On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 09:32 -0700, Deaf Cat wrote: > Thinking about it, what is the life expectancy of an hdd, and does an > internal last longer than a external(heat fatigue!? if no fan).
Heat is the enemy of any disk. Most (all?) of the external disks are just internal disks in come carrier or box. I've had fans on removable disk carriers fail. > I think the Lacie has a 3 year waranty, I seem to remember another make > with a 500gig internal, may have been giving a 5 year waranty, maybe the > Hitachi..? The warranty period on disks is much more marketing than reality. At best they replace the disk, your data is still lost. For most of us, the big cost is the time to collect, rip, etc. the music, not the cost of the disk itself. So practice safe computing, do backups, etc. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
