I've never had a hard drive failure either, and my oldest machine has had the same hard drive in it for eleven years. I am diligent in my backup routine, though I'm sure that if I slacked off on this I would experience some sort of catastrophe. Really important things, like financial records, etc., get backed up daily onto a secondary hard drive as well as burned to CD. And once a month, my sister gets a copy of this data as well for off-site storage. Other stuff, like archived installation programs and video/music files get transferred to tape for storage. I also clone the boot partition of my primary hard drive once a month (just gotta love Carbon Copy Cloner!) With shut-down scripts to take care of this stuff, it really requires very little effort on my part.
I know these things can go south, but with adequate safekeeping of important data, when they do the experience is not as traumatic. Play it safe and there is no need to worry at all! Ciao! On Tuesday, February 01, 2005, at 03:52AM, Tim Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've been seeing all of these postings regarding various hard drive failures >and I just wanted to check.... I've been using computers since 1984 and >have never had a hard drive fail on me....of course I rarely keep a computer >for more than 2-3 years. >I just checked in ASP on my iMac G5 (purchased in November 2004) and it's a >Seagate 160 gig 7200 rpm and my iBook (purchased in December 2004) has a >Toshiba 30 gig 4200 rpm hard drive. Should I be worried about failure on >either of these in the near future? My guess is 'no'. Please reassure me. > >Tim > >-- >Exterminate all rational thought. > > > >-- >G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; >Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> >To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >iPod Accessories for Less >at 1-800-iPOD.COM >Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal >www.1800ipod.com > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
