Comments for Why does my laptop hard drive keep failing?

Comment from JH on 2009-07-08

2009-07-08T09:25:33Z

There is a lot of nonsense being said about hibernate/standby. Hibernate essentially, as you have said, shuts down the computer after dumping the contents of the RAM to the drive. You can shake the computer about as much as you like (within reason) when its in hibernate. Similarly, Standby merely suspends the session to RAM and turns off everything else. RAM doesn't mind being shaken. But neither of these are instant, if you shake it when its entering these modes it is more likely to break the drive as it is writing lots.

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Comment from Rosemary Southard on 2009-06-20

2009-06-20T11:11:09Z

Hello: actually it does not help. I wanted to knowwhy the hard drive does not reconize the disk when it is in it. i dont know if the hard drive is working or not sense it is not easly checked. please let me know. thanks.

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Comment from Richard on 2008-12-11

2008-12-11T10:43:38Z

Hibernation Does actually spin down the drive, making it very safe to move about with. Usually Standby does also spin down the drive, making moving it about safe! ..and easy

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Comment from John E on 2008-02-11

2008-02-11T09:06:20Z

What I'd add to this is that some people seem to be under the impression that all they have to do to shut down their laptop is to close the lid - this doesn't completely shut down the machine, it just puts it into hibernation. This problem is made worse by Vista, where the control that looks like an on/off switch (rectangular red 'button') has the same effect - you need to go into the next menu layer for a full 'Shut Down'.
The other thing to check is your vehicle suspension - putting a computer in the boot/trunk may gives it a harsh ride - it'll last longer on the passenger seat. (although in some places that may make it more vulnerable to theft, and you might want to fix it with a seatbelt to stop it falling off under heavy braking!)

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Comment from Ken Crook on 2008-02-09

2008-02-10T06:10:26Z

SpeedFan is a free program that monitors the temperature of your laptop's cpu and disk drive.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

When the computer fans are running it is interesting to look at the temperatures to see what is happening and why. The program has the ability to change some settings but I would be afraid to change anything.

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Comment from Robert Bunney on 2008-02-08

2008-02-09T05:27:58Z

Spinrite is a great app as long as the drive to be checked is internal to the machine (sata, pata). USB drives cannot be easily checked. Spinrite is a DOS application. The software creates a self-booting disk using FreeDOS, but there are no standard USB drivers for DOS. There is one non-standard, non-supported driver, but the disk check time goes way up for the USB drive. For example, doing a level 4 check on one 400 GB disk internal to the machine took about 18 hours. Spinrite estimated 158 hours check time for the same drive in a USB enclosure.

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