7%? That is Much higher than we have, we've been lucky i guess.
1 failure in 3 years. :)
Posted by: Louis Benn at March 26, 2007 3:58 AM
7%-- I have had # failures in the last ywar. one only lasted 4 months--i back up full all the time.
Posted by: Gerald Malcolm at March 30, 2007 7:09 PM
Acronis True Image can make image backups either from within Windows or outside Windows running from a bootable CD. I would only trust an image backup made from outside Windows, but that's me. The entire True Image v8 manual however was geared to backups from within Windows.
Recently I tried to make True Image backups from a boot CD on a machine without a PS/2 port. Despite being Linux, both v7 and v8 failed to detect the USB keyboard.
But my biggest gripe with True Image is that it can not make a true image. That is, it is incapable of doing the basic job of an imaging product, make a sector by sector copy. For details see http://www.computergripes.com/trueimage.html
Posted by: Michael Horowitz at March 30, 2007 9:03 PM
I think Google probably runs their hard discs pretty hard that way they get a better ROI. I doubt any of us are running HDs 24/7. From a HDs point of view you could easily think of 2 years work at Google being the equivalent of 5 years in a home or office environment.
Posted by: Gideon at March 30, 2007 11:39 PM
I just listened to the podcast on hard drive failure. Expensive, yes,to the tune of about $465. I wish I had known this sooner. Thank you for your newsletter. I'll keep reading!
Posted by: Ann E. Hynes at March 31, 2007 8:09 PM
Bought a new HP Pavilion notebook and the hard disk died after only 5 months of use. HP shipped me a new one, but I wasted 3 days rebuilding everything. I now, as Leo, use Acronis TrueImage to backup my hard disk so next time my disk crashes or is trashed I'll save those wasted 3 days.
Posted by: Ken Crook at March 31, 2007 10:51 PM
I've had one failure in the 15-20 years that I have owned a computer. That drive did fail during its first year.
Posted by: Vicki Williams at December 29, 2007 4:42 AM
I teach computer maintenance, & I always stress that the reason for making backups is NOT "in case your hard drive fails" because I can guarantee that one day it WILL fail & that day could be as soon as the day after you bought the pc. If you change your mindset to "backup for WHEN it fails" you are much more likely to do regular backups. Incidentally, I can recommend DriveImage XML for "hot" system drive backups. I used to use PowerQuest DriveImage (no connection) but it was always breaking after MS system updates. The XML version has been rock solid.
Posted by: berny marsden at January 19, 2009 10:04 AM
All the comments refer to stopping an external drive. There was a reference to the internal drive always spinning when the PC is running. Not so. In the "Power" pull-down you can set the internal to shut down after any number of minutes or never if you wish. Much data being entered appears to go to another place, either RAM or maybe a cache. When needed, the indicator LED shows the internal being reactivated, and then writes to it. It may not save much elec, but would it not extend bearing life?
Posted by: Darius Dinshah at January 22, 2009 12:38 PM
S.M.A.R.T technology uses threshold values to estimate the health status of a hard disk. The estimation of a failing date is like a trend estimation on how attribute value will change based on past values, it's just a statistical algorithm.
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7%? That is Much higher than we have, we've been lucky i guess.
Posted by: Louis Benn at March 26, 2007 3:58 AM1 failure in 3 years. :)
7%-- I have had # failures in the last ywar. one only lasted 4 months--i back up full all the time.
Posted by: Gerald Malcolm at March 30, 2007 7:09 PMAcronis True Image can make image backups either from within Windows or outside Windows running from a bootable CD. I would only trust an image backup made from outside Windows, but that's me. The entire True Image v8 manual however was geared to backups from within Windows.
Recently I tried to make True Image backups from a boot CD on a machine without a PS/2 port. Despite being Linux, both v7 and v8 failed to detect the USB keyboard.
But my biggest gripe with True Image is that it can not make a true image. That is, it is incapable of doing the basic job of an imaging product, make a sector by sector copy. For details see http://www.computergripes.com/trueimage.html
Posted by: Michael Horowitz at March 30, 2007 9:03 PMI think Google probably runs their hard discs pretty hard that way they get a better ROI. I doubt any of us are running HDs 24/7. From a HDs point of view you could easily think of 2 years work at Google being the equivalent of 5 years in a home or office environment.
Posted by: Gideon at March 30, 2007 11:39 PMI just listened to the podcast on hard drive failure. Expensive, yes,to the tune of about $465. I wish I had known this sooner. Thank you for your newsletter. I'll keep reading!
Posted by: Ann E. Hynes at March 31, 2007 8:09 PMBought a new HP Pavilion notebook and the hard disk died after only 5 months of use. HP shipped me a new one, but I wasted 3 days rebuilding everything. I now, as Leo, use Acronis TrueImage to backup my hard disk so next time my disk crashes or is trashed I'll save those wasted 3 days.
Posted by: Ken Crook at March 31, 2007 10:51 PMI've had one failure in the 15-20 years that I have owned a computer. That drive did fail during its first year.
Posted by: Vicki Williams at December 29, 2007 4:42 AMI teach computer maintenance, & I always stress that the reason for making backups is NOT "in case your hard drive fails" because I can guarantee that one day it WILL fail & that day could be as soon as the day after you bought the pc. If you change your mindset to "backup for WHEN it fails" you are much more likely to do regular backups. Incidentally, I can recommend DriveImage XML for "hot" system drive backups. I used to use PowerQuest DriveImage (no connection) but it was always breaking after MS system updates. The XML version has been rock solid.
Posted by: berny marsden at January 19, 2009 10:04 AMAll the comments refer to stopping an external drive. There was a reference to the internal drive always spinning when the PC is running. Not so. In the "Power" pull-down you can set the internal to shut down after any number of minutes or never if you wish. Much data being entered appears to go to another place, either RAM or maybe a cache. When needed, the indicator LED shows the internal being reactivated, and then writes to it. It may not save much elec, but would it not extend bearing life?
Posted by: Darius Dinshah at January 22, 2009 12:38 PMS.M.A.R.T technology uses threshold values to estimate the health status of a hard disk. The estimation of a failing date is like a trend estimation on how attribute value will change based on past values, it's just a statistical algorithm.
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