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Offline Martinus

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Reply #20 on: June 12, 2005, 04:12:37 am
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But I still unplug in a thunderstorm...nothing stops a direct lightning hit.

[color=66ff00]Except ELECTRO!!!!1one

*cough*

As for loosing data UT, it's hard to say. If the drive heads have impacted the platter outside the 'landing' area then you'll lose something but it might be small. Irrespective this is something you want to do right away as it gets worse, fast.

Oh yeah, I can highly recommend Maxtor HDD's. I've had one fail on me in the last few years and that's because I was a tool and was messing with it.
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #21 on: June 12, 2005, 04:22:58 am
Well, I can't say anything new. Just get your C: Drive backed up. And your other HD too, while you're at it, but that's  just if you've got time and CD-R's to spare.
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Offline Bobboau

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Reply #22 on: June 12, 2005, 04:48:27 am
you know this problem seems to be happening _A LOT_ over the last two or three years
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #23 on: June 12, 2005, 04:52:12 am
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Oh yeah, I can highly recommend Maxtor HDD's



I recommend Western Digitals myself. I can't remember what Maxtor's rep is. I've had a Western Digital in my desktop ever since the system first came online 3.5 years ago, and it's still running strong.
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"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Genryu

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Reply #24 on: June 12, 2005, 05:28:01 am
I, for one, use Western Digital at home, and I'm buying maxtor for where I'm working.
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Offline Unknown Target

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Reply #25 on: June 12, 2005, 08:03:10 am
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you know this problem seems to be happening _A LOT_ over the last two or three years


Probably because of the big component rush back in 2002, 2003, and a lot of them are starting to break down? Or people's older computers are finally kicking the bucket?

Anyway...I'm just gonna have to get w/e spare HDs my dad has around in his office :)
 

Offline achtung

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Reply #26 on: June 12, 2005, 04:27:38 pm
My old system has a maxtor and has ran strong for 6 years without a hitch.  The 80 gig on my new system has had no problems the 1 1/2 yrs ive had it.
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Offline Taristin

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Reply #27 on: June 12, 2005, 05:11:27 pm
Buy a Seagate HDD. I bought a maxtor, like Maeg is promoting, and it died on me. It was less than 2 yrs old.

Don't buy Maxtor. :p
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #28 on: June 12, 2005, 06:58:23 pm
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Buy a Seagate HDD. I bought a maxtor, like Maeg is promoting, and it died on me. It was less than 2 yrs old.

Don't buy Maxtor. :p



I've said it before and I will say it again: Hard drive failures can happen to ANY brand.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Liberator

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Reply #29 on: June 12, 2005, 10:29:41 pm
I've got a Seagate 2gb that still runs great after 10 years.
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Offline Hippo

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Reply #30 on: June 13, 2005, 07:49:39 am
But 2gb? :p Age is the explanation, but still...
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