I have a fantom 120gb ext drive and am keeping all my stuff on there ...had a 120gb internal drive (seagate) that failed at 18mo and has been replaced by a 160gb maxtor (they didn't have the 120 so they gave me this) ...the fantom stays put (never moves) and is not in between stuff (plenty of air circulation)...I turn my stuff off at night and the drive shuts off too...only the cable modem and voip modem are lit after hours. The fantom failed shortly after I bought it new ...sent it back and they sent me a new one (not refurb) with apology...not a hiccup since ...so I am flummoxed as to where my stuff is safer!! When I look in my tower, the thing has 2 fans ...one for the cpu and one behind the power supply ...no fans are near the HDD slots which are at the front ...the fantom doesn't have a fan afaik (I don't hear or feel one).
-----Original Message----- From: db [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:01 PM Subject: Re: external hard drives Yes, if for no other reason than they are moved about receiving more shock and vibration. Also they almost always have average quality drives inside ... while you can buy top quality drives, with the extended warranties that accompany them, install them in your computer case if you have the room etc and have a statistically more durable drive solution. db rleesimon wrote: > are external hard drives more prone to failure than the same drive > internally installed? > > > ********************************************************************** > *** > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
