On Jan 4, 2009, at 7:34 PM, D Stubbs wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 1:37 PM, KP <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use a 300GB backup HD in an enclosure. I recently lost my > everything on it. If I would have had seperate partitions on it, and > put my music files in one partition, media files in another, one for > the cloned OS... etc, than I would only have lost one partition and > not lost everything. I would make seperate partitions for different > catigories and back them up there. Sorting into seperate partitions > as I have mentioned makes finding things much easier also. > > So I see it is not a clear-cut decision! > I so appreciate the intelligent fair discussions on this forum. > In regards to KP's comment about losing material, how is a 500G HD > actually constructed? > is it one super-concentrated disc?, a stack of discs? It's a 'Stack of Disks' > > If it is a stack of discs (platter)- and if something failed does > it stand to reason that it would fail one disc at at time? BUT ---- Data is written on all of the #1 cylinders (tracks on the disk), then writing moves to 'Cylinder #2', then Cylinder #3,......... > - so one's best security is to perhaps partition exactly to each disc? So Partitions do NOT correspond to 'disks' (platter) > > I didn't exactly buy the most expensive unit out there - so some > attention to possible HD falure would seem prudent. Not a bad thought. Sometimes 'Paranoia' does have its usefulness. This is why you keep hearing "MAKE BACKUPS". > > (In case it matters - at the bottom of the following URL are specs > on my particular new HD > http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/NPFW7500GB/) > thanks, Del HTH Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
