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>> > 4. Should I be comfortable running the entire sync operation every |
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>> > night, or am I jeopardizing the longevity of my HDs? |
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>> This is a joke. |
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> I should apologize and explain this better. |
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> If you bought a fancy expensive hard drive then it's probably designed |
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> for extremely heavy use and comes with nice coverage by the guy that |
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> sold it to you. But since you ask this question I'll assume that it's |
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> not the case. |
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> Ok so you bought a relatively cheap heard drive. But the question seems |
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> irrelevant. Because these are cheap, mass-produced hard drives you |
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> could do absolutely nothing with them and they could still die tomorrow. |
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> That's the price you pay for cheaper drives. Cheap hard drives are like |
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> life. Life is cheap. You could take all kinds of precautions and still |
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> die tomorrow. But your drive is cheap and easily replaced (esp. if it's |
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> still under warranty). Your data on the other hand is not. I'd rather |
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> have a dead drive with the data backed up than a dead drive with no |
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> backup. Drives are so cheap nowadays it's a non-issue. I'm actually |
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> hoping my 2-year old drive dies soon because it will give me an excuse |
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> to go out and buy a *bigger* one for the same price. But I feel |
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> comfortable with that because I keep backups. |
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Thank you for the clarification. Which are the "fancy expensive" hard drives? |
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- Grant |