mind. They verify the dvd burned successfully and keep it safe.

By: hopseflopsen

hopseflopsen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:43:59 +0000

I’m always told that backing up on another harddrive is the wrong thing to do…

By: joos351

joos351 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:25:06 +0000

Spend the money, buy Spinrite, job done!!!

By: scstraus

scstraus — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:55:37 +0000

backing up anywhere is better than not backing up. I’ve gotten by on harddisk backups (many of them) for a while, because they can be done automatically on a regular basis. I don’t have time to switch the disks needed to backup 120gb of data!

By: cpnjack

cpnjack — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:57:01 +0000

It’s asking for trouble. If they’re both connected to the same machine, a power spike could kill them both.

By: NetCaster

NetCaster — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:58:15 +0000

Hmmm let see, my hard drive (80MB SCSI)thats been like 7 years old is still working.

By: alwaysmc2

alwaysmc2 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:20:51 +0000

The hard drive isn’t the only moving part.
There’s also cooling fans.

By: starbasehollywood

starbasehollywood — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:40:18 +0000

Be nice when we don’t need those clunky drives. Watch Dr Jarvis come out with something. Then we have to give it mouth to mouth or rather machine, and get shocked across the room. Ya boot it up and the first thing it says is “Sorry about that”. Folks, backup is no joke. If ya don’t, someday you will learn.

By: captain150

captain150 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:50:37 +0000

They mention about how fragile these things are. While that’s true (can’t drop them very far) they are also very reliable when handled properly. Hard drive failure rates are less than 1% annually. So buy 100 drives some will be DOA, aside from those, maybe 1 will actually fail out of 100. For comparison, failure rates for everything else in a computer are higher.
Very impressive considering how precise hard drives are. So yes backup but the chances of your hard drive dieing tomorrow are remote.

By: Hagledesperado

Hagledesperado — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:38:42 +0000

Back up on the same drive? You’re kidding, right?