"Over the years, I have found Hitachi & Samsung spinning hard drives to have the highest defect rate..."
I agree with the above statement 100%. I am constantly replacing these two brands. Brian O'Neal On Oct 31, 2012, at 10:57 PM, Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: Hi, Promise I don't mean to come across as snooty nor as a Know-It-All but a dead hard drive will many times have a louder (than normal) clicking sound. Just wanted to ad this to the conversation. The sad part is that newer hard drives seem to last a much shorter time than a decade ago but part of that might be they are also lesser expensive in price. A client bought a mass merchandiser (such as Best Buy or WalMart) Lenovo unit in August and literally was here at my place in early October with a dead (clicking) hard drive on his hands. We could have recovered data but it was going to require parts being replaced (expensive) and he gave up the 2 months of data on it to have it replaced by Lenovo's warranty. Over the years, I have found Hitachi & Samsung spinning hard drives to have the highest defect rate but this one was a Seagate. Guess you never know. All the best, Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems & Peripherals (502) 426-5469 http://www.SLYNsystems.com [email protected] Twitter: @SLYNsystems serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Brian ONeal <[email protected]> To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Hard Drive Crash Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:55:14 -0400 Highly unlikely, but the power cable to the drive may be loose inside. No noise is typically a dead drive. Brian O'Neal On Oct 31, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Nora Probasco wrote: I think my fairly new 750g hard drive has crashed. When I hit the on button nothing happens but I see the light that shows me it is on. There is no initial sound to let me know it is starting up and it is just silent. Anything else it could be? Nora _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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