Author: martin fierz
Date: 15:25:29 05/17/04
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On May 17, 2004 at 11:23:46, Stephen Ham wrote: >On May 17, 2004 at 11:07:22, Slater Wold wrote: > >>More than likely, a dying hard drive. >> >>But I'd get rid of Windows 98 ASAP. >> >"snipped" > >Thanks, Terry, Tony and Slater! > >I'll replace the hard drive and get the latest Windows. Can I do as my buddy >suggested and simply mount the new HD next to my old one (saving having to back >all my data up)? Will the new Windows really over-ride Windows 98? yes, just install winXP on the new disk, then plug the old one in alongside. then copy all your data from the old disk, and throw it away. it will not do you any good any more. >What caused my HD to die in less than 3-years when it was 70% unused? I've read >that frequent power failures and improperly shutting off the computer can hurt >HD's. But that wasn't the case with me. i've had 2 dying HDs up to now, one was in a computer i used to generate the 8pc checkers database, and, once generated, to use it to search with that database. that harddisk was basically constantly used, for a couple of months, then got some faults (corrupt files etc). the second HD that died was in an IBM laptop of mine which was 4 years old, and was only used very moderately. a friend of mine used to work at IBM harddisk manufacturing, he told me that HDs are getting progressively more fragile as the data density has skyrocketed over the last years. apparently, the manufacturers want to stop giving 2-year warranties and switch to a 1-year warranty. then there are some more expensive disks they sell for servers, which still get longer warranties. so basically, harddisks today are less reliable than they used to be, which is the price you pay for having lots of storage for little money. cheers martin
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