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    Hdd Faliure Rate Study

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tinderbox (UK), Apr 27, 2007.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Tinderbox (UK), Apr 27, 2007
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  2. Ice-Tea

    Ice-Tea MXM Guru NBR Reviewer

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    Good read indeed!
     
    Ice-Tea, Apr 27, 2007
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  3. TeeJay 44

    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    Thanks Tinderbox(UK). A very interesting read. I know now to regulary SMART check for the first scan error as imminent drive failure.
     
    TeeJay 44, Apr 27, 2007
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  4. hollownail

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    Interesting. I'll have to read it when I have some time.

    I know I'd have had a lot of HDD fail on me over the past few years. I think 4 (not sure if the 4th one is bad, of if I just have corrupt data) out of 5 of my server drives have gone bad :(
     
    hollownail, Apr 29, 2007
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  5. Metamorphical

    Metamorphical Good computer user

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    I'm going to move this to the hardware section where more people will see it. That is a great article! I have lost two HDDs within a short period of them before.
     
    Metamorphical, Apr 29, 2007
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