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walt wrote: |
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> On 09/24/2009 12:29 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>> USB. There is another idea. Ooops, out of USB plugs too. Crap, I |
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>> can't put in a drive without buying something to plug it into. LOL I |
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>> do have USB 2.0 on here. I have to have 2.0 for the printer but my |
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>> camera has to have 1.0. Weird I know. |
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> There are so many interesting posts in this thread I don't know which |
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> one to reply to :o) Just FYI, USB 3 has just been ratified, so we can |
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> expect ultra-fast USB-3 drives in the (near?) future, which should be as |
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> fast or faster than SATA-II. |
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> The point I really want to make is regarding your question about which |
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> disk drive to buy. I have drives from three different manufacturers at |
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> the moment, and they are all superb and incredibly cheap -- but that low |
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> cost comes at a price (does that make any sense?). |
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> I've had to return two drives in the last three years or so because of |
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> catastrophic failure while still under warranty (amazing!). In both |
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> cases the replacement drives have been absolutely perfect for years now. |
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> In other words, disk manufacturers have apparently decided to abandon |
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> strict quality control in favor of low price, and seem happy to replace |
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> failed drives as a substitute for quality control. It must be a |
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> profitable |
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> strategy because they all seem to be doing it. But be prepared for drive |
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> failures from *every* manufacturer -- and then buy whatever is on sale |
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> for |
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> the lowest price. |
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One thing I have noticed about hard drives in my experience. When you |
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plug that puppy in and power it up, let it run for a good long while. |
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Overnight is good, a few days is even better, a week or more is even |
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better still from the mechanical point of view. I remember this from |
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when I rebuilt my Moms old motor in her car years ago. It said in the |
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book and from several mechanics, once you crank it, run it for at least |
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30 minutes and at different rpms. The longer the better. It should get |
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to its normal temperature before even thinking about cutting it off. Do |
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NOT cut the engine off unless it is really serious. The first few |
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minutes that a motor runs is crucial. If you start it and just run it a |
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couple minutes, it won't ever be the same. I was also told that driving |
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it is really good. |
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I also remember this from way back when I was working on puters. I got |
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a new job when winder 3.1 came out. Anyway. If a electronic device can |
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survive the first couple to six months of usage, they usually last a |
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while from the electronic point of view. That is short of spilling your |
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beer in it or it getting hit by lightening or something like that. I |
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have two 80Gb drives right now. One is a Maxtor and the other is a |
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Western Digital. I bet there is a few people on this list that hate |
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each one because they had one that failed. I haven't had any trouble |
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with mine at all. They all fail eventually tho. I just hope one of |
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mine fails when there is nothing important on it is all. ;-) |
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Still comparing all the options. I got to start looking for a good SATA |
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drive now. Just when I had a decent IDE drive all picked out too. LOL |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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